RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: Former CIA officer for PAP (Polish News) on DCIA Moscow Visit: “Ratcliffe’s warning will be effective only if it has teeth.” The visit of CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow is a good step, but only the first step, and the warning given to Russia will only work if it is concrete and “will have teeth”, Sean Wiswesser, a former high-ranking CIA officer and author of a book about Russian services, told PAP. ⚠️Reports that Ratcliffe warned Russia against provocations or an attack on NATO are a good sign suggesting a more firm policy of the current US administration towards Russia, and the CIA director was a good person to convey this message, per Wiswesser, give

Former CIA officer for PAP (Polish News) on DCIA Moscow Visit: “Ratcliffe’s warning will be effective only  if it has teeth.”

The visit of CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow is a good step, but only the first step, and the warning given to Russia will only work if it is concrete and “will have teeth”, Sean Wiswesser, a former high-ranking CIA officer and author of a book about Russian services, told PAP.

⚠️Reports that Ratcliffe warned Russia against provocations or an attack on NATO are a good sign suggesting a more firm policy of the current US administration towards Russia, and the CIA director was a good person to convey this message, per Wiswesser, given that Russia is a security-service driven state.

According to Wiswesser, the current wave of action below the threshold of war is controlled by the Russian services. Reports from Germany about a drone with an explosive charge found by a Ukrainian transport plane at the airport in Leipzig, are reportedly linked by intelligence services to the Russian military intelligence of the GRU. “The thugs who lead the Russian services go out of their way to impress their boss, Putin,”-said the expert.

Wiswesser assessed that the visit itself is a signal that the administration in Washington takes the threat to the Alliance seriously.

It is crucial, in his opinion, whether the warning given to Russia was specific. Wiswesser recalled the previous publicly known visit of the head of service in Moscow, Bill Burns, in 2021, when the previous administration tried to dissuade Russia from plans to invade Ukraine but it was not taken seriously, the warning lacking “teeth.”

Link to the article for more below….and kudos to Oskar Górzyński, PAP Korespondent, DC. Poles are great allies to the U.S. and NATO, was honored for the interview.

👉I again stressed we need more pushback on Russia and more support to Ukraine.

#Russia  #ForeignPolicy  #Poland  #NATO

👇Link to article:
  pap.pl/aktualnosci/byly-ofic…

— @Wiswesser Aug 29, 2026