Open secret is a good way to put it, i think they think it’s more of a secret than we do.

Robin Dreeke

They wanted to know what different organizations were due to support or defend Chechnya, cancer research, believe it or not, was a huge one … They were also tracking shipping – of all kinds of things, they’re tracking things like MRE [meals ready-to-eat] … because that might tell you where the U.S. forces are building up or not building up.

The Russians constructed it on top of the hill so they could actually have good radio receiving and transmissions from that point, they strategically bought on that property, so they could actually monitor the radio traffic, as well.

Where does this or that person hang out? Do they play golf, for example? Once they identify who exactly they need, what kind of access, they figure out that person's patterns of behavior … they would show up, like, on a tennis court if you are playing tennis. And they would strike a conversation with you and try to be your friend. And you have no idea that you've been targeted because it all looks so innocuous and accidental.