Leaked documents reveal depth of U.S. spy efforts and Russia’s military struggles

NY Times via Seattle Times ^ | 4/8/2023 | Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes, MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and Thomas Gibbons-Neff

[stockpirate]

“It explains the course of the war to date.”

You of course mean that Russia is winning and will win.

[Rdct29]

Everything is real but the estimated number of dead soldiers on each side. They expect us to believe that the death totals were changed by someone. They even suck at lying. You would think they would be better at it since they do it so often.

[Rockingham]

A friend of mine who had a long and successful career in the intel business during the Cold War said essentially the same thing.

As for the Russo-Ukraine war, there are reports that Russian military radios and communications security are especially bad these days, with even the high command forced to rely on vulnerable cell phones to get reports and issue orders. The deeply ingrained Russian preference for detailed planning and orders makes their military especially vulnerable to damage from communications leaks.

In addition, there has been a massive and apparently successful effort by the US and Western intelligence agencies to recruit spies. With Russia thoroughly looted by Putin and his allies and stuck in a failing war, loyalty to the corrupt and predatory regime is deeply impaired and ever more of those who have something to sell willing to do so.

I am not so sure that the current leak is not a planned one designed to demoralize Putin and the Russian military and intel services by telling them how badly they are losing badly. Already, there are published accounts from defectors that Putin is increasingly isolated and in fear of his life. That helps to make him even more vulnerable to a coup or assassination.

[canuck_conservative]

Saw a video of a Ukrainian tanks firing point-blank at the Russians in a trench, then running over them to make sure they were dead

and the problem is??

[Grognard49]

That’s why the track-heads call the infantry “crunchies” because of the sound that’s made when a tank rolls over the “poor bloody infantry”. Sucks to be them.

[Recovering_Democrat]

bullcrap. pro biden bs to make the dems look strong.

[Gaffer]

I guess my first question is from which IC agency was this leaked?

For years, America had 16 agencies (and subordinate units) which comprised the Intelligence Community - IC. This was then supplemented by the addition of a 17th which is really nothing more than a CABINET-LEVEL aggregation function for inputs from the traditional 16. IOW, this one office (the Office of the Director of National Intelligence - ODNI) could, and likely is politically ‘scrubbed.’

[TheConservativeTejano]

Bravo Sierra propaganda by the NY Slimes.