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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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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I should have probably said they claim to be socialist, but USSR and North Korea was first ones in my mind.

I like your question, it's only purpose is to try catch me on some small technicality, or get a chance to bombard 17 links to tankie wiki with alternative facts about how Stalin was actually a great democratically selected leader