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Palantir probably told the NSA about the threat, since it was mentioned OPENLY on Telegram, where the gunmen were apparently recruited. Putin is either angry because his own people are too stupid to do basic web scraping, paranoia, or he wanted it to happen for whatever reason.

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Ukrainian ‘Caliphate’: What the West prefers not to notice when blaming ISIS for the terrorist attack in Moscow

If Russia can get solid, unimpeachable proof that the Zelinski government is behind this attack then there is no way that any additional funding of the Ukraine regime will be made by the USA. That's just way too much even for the obsessives in the State Department to gloss over.

That, to me, actually argues that it's *NOT* the Ukrainians, the downside is so spectacular that no rational person would take the chance. But is Zelinski rational? What about his secret police and spy agencies? Are they fanatics or rational actors.