The Clinton administration wants desperately to believe that President Yeltsin does not know anything about this activity that it is the product of "rogue elements" and bureaucratic inertia, not a breakdown of civilian control or, worse yet, a sign of a dangerous new direction in Russian foreign policy.
The Clinton administration wants desperately to believe that President Yeltsin does not know anything about this activity -- that it is the product of "rogue elements" and bureaucratic inertia, not a breakdown of civilian control or, worse yet, a sign of a dangerous new direction in Russian foreign policy.