Funny after a little search on FR and this is what I come up with. Haven't yet found the Pentagon briefing but I'l hunt till I do.
Rice: U.S. to Query Russia on Iraq Intel
Posted by GodGunsGuts
On News/Activism 03/26/2006 10:00:31 AM MST · 37 replies · 290+ views
AP ^ | March 26, 2006 | DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Rice: U.S. to Query Russia on Iraq Intel By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer The Bush administration will ask Russia about a report that Moscow turned over information on American troop movements and other military plans to Saddam Hussein during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday. "Any implication that there were those from a foreign government who may have been passing information to the Iraqis prior to the invasion would be, of course, very worrying," Rice said on CNN's "Late Edition." "I would think the Russians would want to take that very seriously...
Russia Spies Operated in Iraq Through 2003
Posted by redlenses
On News/Activism 03/24/2006 3:23:54 PM MST · 22 replies · 467+ views
breitbart.com ^ | Mar 24, 2006 | MIKE ECKEL
Russia Spies Operated in Iraq Through 2003 Mar 24 3:48 PM US/Eastern By MIKE ECKEL Associated Press Writer MOSCOW Russia had a military intelligence unit operating in Iraq up through the 2003 U.S. invasion and fall of Baghdad, a Russian analyst said Friday. A Pentagon report said Russia provided Saddam Hussein with intelligence on U.S. military movements and plans. The unclassified report does not assess the value of the information or provide details beyond citing two captured Iraqi documents that say the Russians collected information from sources "inside the American Central Command" and that battlefield intelligence was provided to Saddam...
Pentagon report says Russia gave Iraq intelligence
Posted by bnelson44
On News/Activism 03/24/2006 3:06:54 PM MST · 17 replies · 438+ views
Reuters ^ | 3/24/06
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia provided intelligence to Iraq's government on U.S. military movements in the opening days of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, a Pentagon report released on Friday said. The report said an April 2, 2003, document from the Iraqi minister of foreign affairs to President Saddam Hussein stated that Russian intelligence had reported information on American troops plans to the Iraqis through the Russian ambassador. The intelligence, the document stated, was that the American forces were moving to cut off Baghdad from the south, east and north, that U.S. bombing would concentrate on Baghdad and that the assault...
Report: Russia Had Sources in U.S. Command
Posted by BenLurkin
On News/Activism 03/24/2006 1:50:50 PM MST · 91 replies · 1,905+ views
AP ^ | 7 minutes ago | ROBERT BURNS,
WASHINGTON - The Russian government had sources inside the American military command as it planned and executed the invasion of Iraq in 2003, according to Iraqi documents released as part of a Pentagon report. The Russians passed information to Saddam Hussein on U.S. troop movements and plans during the opening days of the war, according to the report Friday. The unclassified report does not assess the value of the information or provide details beyond citing two captured Iraqi documents that say the Russians collected information from sources "inside the American Central Command" and that battlefield intelligence was provided to Saddam...
Pentagon: Russia Gave Saddam U.S. Intel
Posted by Ernest_at_the_Beach
On News/Activism 03/24/2006 12:24:15 PM MST · 85 replies · 1,313+ views
Yahoo ^ | March 24, 2006 | ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
WASHINGTON - The Russian government provided Saddam Hussein with intelligence on U.S. military movements and plans during the opening days of the war in 2003, according to a Pentagon report released Friday. The unclassified report does not assess the value of the information or provide details beyond citing an Iraqi document that says the battlefield intelligence was provided to Saddam through the Russian ambassador in Baghdad.A classified version of the Pentagon report, titled "Iraqi Perspectives Project," is not being made public.Whether by chance or design, one piece of Russian intelligence actually contributed to an important U.S. military deception effort. By...
Russia provides Saddam with U.S. military strength at start of Iraq War
Posted by Starman417
On Bloggers & Personal 03/23/2006 8:16:58 PM MST · 22 replies · 187+ views
Ray Robison ^ | 03/23/2006 | Ray Robison
For the second day in a row, as we were "going to press" ABC News put a gist of a newly released Iraq Regime document on their website. But again Sammi provides a full translation of the document CMPC-2003-001950. Parenthesis are the translators: Office of the Presidency Mr. Secretary (of the President) Subject: Meeting with the Russian Ambassador Best of our salutes, We would like to inform you that the Russian ambassador met this evening with the general director of Foreign Economic Relations and the General Director of the Grains Trade and told us the following: 1- Provide the necessary...
I agree with marron and any thoughtful look into this matter will give the same conclusion:
The detailed information, I am expecting, is detailed information that anyone could have gathered from close reading of the press, and is information that we assumed Saddam would already know. The point is that Russia was acting as our intermediary to convince Saddam that we weren't bluffing, and to get out immediately. On the eve of war, we gave him the chance to go, with his sons, into exile.
You make a good case that the "48,000 boxes of untranslated material" released by the fed gov "in hopes of having translated, 'cause we ain't got the resources' is a bunch of malarky....