The U.S. is deploying a novel strategy to preempt Russian disinformation: publicly accusing the country of specific plots to fabricate a pretext for invading Ukraine.
Burned in 2014 by Russian President Vladimir Putin, top Biden administration officials are determined not to get caught on their back foot in the information war — or on deterrence.
"We are prepared to implement sanctions with massive consequences that were not considered in 2014," a senior Biden official said in a recent briefing. "That means the gradualism of the past is out, and this time we’ll start at the top of the escalation ladder and stay there."casus belli , the Biden administration has not provided evidence to back up the explosive claims it's made during the past several weeks.with AP reporter Matt Lee on Thursday when pressed about the specific intelligence the U.S. has to back up the allegations.
Price cited the need to protect "sources and methods" and told Lee that he was welcome to "find solace in information that the Russians are putting out" if he doubted the "credibility" of the U.S. and British governments.when a reporter asked her about evidence the leader of ISIS had blown up his own house during a raid by U.S. forces, as the administration had described.
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