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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 7 months ago (24 children)

Yes. In fact, I would happily sacrifice the life of every single American spy abroad for a single innocent life. And you are a bad person if you wouldn't.

And this is ignoring the fact that you are completely making up that a better warning would have "doomed them to certain death".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (16 children)

I would happily sacrifice the life of every single [...] And you are a bad person if you wouldn't.

...says everything one needs to know about your morals and your attempts at manipulation.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Smooth tiny baby brain lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Thanks :)

On a seperate note, brain size does not relate to intelligence.

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