The information was allegedly leaked by a low-level US Air National Guard computer technician who had access to classified materials.
The explosion in September 2022 rendered the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines useless, cutting off a potential source of billions of dollars in earnings for Russia.
The suspects include Russia, the United States, and Ukraine, but all have denied responsibility.
German investigators found that a six-person team used false passports to take a sailboat from Rostock to undertake the operation, and metadata from the emails used to rent the sailboat tie them to Ukraine.
However, a Russian navy vessel was also seen near the location of the sabotage.
LONDON DAILY ARCHIVE
CIA Informed of Ukraine's Plans to Sabotage Nord Stream Gas Pipeline in June 2022
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that the CIA was informed by a European spy agency in June 2022 that a Ukraine special operations team had plans to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
06 June 2023 · 20:47 UTC
