Ukraine Follow-up

A great piece of reporting in today's New York Times, detailing the behind-the-scenes struggle between the intelligence agencies, the Interior Ministry, and the Army as Ukraine's Orange Revolution unfolded. Reporter C.J. Chivers makes a convincing case for the importance of the intelligence agencies--who, in a remarkable break of tradition, did all they could to undermine the government's position and prevent a crackdown against pro-democracy protesters in Kiev.