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Latest intelligence leak was likely an OPSEC violation (Original Post) ColinC May 2022 OP
That was my concern as well. Why reveal something like that? PufPuf23 May 2022 #1
I agree. Igel May 2022 #2
Probably a Trump Holdover. Captain Zero May 2022 #3
Yeah, I think a lot of leaks like this could be coming from putin ColinC May 2022 #4
I hope the US never gets in another war... WarGamer May 2022 #5

PufPuf23

(8,764 posts)
1. That was my concern as well. Why reveal something like that?
Thu May 5, 2022, 07:06 PM
May 2022

Here is my post in the first thread I saw 5/4 making this claim in media.

>>To quote Papa Bush, "Does not seem prudent"

to reveal so much about intelligence and plans.

Assume there is some strategy in the messaging.

Igel

(35,296 posts)
2. I agree.
Thu May 5, 2022, 07:38 PM
May 2022

Many who believe they have a right to know, well, pretty much everything, wouldn't.

Find them. If lawyers, disbar them. If federal employees, bar them from federal work in perpetuity.

*Then* indict them.

I'm not so important that my personaly knowing something merits a potential war, deaths from lack of negotiations, or deaths from some other "gray" conflict.

"But everybody assumed" does not mean "Yes, and we can confirm it, making this actionable intelligence instead of mere suspicion."

WarGamer

(12,427 posts)
5. I hope the US never gets in another war...
Thu May 5, 2022, 08:58 PM
May 2022

Like Iraq, ISIS, Afghanistan, etc...

Because you know the Russians will help out like they haven't done since Vietnam.

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