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42. Intelligence Leaks

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🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this episode Saul and Patrick review the US intelligence leak and what this tells us about the reach of US intelligence, the state of the Ukrainian armed forces, and the consequences of the leak for the upcoming Ukrainian counter-offensive. They also discuss a couple of interesting developments within Russia: including reports that Wagner group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is advancing his political aspirations by seeking to gain control of a Russian political party. If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - [email protected] Producer: James Hodgson Twitter: @PodBattleground Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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David and Patrick Bishop. Today we look at the US Intelligence League that Reuters has dubbed the most

1:22.1

damaging since the 2013 publication of thousands of documents on WikiLeaks. And we'll consider what this tells us

1:29.3

about the reach of US intelligence, the state of the Ukrainian armed forces, and the consequences

1:34.4

of the leak for the upcoming Ukrainian counteroffensive. We're also going to be discussing a

1:39.8

couple of interesting developments within Russia. Those are reports that Fagner Group boss

1:44.3

Yvgeny Pryogsian is advancing his political aspirations by seeking to gain control of a Russian

1:50.4

political party and that Igor Girkin, the former Russian officer and ardent nationalist,

1:57.4

has formed the so-called club of angry patriots, a social movement designed to protect

2:02.2

the influence of the pro-war faction within the Russian government. But first, let's have a look

2:07.6

at those intelligence leaks, because it's been all over the news this week. The documents,

2:12.6

around a hundred in number and labelled secret and top secret, first appeared on social media

2:17.3

sites in March and purportedly

2:19.4

reveal details of Ukrainian military vulnerabilities and information about allies, including Israel,

2:25.6

South Korea and Turkey. Now, they appear to be Pentagon reports written in the format used to

2:30.4

provide updates to senior leaders and would typically be available to thousands of people

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