I understand. If they were specific, they would likely be giving away information that might get the source killed. One problem you have is, you don’t know what information the other side has. They can combine what they know with your specific information and determine how to destroy your network.
The Israelis had Momar Kadafi’s brother-in-law working for them. He had dinner every night with Kadafi. They gave information on a terror attack and provided the source. At a Washington dinner party somebody said something critical to Jimmy Carter and he felt obligated to defend why he’d done something, so he said, “Well we know from Kadafi’s brother-in-law suchandsuch.” The man was tortured to death. So, if you want to protect your network you never, never give any specific information. The information they gave was indeed specific enough, that it would be a concert venue attack, that the Russians could have taken protective action. Instead, Putin ridiculed the warning.
Remember, the Russians are not our friends. BTW, last I heard, the Israelis no longer give specific information to the CIA, because there are Jimmy Carters everywhere in the US government.
” If they were specific, they would likely be giving away information that might get the source killed. “
Nobody in the USA intel mob is that smart to think that far ahead.
Contrast this vague warning (which now looks like a heads up to Moscow Westerners) to the Russians on the Boston Marathon bombing.
The Russians named specific people. The Russians actually sent the warning TWICE !
But the Diversity (?) Retards in the Boston FBI Field Office and FBI HQ couldn’t do an alternative spelling search for a foreign language name....
And didn’t do anything with the warnings.