Russia really, really wants it to be seen as Ukraine…
[TheAltWorld] This accounts for why the US only passed along vague information to Russia since it assumed that the GUR wouldn’t go through with the Crocus plot after ordering them to call it off, but Washington still wanted to discredit its rival’s government and security services, ergo its embassy’s provocative warning at the time.
The New York Times (NYT) cited unnamed sources on Thursday to report that "The adversarial relationship between Washington and Moscow prevented U.S. officials from sharing any information about the (Crocus terrorist attack) plot beyond what was necessary, out of fear Russian authorities might learn their intelligence sources or methods." This vindicates President Putin, who the West hitherto claimed had downplayed terrorist threats in the run-up to one of the worst attacks in Russian history.
Without actionable intelligence and informed only of the US’ vague warning that large gatherings like concerts could soon be targeted, his security services were unable to stop the plotters, thus meaning that Washington is partially responsible for what happened by withholding specific information about it. Just as scandalously, this bombshell also prompted speculation about the exact sources and methods that America employed to first catch wind of this attack.
While it’s possible that the US learned about this from spying on the radical Telegram channel whose curators reportedly recruited the culprits, such as if the CIA had a mole inside that preacher’s team, the case can compellingly be made that this might have actually been brought to its attention by spying on Kiev. Last spring’s Pentagon leaks confirmed that the US has been spying on Zelensky, which Ukrainian officials told CNN was "unsurprising" but still left them "deeply frustrated".
Those documents also confirmed that the US was spying on Ukraine’s military-intelligence service GUR as well, from whom they learned about a plot to attack the Russian port of Novorossiysk on the first anniversary of the special operation and then ordered them to stand down to avoid provoking Moscow. Seeing as how the Washington Post (WaPo) reported half a year later that the CIA rebuilt the GUR from the ground-up after 2014, it’s obvious that they embedded moles within that institution from the get-go....
ISIS bears the sole responsibility here — the sole responsibility. And Mr. Putin understands that. ... [T]here is no evidence — absolutely no evidence that Ukraine was involved here.
#4
Well, if you can't trust what KJP says, who can you trust?
Posted by: ed in texas ||
03/29/2024 14:43 Comments ||
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Or...the US is still listening in on ISIS, in wherever flavor they are now.
Occam's razor applies here, methinks.
Posted by: Mullah Richard ||
03/29/2024 15:56 Comments ||
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While I don't support Russia being in the Ukraine, and I don't mind us testing and improving our weapons by letting the Ukrainians beta test them, I have zero desire to have us or NATO go hot against them. A. It's not needed and B. We clearly don't have the spine for it.
Besides, we need to focus on China because they are more of an issue to us than Russia.
As for any terrorist and their supporters, we should chose either the Vlad the Impaler option or ask ourselves, "What would Rome do?"
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^ All Trump has to do is commit to rebuilding the depleted stockpiles and funding new weapons against China and the MIC will fall in line.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
03/29/2024 16:50 Comments ||
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"What would Rome do?"
Interesting that you would ask such a question on Good Friday. In fact, the ancient Romans had an excruciating method for executing terrorists and other assorted trouble makers. They called it a cross.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
03/29/2024 17:56 Comments ||
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Oh I'm very well aware of what they did. I'm also very well aware of how Jesus wound up where he did. He wasn't the only one to end up there or the last. I also would have no problem with Israel lining crosses around Gaza and the West Bank with HamAss vermin. I do think that impalement is more fitting for them however.
Posted by: M. Murcek ||
03/29/2024 19:53 Comments ||
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#11
Western media in lockstep with military and swamp people. Total uniform reporting nearly word for word in the west as it happened. Nord Stream pipeline we are still hearing crickets.
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