DISINFO: Everyone in the West knows about the US involvement in the Nord Stream sabotage but the terrorist attack is hushed up
SUMMARY
Former US intelligence officer confirmed the CIA's participation in the Nord Stream explosion, although Washington will never admit this. In the West, everyone knows about the US involvement, but the terrorist attack is hushed up. Denmark and Sweden see no basis for a criminal case and have already stopped investigating the explosions.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation alleging that the US is behind the explosions of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
There is no evidence that the US was involved in the Nord Stream sabotage. However, this disinformation story abounds on this narrative as if it was an established fact. The Danish authorities closed the investigation because they assessed that there is not the sufficient grounds to pursue a criminal case in Denmark.
The mentioned former US intelligence officer has previously worked for the Russian state-owned Sputnik Radio. By referring to his previous CIA career title, pro-Kremlin propaganda attempts to legitimise his unsubstantiated claim.
Pro-Kremlin media are promoting a number of different claims alleging that the leaks were planned by the US, UK, Poland or Ukraine. This is similar to the Kremlin's disinformation campaign in the situation with MH-17. See our article Nord Stream 1 & 2 sabotage - disinformation a la MH-17?
Read similar disinformation cases claiming that The USA blew up the Nord Stream pipeline, that US tried to threaten Putin by sabotaging Nord Stream, that The truth about Nord Stream sabotage by the US could destroy NATO, that The West rejects investigating the Nord Stream explosions, that Nord Stream pipelines were blown up by US intelligence, that the US benefits from destroying of Nord Stream because it can now sell more liquefied natural gas to Europe, that the US blew up Nord Stream so that the EU would arm Ukraine, or that Nord Stream destruction was an American terrorist attack.