DISINFO: America admits involvement in Nord Stream bombing
SUMMARY
The United States has not hesitated to say that Washington was behind the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline. In fact, American officials admit that the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 explosions are their work. Now they are even willing to talk about it.
RESPONSE
Conspiracy theory not backed by any evidence, part of a wider disinformation campaign aiming to fill the information space to portray the West as responsible for the Nord Stream sabotage.
On 26 September 2022, the NS1 and the NS2 pipelines both ruptured. Denmark, Sweden view the Nord Stream pipeline leaks as 'deliberate actions'
Sweden, Germany and Denmark opened an investigation of the incident. This is the first step in determining what caused the leaks. Anything before that would be mere speculation and conspiracy theory.
The message was based on the blog post of the journalist Seymour Hersh. He claims the US navy was responsible for the explosion on NS1 and NS2. The story of Hersh was grounded on information from one anonymous source allegedly having information on all aspects of the case. A number of factcheckers have pointed to numerous flaws in Hersh's story (the alleged timing, the alleged use of naval ships and aircrafts - all has been shown to be false). The story has received great attention from Kremlin key propaganda outlets and has been the main point used by Russian Minister Lavrov to demand the UNSC address the issue with an investigation.
The US White House evaluated this claim as “utterly false and complete fiction.”
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that Nord Stream pipelines destroyed by coalition of countries headed by the US, that Western sabotage of Nord Stream pipelines caused an environmental disaster, that the UK took part in the explosion of the Nord Stream pipelines, or that the West blew up Nord Stream 1 and 2.