Why Russia’s Vast Security Services Fell Short on Deadly Attack
www.nytimes.com
The factors behind the failure to prevent a terrorist attack include a distrust of foreign intelligence, a focus on Ukraine and a distracting political crackdown at home.

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.

  • naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca
    58·
    8 months ago

    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.

    • SevenOfWine@startrek.website
      62·
      8 months ago

      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.

      • naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca
        2·
        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.