The Russian misinformation given to Saddam

Mark Kramer:

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Indeed, had a spy actually been present in Central Command, he or she presumably would have provided accurate information. But one of the interesting aspects of the intelligence allegedly turned in is that some of it proved to be egregiously wrong. If Saddam Hussein and his aides relied on this information to any significant degree, they ended up worse off than if they had ignored it or never received it.

Indeed, the erroneousness of some of the intelligence suggests that U.S. commanders may have deliberately floated false information. (Gen. Tommy Franks, who was in charge of the war, alludes to such a plan in his memoirs.) The American commanders, like the rest of us, knew from press reports that GRU officers were in Baghdad apparently assisting the Iraqis. The Americans may have counted on the likelihood that false information would be picked up by Russian military intelligence and divulged to the Iraqis. If this was indeed the case, the U.S. scheme worked brilliantly.

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This is consistent with my previous analysis here. It is nice to see the mainstream media catching up.