Is the FSB Responsible for Ukraine?

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The FSB was charged with spying in Ukraine and finding out Ukrainian secrets. It basically screwed up both of those things completely spectacularly, says Peter Bergen. The agency is responsible for telling Putin if you invade Ukraine, it'll go brilliantly, he adds. But by and large, we saw an intelligence service that ultimately has prioritized lots of other things over actual spying," writes Bergen.

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