Opinion: Media Too Pliable on Murky Intelligence

Former CIA officer Douglas London questions recent Post, Times stories

Jun 09, 2023

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RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION WORKS. Of course, too many Americans help by spreading it around. The Kremlin counts on the appeal of conspiracy yarns and the imperative of Occam’s Razor, which postulates that the truth is almost always found in the simplest explanation—no matter, in a world rife with disinformation, how improbable.

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Douglas London

Douglas London (@douglaslondon5) is author of “The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence.” He served 34 years with the CIA in the Middle East, South and Central Asia and Africa, including three assignments as a Chief of Station.