“How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline”

This story requires one to believe that, on one hand, the mission was so secret that US Special Operations could not be used, because then the "Gang of Eight" in Congress would need to be notified, and according to Hersh that would have been a problem.

But on the other hand, Norway and other countries were invited to be intimately involved in the planning and execution.

This strikes me as rather unlikely.

It was implied that Norway would benefit from such a mission - they are directly going to be able to sell more gas. However, it does seem implausible that so many are informed and involved.