Eric Zuesse
The dean of the American media lying a viva voce. But who cares? There are no penalties.
The beneficiaries of this scam are called America’s “Deep State,” and they rule here no matter whether serving Republican Party billionaires or Democratic Party billionaires.
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.
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
By COLIN KALMBACHER @ LawandCrime.com, Apr 15th, 2021, 5:31 pm
[..] The pantheon of questionable claims, falsehoods and lies from intelligence officials may have a new companion: the story of Russian bounties on U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan.
“The United States intelligence community assesses with low to moderate confidence that Russian intelligence officers sought to encourage Taliban attacks U.S. and coalition personnel in Afghanistan in 2019 and perhaps earlier,” a senior Biden administration official said on Thursday, reversing previously “confident” pronouncements by his predecessor
Donald Trump’s administration.
Adam Rawnsley and national security reporter
Spencer Ackerman: “Translated from the jargon of spyworld, that means the intelligence agencies have found the story is, at best, unproven and possibly untrue.”
U.S. News
U.S. Intel Admits ‘Russian Bounties’ Story Was BS Now That Biden Aims to Pull Out Of Afghanistan
Chris Menahan | Information Liberation
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The US intelligence community on Thursday “walked back” their claim that Russia put “bounties” on American troops heads in Afghanistan.
Their BS claim was used to pressure Trump not to pull out of Afghanistan. Trump rightfully dismissed the story as a “hoax” but kept our troops in Afghanistan and only made a largely meaningless commitment to pull out during the next administration on May 1st.
Biden blew off the May 1st commitment but on Wednesday he announced he intends to pull out of Afghanistan by September 11th.
Colin KalmbacherApr 15th, 2021, 5:31 pm
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 30: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. House Democrats attended a briefing at the White House this morning following allegations that Russia paid bounties to Taliban militants to kill U.S. and allied troops.
The Gulf of Tonkin incident that never happened, babies being ripped out of incubators in Iraq, weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, rebels who supported democracy and an impending massacre of civilians in Libya. The pantheon of questionable claims, falsehoods and lies from intelligence officials may have a new companion: the story of Russian bounties on U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan.