Report: Purpose of CIA Director’s Trip to Moscow Was to Deliver a Serious Warning to Russia

Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe’s unannounced visit to Moscow earlier this week was reportedly to deliver a message to Russia not to invade any of the NATO countries.

The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources “briefed on the visit,” that the trip came in response to new U.S. intelligence assessments concluding that Russian President Vladimir Putin could try to test NATO’s resolve with a limited assault on a member country.

Article 5 of the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty states “that a...