The unveiling of U.S. intelligence that Putin has been misinformed is part of a monthslong U.S. campaign.
The declassification of U.S. intelligence assessment suggesting that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had been misinformed about his military force’s struggles in Ukraine is part of a monthslong campaign of information warfare by the Biden administration.
Not disinformation.
The effort began before the invasion, with the systematic release of classified information designed to disrupt Russia’s attempts to create false pretexts for an invasion by revealing Mr. Putin’s tactics.
Okay, now I understand.
White House officials said on Wednesday that they released the intelligence about the Russian leader being misinformed so that there could be a “full understanding” of how Putin has miscalculated.
Well, I'll tell you what, there ought to be a Nobel Prize for Spookery. This has just been pleasantly shocking. I joked one time that we have a recording device in Putin's mouth....
Ms. [Kate] Bedingfield [White House communications director] declined to say what the White House hoped to accomplish with the release of the intelligence,
"Hoped to accomplish?" Isn't a "full understanding" an accomplishment?
which also suggests that Putin is now in a state of tension with his top military officials. ...it helps to bolster the public relations case...
There they go again, why do they keep making it sound like a propaganda campaign, "building a case," "public relations case"? Does the New York Times doubt this information, that is what I want to know.
...that administration officials have been making for days, which is that the war has been a catastrophic mistake for Mr. Putin.“Putting forward this information simply contributes to a sense that this has been a strategic error for them,” Ms. Bedingfield said.
