and john sipher, he served 28 years in the c.i.a.'clandestine service, including time in russia and eastern europe. he's now with a consulting firm called crosslead. welcome to you both. ned parker, i'd like the start with you. can you tell us a little bit more? what is it you found? what did you report today. >> right. well, we found there are two documents drafted by an in-house policy shop for the kremlin that reports back to president vladimir putin, and this organization is also headed by a former foreign intelligence service officers. this organization called the russian institute for strategic studies drafted two reports last year, one in june, and one in october. the first in june talked about how do you influence the u.s. electorate through media and social media campaign, to overturn the policies of then-president obama and promote, persuade the u.s. public to choose a new u.s. administration that would promote policies beneficial to both russia and the united states. >> and, ned, staying with you for a second, is this evide