US Congress Has Role To Play In Probe Into Nord Stream Attacks - Senate Candidate

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th August 2023) The US Congress has a role to play in investigating the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines because it was not consulted on them in violation of US law, independent candidate for the US Senate from New York State Diane Sare told Sputnik.

"They (Congress) were illegally not consulted. That's against the law," she said. "You're not allowed to do a top covert action and not brief the Congress. This is an act of war. The Congress has to give their approval and they were kept out of the loop. So they absolutely have a role."

Sare said she believes the US government was involved in the attacks on the pipelines because President Joe Biden announced on February 7, 2022, before Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, that the United States would end the pipelines.

"He didn't say blow up. He said it will end them," she noted. "So he announced our plan to destroy the pipeline in a public meeting."

The candidate also cited reports alleging that then UK Prime Minister Liz Truss sent a text to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying "it's done" just after the blasts.

Sumaira FH  Published Here August 09, 2023 | 11:40 AM