Lawfare Archive: Shane Harris on the Nord Stream 2 Bombing
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🗓️ 5 January 2025
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From January 5, 2023: It was a few months ago that something went boom under the sea and the Nord Stream 2 pipelines were severely damaged. Everyone assumed the perpetrator was the Russian Federation because of the Russian Federation’s war in Ukraine, and because the pipeline carried natural gas from Russia to Europe. But, months have gone by and evidence that Russia was behind the Nord Stream attacks has not surfaced.
This was the subject of a lengthy article in the Washington Post, the lead author of which was Shane Harris. Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Shane to discuss the article, what we know about the Nord Stream attacks, and what we know about who could be behind them.
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| 1:20.6 | The recent damage to two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has led to numerous questions about who could have committed the sabotage of the vital infrastructure, reminiscent of the Nord Stream 2 bombing in September |
| 1:31.9 | 2022. Also in recent news, the Ukrainian government announced this week that it would cease |
| 1:37.3 | pumping natural gas to Europe from Russia due to the expiration of a 2019 agreement, leaving |
| 1:42.5 | Europe to seek alternative sources of energy. |
| 1:45.3 | For today's archive episode, I selected an episode from January 5th, 2003, the Lawfare |
| 1:51.2 | podcast, Shane Harris on the Nord Stream 2 bombing, in which Benjamin Witters sat down with |
| 1:55.7 | the Washington Post Shane Harris to discuss the bombing of the Nord Stream 2 pipelines, |
| 2:00.4 | the pipeline that carried natural |
| 2:01.7 | gas from Russia to Europe, as well as Harris's article on the situation, What We Know, |
| 2:06.7 | possible culprits, and more. |
| 2:14.7 | I'm Benjamin Wittes, and this is the Lawfare podcast, January 5th, 2003. |
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