4th leak reported on Nord Stream pipelines in Baltic Sea

Re:4th leak reported on Nord Stream pipelines in Baltic Sea by api on Thursday September 29, 2022 @09:03AM (#33020021)

My money is on a faction of the Russian military either attempting to sabotage Putin or alternately attempting to block off potential routes to negotiation to force a confrontation. Both are plausible.

US intelligence works closely with the UK and Germany. If it was the US it was with Germany's knowledge and approval.

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Re:4th leak reported on Nord Stream pipelines in Baltic Sea by vintermann on Thursday September 29, 2022 @09:15AM (#33020165)

Have you forgotten Snowden's revelations? They spied like crazy on EU politicians. Germany is not even a 5 eyes country.

That's an example that they're both able and willing to manipulate German politics and keep Germany in the dark about it. They would probably have needed Sweden's and Denmark's cooperation, but again there is recent history they are very willing to give the US whatever covert assistance they ask for.

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Re:4th leak reported on Nord Stream pipelines in Baltic Sea by prvit on Thursday September 29, 2022 @11:40AM (#33022228)

What does "spied like crazy" mean?

As far as I can tell, the publicly released Snowden docs show no such thing.

Also, I'm not sure how you go from mere spying to "able and willing to manipulate German politics".

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Re:4th leak reported on Nord Stream pipelines in Baltic Sea by tarboreus on Friday September 30, 2022 @10:53AM (#33035694)

Famously they tapped Merkel's phone, which is a bold move.

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