GEORGE BEEBE, A FORMER CIA ANALYST, SAID IT'S "VERY UNLIKELY THAT GERSHKOVICH IS A U.S. INTELLIGENCE ASSET OR THAT HIS REPORTING WAS DIRECTED OR INFLUENCED BY THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.” OK...UM SURE; HE WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT MANPOWER, SHIFTS AND MORALE AT SPECIFIC RUSSIAN DEFENSE PLANTS IN A RUSSIAN DEFENSE CITY 900 MI FROM MOSCOW, AND ASKING ABOUT THE HEAD OF PMC WAGNER. HE'S LIVED IN RUSSIA FOR 6 YRS AND SPEAKS RUSSIAN, SO HE KNOWS THE LAW THERE.