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Matt Lee, a veteran reporter with the Associated Press, put State Department spokesman Ned Price in the hot seat Thursday for refusing to provide evidence that Russia plans to stage a false-flag operation to justify an invasion of Ukraine.
During his opening remarks ahead of a press briefing, Price made the case “that Moscow might create a false flag operation” to justify an invasion of Ukraine, citing the existence of a Russian intelligence propaganda video that allegedly depicts “explosions and fake corpses,” “crisis actors pretending to be mourners” and “images of destroyed locations or military equipment” on the ground in Ukraine.
Lee challenged Price, saying the State Department had presented “no evidence” that Russia has actually created a “crisis actor” video and insisting that he wouldn’t be satisfied with the claims.
Lee rejected Price’s assurances and suggested the allegation was a conspiracy theory worthy of Alex Jones, who has been removed from all major social media platforms for violating terms of service.
“Like, ‘crisis actors’? This is Alex Jones territory you’re getting into,” he said.
“Where is the declassified information?,” he repeated multiple times. “There are no facts that you spelled out!,” Lee exclaimed.
In pressing for evidence to justify the administration’s claims, the veteran reporter referenced numerous U.S. intelligence failures that led to catastrophe in recent decades, including the “weapons of mass destruction” speculation that served as a pretext for America’s 2003 military intervention in Iraq as well as the U.S. timeline for Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban that was totally upended in August.
“I would like to see some proof that you can show that shows what the Russians are doing. I’ve been doing this a long time. I remember you said that Kabul’s not going to fall,” Lee retorted. “Let me just appeal to you, on behalf of all of us, and the American people, and the people of the world, and the Russian people, and the Ukrainian people, one piece of evidence to suggest that the Russians are planning to use ‘crisis actors’ to stage a false mass casualty event to use as a pretext. Just one piece, one piece of verifiable evidence,” he said.
Other media personalities have since joined Lee in expressing skepticism about the rogue regime’s Russian propaganda story, including MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, who tweeted: “Both of these responses from Psaki and Price are completely dumb and gross and only make them, and the case they are making, look worse.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/veteran-reporter-tears-into-state-department-spox-over-russian-false-flag-allegation-you-have-no-evidence/