U.S. intelligence has determined that Russian military intelligence secretly offered money to Taliban forces to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. What’s most appalling is that the White House has known about this for months and done nothing.

The New York Times writes:

“The United States concluded months ago that the Russian unit, which has been linked to assassination attempts and other covert operations in Europe intended to destabilize the West or take revenge on turncoats, had covertly offered rewards for successful attacks last year.“

The Times reports the president was briefed last March and, along with the findings, given a menu of options for responding. They range from diplomatic complaints to further sanctions. The Trump administration has yet to authorize any step.

Holy cow. “The intelligence finding was briefed to President Trump, and the White House’s National Security Council discussed the problem at an interagency meeting in late March, the officials said…the White House has yet to authorize any” response. https://t.co/BTnwE0huWJ

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 26, 2020

Not only has the administration not responded, the Kremlin has not been told of the allegations.

The Times writes that Islamic militants were believed to have collected some bounty.

“Twenty Americans were killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2019, but it was not clear which killings were under suspicion.”