American intelligence withheld information on Moscow terror attacks out of fear of exposing intelligence sources or methods

https://lemmy.ml/post/13777827

American intelligence withheld information on Moscow terror attacks out of fear of exposing intelligence sources or methods - Lemmy

> The adversarial relationship between Washington and Moscow prevented U.S. officials from sharing any information about the plot beyond what was necessary, out of fear Russian authorities might learn their intelligence sources or methods.

Good. We did what we could to save innocents. That was the extent of our moral obligation. Fuck off.
A vague, time-limited warning that later turned out to not hold true within the given timeframe? That’s the extent of our moral obligation? Jesus Christ.
Yeah, it is.
So your claim is that… Incorrect intel is the extent of our duty to warn? Interesting…

Shame that the FSB doesn’t have better intel on what’s happening in Russia than the CIA.

Perhaps they were too busy tracking the gays after Russia recently labelled the LGBT+ movement terrorists. Perhaps they were tired after ensuring Putin won a sufficient margin against the communists. Or maybe some kid posted a meme on tiktok and they got distracted.

We’re talking about the same CIA that failed to assassinate Castro… How many was it? Anyway, do tell me more about your contacts in the FSB…
If you think the FSB didn’t have shoddy intel, that means you think they allowed the attack in Moscow to happen.

Hmm?

I think it’s pretty clear that intel for the initially planned Crocus attack was well known. For some odd reason, that I couldn’t possibly fathom, the terrorists decided to call it off and do it another day. The initially planned dates had a more popular concert IIRC, so it would’ve been a better target.