It is quite instructive to read Russia's Bolshevik paper of record Pravda. Had Condoleezza Rice read Pravda rather than CIA reports she would have known that Russia was planning to invade our ally Georgia in 2008, for example. Pravda telegraphed that invasion, and anyone who read the former Communist Party organ would have knows SOMETHING was up, but Condi didn't "waste her time" on the tabloid commie rag (there are numerous stories about UFOs and other tabloid trash mixed in with some solid reporting) so she was caught flat-footed, giving us that deer-in-the-headlights stare when asked what happened and why the U.S. didn't take action. Obviously some folks at Langley didn't believe the Russians were serious.