John Ratcliffe lands in Moscow for a mysterious eight-hour tea party
The CIA boss just pulled a disappearing act in Russia, and nobody is telling us why.
So, John Ratcliffe decided to take a spontaneous, unannounced eight-hour trip to Moscow this week. He hopped on a government plane, landed in the heart of Russia, and spent the day dodging questions while his motorcade was spotted creeping around New Arbat Avenue.
The Kremlin is calling the vibe 'positive,' though they were quick to clarify that nobody actually bothered to meet with Vladimir Putin. The whole thing feels like a weird deja vu, considering the last time a CIA director did this, it was William Burns trying to talk Putin out of invading Ukraine just weeks before the tanks actually rolled.
The cherry on top? Ukraine was apparently asked to hit the pause button on drone strikes just so the plane could clear Russian airspace without getting caught in the crossfire. Whatever they were discussing, it definitely wasn't about the weather.
Intelligence agencies seem to love secret chats just as everything else is going up in flames.
Source: The Washington Post
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