Russian ‘nuclear 9/11’ threats against US spike

Despite shrugs from some Biden administration intelligence chiefs as to whether Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats are just bluster, there are growing concerns that the Kremlin means business and the United States is failing to prepare for an attack.

A division among intelligence officials and the administration’s hope that it can talk Putin into de-escalating the threats and war against Ukraine have kept U.S. readiness at the lowest level of DEFCON 5.