Biden admin takes premature victory lap on Russian invasion intelligence

The Biden administration is taking a victory lap over the U.S. intelligence community’s performance during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine despite the war still raging and U.S. spy agencies overestimating the might of the Kremlin military and underestimating Ukrainian resistance.

The latest example occurred during a Wednesday interview of Brett Holmgren, assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research, on the Intelligence Matters podcast of former acting CIA Director Michael Morell. Holmgren said U.S. spy agency actions related to the Russia-Ukraine war would be seen as among the best in U.S. history. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley made similar claims last week.