Get Access to Print and Digital for $23.99 per year.
Subscribe for Full Access
May 2022 Issue [Revision]

Operation Overshare

How the White House misled Ukraine
Collage by Stephanie Cuenca. Source images: Russian servicemen © Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters/Alamy; map of Ukraine © Aleksandar Ilic/Alamy

Collage by Stephanie Cuenca. Source images: Russian servicemen © Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters/Alamy; map of Ukraine © Aleksandar Ilic/Alamy

[Revision]

Operation Overshare

How the White House misled Ukraine
Adjust

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 was a dark day for Europe, but a rare public triumph for American and British spies. After nearly two decades in the doghouse for misleading and often false claims about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, this time, despite the naysayers, they appear to have gotten it right: going to war was Putin’s plan all along. In a stunning new gambit, our leaders spent the months leading up to the invasion broadcasting their intelligence to the world, telling everyone what they knew about what Putin was going to do. Then he did…

Subscribe or to continue reading.
Close
“An unexpectedly excellent magazine that stands out amid a homogenized media landscape.” —the New York Times
Subscribe now

Debug