scotia wrote:Dicky99 wrote:There would be a sense of schadenfreude if weren't so serious a gaff
The major surprise is that Russia published this intercept. So it will now get closed down. Surely it would have been much more productive to continue to listen in to future conversations.
You're assuming it's genuine. Could also be deep fake. In matters of war and espionage, I am disinclined to take anyone's word at face value without substantial backing evidence.
But I can see a possible motivation here. Given that we're repeatedly told the Krauts (like the 'merkins) are in internal debate about supplying arms for this war, going public with something like that could be intended to influence that debate - most likely hoping to warn them off.
That context also raises the "joker" possibility that someone involved in the German internal debate intentionally leaked.