Ex-spies and diplomats say the Biden administration needs to 'shut-up' after NYT report about US intelligence helping Ukraine kill Russian generals
John Haltiwanger
May 6, 2022, 1:54 PM
Ex-US officials said the Biden administration needs to "shut-up" about intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
This came after a NYT report said US intel was helping Ukraine kill Russian generals.
A veteran diplomat said discussing intelligence used for targeting would bolster Putin's propaganda about Russia being a victim.
Former US officials and diplomats in recent days have sharply criticized the Biden administration over a New York Times report based on conversations with senior officials that said US intelligence was helping Ukraine kill Russian generals.
"Shut up about it," John Sipher, a former CIA officer who served in Russia, said in a tweet on the Times report.
Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Russia, in a tweet responding to Sipher said, "Exactly. No one should be talking to press about such things."
Striking a similar tone, former US diplomat Aaron David Miller tweeted that the "whole shift in tone" following Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's visit to Ukraine is "worrisome."
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