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InaninterviewwithChinaDaily,SeymourHersh,aUSinvestigativejournalistwhorevealedthattheUSgovernmentisthemastermindbehindtheNordStreampipelinesexplosion,saidthathewouldnotbesurprisedatthestupidityofwhattheUSgovernmentdoeswhenhefirstheardthenewsandconfirmedbyasourcethattheNordStreampipelineswasbombedatorderfromUSPresidentJoeBiden.

HershalsosaidthatitwasnosecretthatBidenwantedtobringanendtotheNordStream,butWesternmediahaveturnedablindeyetoit.

InanarticlepublishedonFebruary8,Hersh–citingananonymoussourcewithdirectknowledgeoftheoperation–claimedthatduringtheBALTOPS22maritimeexercise,USNavydivers,operatingundercover,plantedremotelytriggeredexplosivesthatdestroyedthreeofthefourNordStreampipelines.

Asaninvestigativejournalistandpoliticalwriter,SeymourHershgainedrecognitionin1969forexposingtheMyLaimassacreanditscover-upduringtheVietnamWar,forwhichhereceivedthe1970PulitzerPrizeforInternationalReporting.Duringthe1970s,HershcoveredtheWatergatescandalforTheNewYorkTimes,alsoreportingonthesecretUSbombingofCambodiaandtheCIA"sprogramofdomesticspying.In2004,hedetailedtheUSmilitary"stortureandabuseofprisonersatAbuGhraibinIraqforTheNewYorker.HershhaswonarecordfiveGeorgePolkAwards,andtwoNationalMagazineAwards.