Something Was Urgent Enough to Put America’s Spy Chief on a Plane to Moscow: This Might Have Been a Mission That Could Not Wait

Reuben F. Johnson reports on CIA Director John Ratcliffe's unannounced Moscow visit, tracing the aircraft's route through the base that serves America's most senior officials, the Kremlin's refusal to confirm any meetings, and the urgent scenarios — from a warned attack on NATO to darker possibilities — that may have prompted the trip.