The Kremlin's Way Isn't Always the Way We See Intelligence

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There's no incentives in that picture for anything to get better. This only gets worse. From the Kremlin's perspective, if they're still able to assassinate their opponents abroad, then all of the other screw-ups might not matter so much. And so we have to remember the way they see intelligence isn't always the way that we see intelligence.

The former president may well ignore the January 6th committee’s summons; the whole affair may be unceremoniously shut down next year. But that is not to say the process has been in vain. Russia’s intelligence failures during the war in Ukraine have taken the shine off the security services’ fearsome reputations. And remembering Loretta Lynn, country music’s most-successful-ever female star. Additional audio courtesy of Honor Your Hometown. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer