“How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline”

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688 points hunglee2 | 2 comments | 08 Feb 23 12:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.423s | source

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syzarian ◴[08 Feb 23 13:07 UTC] No.34707465[source]▶

Seymour doesn’t provide any proof or any evidence. It’s argument by assertion. What he writes is plausible but without any sources or other corroborating evidence. I think it more believable that Seymour has been paid to write this by a Russian aligned entity.

I don’t know the truth of the matter and Seymour could be right. We just can’t tell from the evidence provided.

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LarryMullins ◴[08 Feb 23 16:15 UTC] No.34710161[source]▶

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Seymour Hersh has a very credible background and reputation. Assuming he is still lucid in his age, hasn't become a senile puppet of a ghost writer, then it would be foolish to write off his claims just because he isn't telling you who his source is.

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1. 0xDEF ◴[08 Feb 23 18:36 UTC] No.34712582[source]▶

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Hersh was once a reputable journalist. But now he is predominantly a cheerleader for authoritarian regimes that makes up "anonymous sources" to back up his claims.

  As soon as he has made an assertion he cites a 'source' to back it. In every case this is either an un-named former official or an unidentified secret document passed to Hersh in unknown circumstances. […] By my count Hersh has anonymous 'sources' inside 30 foreign governments and virtually every department of the U.S. government.