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Saga and I discuss the Nord Stream pipeline, leak slash explosion,

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Hey, Sagar. A lot to discuss today. Let's start with a story, even. I haven't quite made my

mind up about the Nord Stream pipeline explosions, slash sabotage, slash who benefits. Give me your

explanation of the story and what you think about it. I actually wrote my monologue on this, so this

is very helpful. So I'll go down the list. So exactly Monday, local time, 12 nautical miles outside

of Danish waters from an island that I'm not going to try and pronounce. There were a little

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