05-06-2022, 08:06 AM
(05-06-2022, 07:29 AM)Genuine Realist Wrote: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-...a-sinking/
Anyone else bothered by this?
As has become the rule, not the exception, with mainstream news, it is unsourced. Quoting myself, when you read an unsourced news story, you are actually reading an unsigned op-ed. So why it appears in print in the first place is a question.
But more seriously, my suspicion is that this is a leak of classified material, that might compromise other intelligence operations and maybe endanger someone's life, if there is a humint source. For years, the major newspapers have treated the CIA and NSA as if they were the enemy - even when there's a real enemy, such as Russia or Al-Qaeda. Not good.
Who believes Russia didn't already know the U.S. provided help to Ukraine that led to the ship sinking? IOW, I don't think this reporting is news to Moscow. We have to remember that there is an ongoing information war as well. It seems whatever is being told to WaPo reporter is being done with a specific objective in mind that aids Ukraine and the western alliance.
I read some analyst suggest this kind of intel reveal is designed to feed Russian paranoia. Given so many Russian buildings can't keep from catching on fire lately, there may be some truth to the notion. The military has to be suspecting that anyone in its ranks might be a traitor the more the western allies make clear they know about and can reach inside Russia.
Anyway, Ukraine apparently sunk another Russian ship today.