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