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American intelligence withheld information on Moscow terror attacks out of fear of exposing intelligence sources or methods (www.nytimes.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If Russias response was to call the warning a "provocation by the USA" then yes. They just dismissed it and this is what they got.

[+] [email protected] -10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They dismissed it after the 48 hours elapsed and nothing happened.

The US shared shoddy intel.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Shoddy intel which was better than what the FSB had on offer.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware you had contacts in the FSB. Do tell. The public nature of the announcement likely pushed the terrorists to ground and forced them to come up with a new plan. Duty to warn is usually done privately for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

If you think the FSB had good intel, that means you think they decided to ignore it and allow the terrorist attack in Moscow to happen.

I don't think they're that evil. But hey, maybe you're right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

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.