Seymour Hersh: US attempting to "cover up" involvement in sabotaging Nord Stream

Seymour Hersh has claimed the US intentionally provided false stories to the media to cover up Washington's involvement in the destruction of Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline. In a post on his Substack blog, Hersh claims the CIA was tasked with preparing a cover story to provide the American and German press with an "alternative version" of the explosions. He noted that the CIA had completed its task and, with the help of Germany, planted stories in the New York Times and German weekly Die Zeit. These stories referred to a supposed "ad hoc 'off the books' operation" carried out by a "pro-Ukrainian group," which allegedly used a luxury sailing yacht to plant explosives on the Nord Stream pipelines.