Deciphering the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage. Larry Johnson Briefing the UNSC.
and I now give the floor to Mr Larry
Johnson thank you Mr President my
compliments to the distinguished members
of the security
Council my name is Larry Johnson I’m
here today to speak in support of
Russia’s desire to have the United
Nations security Council conduct an open
and comprehensive
investigation of the sabotage of the
nordstream pipeline in September of
2022 I’m here at my own expense without
compensation for my time all material
and comments are my
own my goal in addressing you today is
simple I want to propose steps that I
believe can help resolve the mystery of
the source of the attack on the
nordstream pipeline and thus help
resolve the tensions that resulted from
that unprecedented
attack perhaps I bring a unique
perspective to this issue because of my
past experience with intelligence
operations and Analysis during my time
with the Central Intelligence
Agency with counterterrorism policy and
investigations while serving in the
state department office of
counterterrorism with a scripting and
execution of more than 200
counterterrorism training missions for
US military Special Operations forces
while working as a
contractor and with successful
International moneya laundering
investigations carried out in my role as
the managing partner of berg
Associates one of these investigations
included a successful case conducted on
behalf of the European Union and the
governors of
Colombia but let me start with President
Harry S
Truman I think I am the only one in this
August Hall who grew up in Independence
Missouri and attended Middle School
across the street from Mr Truman’s
home I had the privilege of meeting Mr
Truman briefly one morning in September
of
1970 as he strolled up North Delaware
Street towards his Presidential
Library accompanied by a single
bodyguard what a difference 54 years
makes it is true that Mr Truman presided
over the start of the cold war between
the United States and the Soviet
Union that is an unfortunate
Legacy but I want to remind the Council
of Mr Truman’s words to the fledgling
United Nations in October of
1950 a 74 yearold message is still
relevant and worth
remembering quote at the present time
the fear of another great International
War overshadows all the hopes of man
kind this fear arises from the tensions
between nations and from recent outbreak
of open aggression in
Korea we and the United States believe
that such a war can be prevented we do
not believe that war is
inevitable one of the strongest reasons
for this belief is our faith in the
United Nations the United Nations has
three great roles to play in preventing
Wars first it provides a way for
negotiation and the settlement of
disputes among nations by peaceful
means second it provides a way of
utilizing the Collective Strength of
member nations under the charter to
prevent
aggression third it provides a way
through which once the danger of
aggression is reduced the Nations can be
relieved of the burden of armaments end
quote I believe it is not only the
responsibility but the sacred duty of
the security Council to take the lead in
bringing about a settlement of the
nordstream matter by peaceful means I
will not review the mountain of evidence
that implicates my own country the
United States in this act of war against
the Russian Federation and the Federal
Republic of
Germany there was no compelling National
Security interest to justify the
destruction of the nordstream pipeline
which has inflicted significant economic
pain on the people of
Germany this attack accomplished nothing
in terms of helping bring an end to the
conflict between Russia and Ukraine and
Ukraine’s NATO
facilitators it made matters
worse during my time at the CIA I
acquired an understanding of how covert
action was planned and executed in
places as diverse as Afghanistan and
Central
America such operations are not
conducted spur of the moment they are
funded planned rehearsed before being
executed Seymour hs’s account of the US
covert action against the nordstream
pipeline is consistent with the
knowledge I acquired during my time at
the agency in the late
1980s when I began working for
Ambassador Morris Busby in the office of
the coordinator for counterterrorism at
the US state department in the fall of
198 9 one of my first tasks was getting
Country clearances for the FBI as they
investigated the terrorist bombing of
PanAm
103 which crashed in lockerby Scotland
in December of
1988 one of the most important lessons I
drew from that experience which I
believe is relevant to the nordstream
matter was the difference between a
criminal investigation and intelligence
activities great care was exercised to
ensure that the evidence gathered by the
FBI was neither tainted nor spoiled by
intelligence
activities it was a fine line but
Ambassador Busby made sure that the FBI
and the CIA stayed in their own
lanes and maybe that is the most
important lesson of all the leadership
demonstrated by Ambassador
Busby professional mature leadership is
essential to the success uccessful
investigation of complex International
operations that result in attacks like
panm 103 and the nordstream
pipeline although the criminal
indictments against the two men
implicated in carrying out the bombing
did not come until November of
1991 the evidence that cracked the case
was in Hand by March
1990 that’s only 15 months after panm
103 fell from the skies and is 20 months
before the in criminal
indictments compare that investigation
with the indifference and lack of
curiosity demonstrated by the NATO
countries with respect to
nordstream it has been 19 months since
the pipeline was destroyed and the NATO
countries appear to have adopted the
posture of the three wise
monkeys See No Evil Hear no evil speak
no
evil I have some insight into the
logistics and execu ution of the attack
on nerd stream thanks to work I did on
behalf of the US military Special
Operation Forces that work commenced in
the spring of 1994 and ended in
2016 during those 22 years I was part of
a team that scripted multiple
counterterrorism
exercises we would create scenarios such
as a group threatening to use a
biological weapon in a North African
country and then replicate the DI Matic
and intelligence traffic reporting the
threat to stimulate a response by the
particular military diplomatic task
force task both to analyze contain and
defeat the
threat in the course of this work we
also had to think like sabur or
terrorists understand their
motives understand the capabilities
required to carry out such an attack and
identify the kinds of resources and
training that would underpin such a
terrorist
operation four years after I started
Consulting with the US military I along
with four others started Burger
Associates two of my partners previously
worked with the Drug Enforcement
Administration one ended his career as
the chief of international operations of
DEA the other ran storefront undercover
money laundering operations here in New
York
City one of our first jobs was the
investigation of what is commonly known
as the the Bank of New York Russian
money laundering
case we also organized investigation and
collection of evidence that was used to
file a civil racketeer influenced and
corrupt organizations act also known as
Rico this was done against major tobacco
companies which were laundering money
for drug
cartels two separate causes of actions
were filed on behalf of the plaintiffs
the European Union and the governors of
Columbia my point in mentioning this
history is to emphasize that even in
complex International
investigations without access to
classified
material we were able to gather massive
quantities of evidence which would have
been admissible and stood up in a US
Criminal
Court in doing these investigations I
learned that Disneyland has it right it
is a small world after all the Nexus
between criminal organizations
major International corporations
financial institutions and intelligence
organizations is not a
fantasy it is real and involves hundreds
of billions of
dollars my experience convinces me that
a properly funded investigation carried
out by professionals will uncover
documents informants eyewitnesses that
can prove Beyond A Reasonable Doubt who
carried out the nordstream pipeline
bombing
the Nations assembled here have one
advantage in in in an
investigation that we as private
investigators did not have you have
signals intelligence satellites you have
data stored for example that can provide
intelligence ranging from the movements
of ship to the movement of money when
you combine that data with conventional
evidence you have a powerful means for
identifying who ordered and executed the
bombing of the nordstream
pipeline I can say this much with
certainty about that
operation it was carried out with the
financial and material support of at
least one nation state there are written
records almost certainly highly
classified and stored with very limited
access but there may be available
evidence outside such classified records
that can illuminate the ACT
significantly if not solve the
mystery my message to to you today is
simple follow the
money also ask
kuono who
benefits I believe the refusal to
conduct a thorough investigation of this
matter casts a cloud over the security
Council in closing I reiterate President
Truman’s Vision enunciated 74 years
ago you have it in your power to provide
a way for
negotiation and the settlement of
disputes among nations by peaceful
means but such negotiations must Pro
proceed from a solid supportable
understanding of who performed the act
and I believe you can reach that
conclusion with a proper investigation
that only you the members of the
security Council have the power to
perform thank you Mr President I thank
Mr Johnson for his briefing
Watch Larry Johnson, a seasoned veteran of the CIA and State Department, as he dissects the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage in front of the United Nations Security Council. With stakes higher than ever in global politics, Johnson brings his expertise in intelligence, counterterrorism, and financial investigations to bear on this politically charged quandary. As we navigate the murky waters of international relations, his insights offer clarity on the necessity of a comprehensive and transparent probe led by the United Nations Security Council, drawing upon the legacy of President Truman’s pursuit of peace.
On 26 September 2022, Danish and Swedish authorities reported a number of explosions at pipes A and B of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline and pipe A of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, with the resulting damage causing significant gas leaks. The European Union considers the incident to be sabotage of key European energy infrastructure. The Nord Stream explosions also resulted in the worst release of methane gas in human history, with estimates ranging from 100,000 to 400,000 tonnes (220 to 880 million pounds) of methane released into the atmosphere. In October 2022, Russia confirmed that Pipe B of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline escaped destruction, and offered to resume gas supply to Europe (which was promptly declined by Berlin).
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