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Doyle McManus: Ukraine's spring offensive already faces high stakes. The Discord leaks make them higher

Members of the 251st battalion head to their position at first light in Bakhmut, Ukraine.

The bizarre torrent of intelligence documents posted on a gamers' chat server, allegedly by a 21-year-old National Guard technician, produced headlines last week about a host of revelations including secret Russian military plans and U.S. espionage against allies like Israel and South Korea.

But some of the revelations weren't exactly new. U.S. allies learned long ago that our intelligence agencies spy on them, and most reacted to the news with a shrug.

But the to American foreign policy,

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