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The CIA made sure there were no US fingerprints on the Nordstream pipleine sabotage, according to new Washington Post reporting

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Jeff Stein
Nov 18, 2023
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Plausible denial is the mother’s milk of covert operations. The ability for a government to persuasively argue it had no knowledge of, or participation in, a clandestine caper, especially if it might go sideways, is an essential bodyguard of the plan.

Speaking of which, Washington Post investigative reporter Shane Harris, co-author of an important story…

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