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Added - 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
In February 2023, Hersh reported that the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines had been carried out by the US Navy, the CIA, and the Norwegian Navy, under the direct order of President Biden. Hersh's report relied on an anonymous source who stated that, in June 2022, US Navy divers placed explosive C4 charges on the pipelines at strategic locations selected by the Norwegians. The source said that charges were placed under the cover of a multi-nation wargame simulation known as BALTOPS 22, and remotely detonated three months later by a signal from a sonar buoy dropped by a Norwegian P-8 surveillance plane.[1][2]
Onlyforwikiapps (talk) 01:38, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- It appears I am in an edit war with an admin over including this.
- CIA, FBI computers used for Wikipedia edits AUGUST 17, 2007 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-security-wikipedia-idUSN1642896020070816 I am certain it is now contracted out, per the many leaks. Is this admin part of some organization. No. I did not say this. I am saying that I am in a edit war with an admin. Onlyforwikiapps (talk) 02:02, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Actually, you're edit-warring to insert credulously-phrased and undue fringe speculation, which has no place here. And stop with the silly "is this admin part of some organization" nonsense. Read WP:ONUS, and stop loading up edit summaries with the text. Acroterion (talk) 02:10, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
References
- ^ Midolo, Emanuele (February 8, 2023). "US bombed Nord Stream gas pipelines, claims investigative journalist Seymour Hersh". The Times. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- ^ "White House Denies Seymour Hersh Report That U.S. Sabotaged Nord Stream Pipelines". Democracy Now!. February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
Expanding the controversies section
I think the controversies section on the article should be expanded. There was a template put up asking for expansion back in 2021. I was not sure how to go about expanding it, perhaps a bullet point summary of some of the more common controversies? I was originally going to implement that, however I did not want to do something without bringing attention to it here. Not0nshoree (talk) 14:33, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
- Was this ever done @Not0nshoree
John Kiriakou and the CIA removing Abu Zubaydah's left eye
Integrated into the article:
John Kiriakou is a former CIA counterterrorism officer who was the only CIA officer sentenced in the CIA's enhanced interrogation program. Kiriakou was sentenced to 2 years prison for exposing the CIA's enhanced interrogation program. While in CIA custody, Zubaydah previously damaged left eye was surgically removed.[1][2]
Ironcurtain2 (talk) 17:06, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
- This seems unrelated to the context where you placed it in the article. What's the point? Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 02:23, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
- Also, I note that this source asserts that Kiriakou was sentenced to 30 months in prison for leaking the name of a former CIA officer alleged to have taken part in waterboarding. That's not quite that same thing you describe as "exposing the CIA's enhanced interrogation program", but I haven't seen the source you cite. There's a bit more detail here, but I'm not completely clear on what information besides that agent's name he was charged with and convicted of improperly disclosing. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 04:02, 3 June 2024 (UTC)
- ^ Matthews, Dylan (9 December 2014). "16 absolutely outrageous abuses detailed in the CIA torture report". Vox.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
- ^ "The Al Qaeda Capture That Went Horribly Wrong John Kiriakou". Danny Jones Clips. Retrieved 2 June 2024.