“But two years later, the vital Kremlin informants have largely gone silent, leaving the C.I.A. and other spy agencies in the dark”…
Really? So our (USA) spies, planted on purpose, in and around the Kremlin are hiding and quiet. So we admit that we have spies in and around the Kremlin! And we admit we intentionally want and need these spies to do the dirty work?
I only ask which Kremlin are they hiding in?
Twelve Russian Kremlins. The Moscow Kremlin is easily recognized around the world as a symbol of Russia and the seat of its president. But few people outside Russia have heard about the other Russian fortresses that are also known as kremlins…
Twelve Russian Kremlins – Russia Beyond
https://www.rbth.com/articles/2010/12/23/twelve_russian_kremlins.html
Yes this is another tidbit of information and sock monkey lovers will not like this info!
WtR
Update: Another way to look at the same article…. by Paul Craig Roberts
When I first read this — https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/us/politics/cia-russia-midterm-elections.html — I thought it was a caricature of fake news. Then I realized it was a New York Times article, and being fairly certain that the arrogant presstitute organization was not taking the piss out of itself, as it is one of the main purveyors of fake news, I found the conclusion unavoidable that Julian E. Barnes and Matthew Rosenberg were so tightly bound inside The Matrix that they might
Source: According to the New York Times Putin Rules America – PaulCraigRoberts.org