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r721 ◴[] No.34712869[source]
>The White House on Wednesday dismissed a blog post by a U.S. investigative journalist alleging the United States was behind explosions of the Nord Stream gas pipelines as "utterly false and complete fiction."

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>"This is utterly false and complete fiction," said Adrienne Watson, a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council. Spokespeople for the CIA and State Department said the same.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-says-blog-post-...

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steponlego ◴[] No.34712923[source]
The problem is they lie all day, every day, even about trivial stuff that’s easily verified. This looks more like an admission of guilt.
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gs17 ◴[] No.34712964[source]
Is there anything they could say or do, without providing undeniable evidence someone else did it that you would believe? If "we didn't do it" reads as "we did it", what do you expect them to do, not respond at all? That would be more suspicious to me.
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Apocryphon ◴[] No.34712984[source]
Sounds like they should provide undeniable evidence then!
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macintux ◴[] No.34713005[source]
Even if they had it, they likely couldn’t share it for security reasons.

And of course, proving innocence is effectively impossible without proving someone else did it.

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Apocryphon ◴[] No.34713053[source]
Sure. I'm just curious about who did it and hey if Hersh is providing one narrative, it's better than the lack of answers or even any attempt at an investigatory effort from any party, whether NATO or Russian.
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mrguyorama ◴[] No.34714238[source]
No official or well supported narrative does not mean you should jump on whatever narrative is out there or offered. Be open minded, but not so open your brain falls out
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1. Apocryphon ◴[] No.34714296[source]
I don't subscribe to Hersh's narrative but one cannot say that it does not present some intriguing content and gets the discussion flowing.