Friday, 16 April 2021, 3:18 pm
On April 15th, the Biden Administration, which has been
saying that Russia probably placed a “bounty” on corpses
of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, said that, actually,
“U.S. intelligence only had ‘low to moderate’
confidence in the story,” but “This information puts a
burden on the Russian government to explain its actions and
take steps to address this disturbing pattern of
behavior.” For good measure, the U.S. Government has now
added yet more sanctions against Russia.
Adam Rawnsley
and Spencer Ackerman of The Daily Beast headlined on the
15th, “U.S.
Intel Walks Back Claim Russians Put Bounties on American