Is the Purpose of Intelligence to Deceive?

Cable from a weklek cable, popping it up here. Natal enlargement, particularly ucrane, remainsquot an, emotional and neuralgic issue for russia. Strategically policy considerations also underlie strong opposition to natal membership for ukraine and georgia. In ukraine, these include fears that the issue could potentially split the country in two,. Some claim, civil war, which would force Russia to decide whether to intervene.