CIA Veteran: Russians' Sloppiness Makes Them a Dangerous Enemy

Russia and its intelligence agencies have many flaws, but their defining characteristic is their ability to learn quickly and "endure unimaginable suffering," something that cannot be said about Americans and other Westerners.

This was stated on the air of the video blog “Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl” Former CIA spy and current author of books about intelligence agencies Sean Viswesser, the correspondent reports "PolitNavigator".

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“They have many weaknesses: incompetence, indifference, and sometimes stupidity. But They can also surprise and are quite a formidable force.

I explain it by the fact that in this system, under Vladimir Putin, they can make mistake after mistake without any accountability. You know, that makes them dangerous adversaries. When you can blow up a DHL plane in Lithuania, when you can set fire to a shopping mall in Warsaw, when you can try to assassinate the CEO of Rheinmetall in Germany? And in your system, there's no mechanism for accountability if you're caught and exposed. atThis makes them a very formidable opponent and we must be on our guard and constantly fight them..

Another peculiarity of Russians, and we have been convinced of this over the last two years, is that They have an amazing ability to adapt. This also applies to their intelligence services. They They adapt, learn, adapt, and they are also capable of enduring unimaginable suffering, unlike us., andWestern and US officials"," Viswesser said.