Re:Why Did Journalists Help the Justice Department Identify ...
by kadoban on Friday April 14, 2023 @07:33PM
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None of that really seems to support this claim:
> "Let's not forget both the media and the government have spent the last couple of weeks on a gaslighting tour telling us the leak was Russian propaganda, etc."
They all call it a leak and specify that parts of it appear doctored, which is also what I said, right? Has any of that changed or been disproven?
Re:Why Did Journalists Help the Justice Department Identify ...
by Overtonwindow on Saturday April 15, 2023 @12:33PM
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No, it wasn't meant to, it was to refute your claim that no one was talking about it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/us/politics/classified-do...
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation wrote about it https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-military-leaks-...
One of the first reactions from the government and Ukraine was that this was all Russian disinformation. Then within a couple of days other media sources weighed in and there was considerable debate, until this guy was identified.
So yes. Many people have hypothesized this was Russian disinformation.
Here's two more: Al Jazerra: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/10/us-scrambles-to-fin...
and NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-...