The top US general overseeing operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan said the intelligence concerning Russian operatives offering bounties to Taliban-linked militants was 'very worrisome' but the info wasn't solid enough to hold up in a court of law
The top US general overseeing operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan said Tuesday that the intelligence concerning Russian operatives offering bounties to Taliban-linked militants was"very worrisome" but that the information wasn't solid enough to hold up in a court of law.
"The intelligence wasn't proved to me. It was proved enough to worry me. It wasn't proved enough that I'd take it to a court of law. That's often true in battlefield intelligence," Gen. Frank McKenzie, the commander of US Central Command, told a small group of reporters while traveling to the region, according to a transcript provided by the Defense Department.
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