Intercepts reveal Georgian sneak attack on South Ossetia

August 15-17, 2008 -- Intercepts reveal Georgian sneak attack on South Ossetia

United States and British signals intelligence (SIGINT) intercepts of Caucasus region communications, including the cell phone calls of Georgian, South Ossetian, and Russian government and military officials, reveal that Georgia was involved in a sneak attack on the evening of August 8 against South Ossetia and its Russian peacekeepers, WMR has learned from American intelligence sources.

The National Security Agency (NSA) maintained a series of SIGINT intercept stations in Georgia that were directed at Russian communications. In addition, Georgian communications, including satellite communications, were under surveillance from the NSA SIGINT station at Menwith Hill in England, as well as Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Cheltenham, also in England.

The SIGINT "take" from the Georgian assault on South Ossetia does not square with media reports of Russian "aggression" against Georgia. Once again, a split has developed between seasoned U.S. intelligence professionals and Bush administration officials who are offering up propaganda suited to the purposes of the neocon Mikheil Saakashvili regime in Tbilisi. A similar split occurred prior, during, and after the U.S. invasion of Iraq when the intelligence did not square with the propaganda emanating from the Bush White House. In recent years, such a gulf between intelligence reality and White House policy has also developed with regard to Iran's nuclear program.

Ironically, as the Bush administration seeks to restore the days of the Cold War, Russia has a number of U.S. intelligence professionals agreeing with its stance and statements on South Ossetia.



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