The New York Times reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe, during a secret trip to Moscow, told Russian officials privately that Russia's war effort in Ukraine looks bleak.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret trip to Moscow, reportedly the first by a sitting CIA chief since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret trip to Moscow that had already been reported, but new reporting from US news outlets says what he actually told the Russians: don't attack NATO countries, especially the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and don't help Iran.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow on Tuesday, according to two US media outlets, in what would be his first known visit to Russia since becoming America's top spy chief.