Posted on 04/08/2023 3:08:25 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
A trove of leaked Pentagon documents reveals how deeply Russia’s security and intelligence services have been penetrated by the United States, demonstrating Washington’s ability to warn Ukraine about planned strikes and providing an assessment of the strength of Moscow’s war machine.
The documents paint a portrait of a depleted Russian military that is struggling in its war in Ukraine and of a military apparatus that is deeply compromised. They contain daily real-time warnings to U.S. intelligence agencies on the timing of Moscow’s strikes and even its specific targets. Such intelligence has allowed the United States to pass on to Ukraine crucial information on how to defend itself.
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The intelligence reports show that the United States also appears to be spying on Ukraine’s top military and political leaders, a reflection of Washington’s struggle to get a clear view of Ukraine’s fighting strategies.
The material reinforces an idea that intelligence officials have long acknowledged: The United States has a clearer understanding of Russian military operations than it does of Ukrainian planning.
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The documents show that nearly every Russian security service appears penetrated by the United States in some way. For example, one entry, marked top secret, discusses the Russian General Staff’s plans to counter the tanks NATO countries were providing to Ukraine, including creating different “fire zones” and beginning training of Russian soldiers on the vulnerabilities of different allied tanks.
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“It explains the course of the war to date.”
You of course mean that Russia is winning and will win.
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.
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.
bullcrap. pro biden bs to make the dems look strong.
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.’
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