The big news on Tuesday, published first by the Washington Post, was that the U.S. knew months in advance last year that Ukraine was planning on blowing up the Nord Stream Pipeline that supplied natural gas from Russia to Germany. Not to put too fine a point on it, but this is blockbuster news on several levels.
One, the U.S. isn't always able to learn about top-secret operations like the strike on Nord Stream in advance, even when the action is to be taken by an ally.
