elina ribakova. ms. ribakova has been co-author on numerous reports, examining the ability of russia to acquire united states technology, despite export laws. commodities recovered from the battlefield. he has they send investigators to live it conflicts to access weapons and other commodities recovered from the battlefield. he has deployed to conflict zones around the world, including iraq, syria, and ukraine to trace the weapons and commodities. we look forward to your testimony. i ask you to rise and take the oath, as is our custom on this committee. thank you. mr. >> do you swear that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? mr. byrne, if you would begin. >> chairman blumenthal, ranking member johnson, it is really a great honor to be here today. thank you very much for having me. my name is james byrne. i'm the director of open source intelligence and analysis. we were established by the duke of wellington after the napoleonic war