Biden admin was working behind closed doors to dissuade Russia from testing space weapon

The two people said that the administration had been worried that if the program became more widely known in Congress or in the public, that might scuttle the nascent efforts to get Russia to abort those tests. The Biden administration had also worried, they said, that if the details of the intelligence were revealed, the source of that information might dry up. The disclosures provide the Biden administration's rebuttal to those arguing that they were too slow to make Russia's effort more widely known. The officials declined to say whether Russia had responded to the initial reachout, but did say…