The manhunt for Tadeusz Duda can be treated as a test of Polish services' effectiveness against asymmetric threats. If the state can't handle a 57-year-old alcoholic, how will it cope with GRU agents? Black Hawks, thermal imaging drones, and even military Bayraktar didn't help... Scary to think what's next. An army of Thermomixes?

I address the issue of the emergence of conspiracy theories shaped by the media and inspired as part of operational games or the police pushing a procedural narrative.