Posted on 03/11/2022 12:53:50 PM PST by Truthsearcher
After two weeks of halting war against Ukraine, Vladimir Putin just suddenly launched an attack in a surprising direction — his beloved agency, the FSB. The Fifth Service of the FSB, Russia’s main intelligence service, has been targeted and the leadership placed under house arrest, according to the authors’ sources.
Its head, Colonel-General Sergei Beseda, and his deputy were being held after allegations of misusing operational funds earmarked for subversive activities and for providing poor intelligence ahead of Russia’s now-stuttering invasion. The operation has hit serious obstacles, not least fierce resistance by the Ukrainian armed forces and the unity of the population, including most Russian-speakers, behind President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his government.
The Fifth Service was responsible for providing Putin with intelligence on political developments in Ukraine on the eve of the invasion. And it looks like two weeks into the war, it finally dawned on Putin that he was completely misled. The department, fearful of his responses, seems to have told Putin what he wanted to hear....
(Excerpt) Read more at cepa.org ...
Paranoia...everybody’s out to get him.........IF ONLY
Yes.
Someone told Putin that Ukrainians are “little Russians” but now he found out different.
Both, probably.
Fed bad intelligence in his bubble, made bad decisions, someone’s got to pay.
Maybe they collaborated with Nazi neo-cons ?
“But you told us to tell you what you wanted to hear!”
Its probably a little of both. One thing it is also is an indication that the best thing Putin could do right now is to exit in a peaceful transition of power while securing a good retirement with lots of bodyguards.
Or he is afraid that the FSB might be plotting to remove him.
“ Or he is afraid that the FSB might be plotting to remove him.”
Remove is not the word.
Until the Russian invasion of Ukraine—American intelligence has not got right a single major event in the last 50 years.
I believe the word is “Lubyanka”.
Until the Russian invasion of Ukraine—American intelligence has not got right a single major event in the last 50 years.
Listed below are a few misses.
Bay of Pigs
Cuban Missile Crisis
JFK and Robert Kennedy assassinated.
Gulf of Tonkin
Tet Offensive
9/11
Fall of Afghanistan
When you surround yourself with yes men, don’t be shocked if them telling you what you wanted to hear does not match realty. Look in the mirror to find who should be shot.
"Oh, the tiled cellar? It's just down this hallway."
How Soviet…
There’s no retirement for Putin anymore. He’ll be arrested if he leaves Russia, and if he loses power, his successor will face a immense pressure to turn him over for prosecution. Not to mention all the people who would want him prosecuted domestically for his crimes at home in Russia. Holding on to power is the only option for him, short of suicide.
Siri, what’s “unperson” in Russian?
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