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2003, 19 Feb 22

Biden Goes to the Mat to Keep Russia Out of Ukraine

Hmmm… why is Biden so hellbent on defending Ukraine? What is our strategic interest? Why is recklessly exposing our spy capabilities to the world?

But now, with growing fears that Moscow is preparing for a full-scale invasion, the Biden administration has abandoned the U.S.’s normally tight-lipped attitude toward releasing intelligence information and is pursuing a strategic — and according to former officials, unprecedented — declassification campaign aimed at exposing Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

 

In recent days, U.S. officials have called out a number of Russian “false flag” operations that they say are designed to provide a pretext to invade Ukraine. These have included allegations of a potential Russian-authored chemical assault designed to look like Ukrainian aggression, and even a plot to create a detailed yet fake movie showing the lethal aftermath of a Ukrainian attack. Officials have also publicly named Russian military intelligence as responsible for a disruptive cyber operation that targeted Ukraine’s defense ministry and banks earlier this week.

 

Experts say the revelations have been aimed at throwing Russia off balance by exposing their plans before they’re brought to fruition — and showing that the U.S. has the capability to surveil many of Russia’s actions.

 

By the end of the Trump administration, U.S. spy agencies had developed a “much better understanding of what the Russians are doing in a strategic sense,” said a former senior CIA official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive capabilities. “There were some extraordinary sources, obviously those are really fragile, so I’m not sure if those accesses are still in place, but I have to imagine they are.”

It’s also worth noting that last cited paragraph… the Trump Administration had made great strides toward spying on Russia. Once again, the whole “Trump is a puppet of Putin” narrative is a load of whoey.
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2003, 19 February 2022

4 Comments

  1. Mar

    Wow, those sanctions Senile Joe proposed will really hurt Russia. I am sure Putin is shaking in his boots.
    Putin owns Truck Driver Joe.

  2. Mar

    Looks like another Senile Joe failure

  3. Merlin

    Oh, my! Putin has just seized the American Left’s overseas covert piggy bank. Their span of control has just become nonexistent. This is going to put a crimp in the Biden family portfolio. Pretty much an IC damage control nightmare too. What remains to be seen is whether the slush funds actually cease to exist or our lefty elites just become VIP clients of a new concierge. I’d be willing to bet it’s the latter.

  4. Jason

    I bet the Big Guy keeps the juice running on that 10% for the duration.

    “20 H [Hunter]

    “20 RW [Walker]

    “20 JG [Gilliar]

    “20 TB [Bobulinski]

    “10 Jim [Biden]

    “10 held by H for the big guy.”

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