My Experience with Military Intelligence Was Over 50 Years Ago,

[MineralMan]

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so I have no information on the current state of things at all.

However, what I do know is that the principle of "need to know" is still at the heart of military intelligence.

I do not have a "need to know" the details of what the USA or NATO is doing or planning to do to help Ukraine. None of those reading this post have that "need to know," either.

The Russians would "like to know," but they aren't going to get that information from public sources here in the USA.

We'd all "like to know," but if we know, everyone would know.

For a few years, I worked with Top Secret information every day. I even generated some of it, and analyzed a lot more of it. In most cases, I was part of a very, very small number of people who ever saw that information. Just a few had that "need to know."

Some of what I did is no longer classified. Some of it still is. Oddly enough, I have no idea which is which, so I treat it all as if it were still on a "need to know" basis.

So, I understand completely why we're all in the dark about the details of our actions, plans, and strategic analysis of what exactly is going on in Ukraine and an even broader area. I also understand that there are teams of people whose jobs it is to analyze information and evaluate strategies that might be in play. I have no idea what they're all doing and talking about.

Neither does anyone else who is outside of those teams.

That's how it must be. There is no alternative.