We the undersigned are long-time veterans of U.S. intelligence. We take the unusual step of writing this open letter to you to ensure that you have an opportunity to be briefed on our views prior to the NATO summit on September 4-5.

You need to know, for example, that accusations of a major Russian „invasion“ of Ukraine appear not to be supported by reliable intelligence. Rather, the „intelligence“ seems to be of the same dubious, politically „fixed“ kind used 12 years ago to „justify“ the U.S.-led attack on Iraq.