The Washington Post Throws Shade on a Major CNN 'Scoop' About Intercepted Russian Communications and Rightfully So
By streiff | Feb 08, 2022 7:00 PM ET
On Monday, CNN’s crack foreign policy team of Natasha “Fusion” Bertrand, Jim Sciutto, and Katie Bo Lillis broke an exclusive on Ukraine US intel indicates Russian officers have had doubts about full scale Ukraine invasion. What the story purports to show are senior Russian officers dishing over how messed up an invasion of Ukraine would be, how badly they might get their asses kicked, and how twisty-panties they feel about their carefully plotted “false flag” attack being publicly revealed (more on the “false flag” story can be found at Sparks Fly in Must-See Exchange After Reporter Presses White House on ‘False Flag’ Claims and State Department Spox Accusing AP Reporter of Using Russian Talking Points Showcases the Biden White House Answer for All Bad Press Coverage).
Intercepted communications obtained by the US have revealed that some Russian officials have worried that a large-scale invasion of Ukraine would be costlier and more difficult than Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin leaders realize, according to four people familiar with the intelligence.
Three of the sources said those officials include intelligence and military operatives.
The officials have also grumbled about their plans being discovered and exposed publicly by western nations, two of the sources said, citing the intercepted communications.
There is no evidence that these officials are opposed to the overall plan, or would revolt against Putin’s orders, two of the sources said. Another source familiar with the US intelligence noted that Russia has a professional military that would be expected to effectively carry out Putin’s orders.
Still, Russian defense personnel believe it will be difficult, a senior European official said. “In the assessments we see it is clear some people on the [Russian] defense side are not really understanding what the game plan is,” the official said. The official added that the assessments suggest the defense personnel think “it’s a very difficult game plan to stand up.”
Let’s review the bidding in this story. The sourcing is “four people familiar with the intelligence.” While that is better than anything John Kirby or Ned Price have offered in support of their “false flag” claims, that is not very substantial.
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