Russia exposed ‘hypocrisy of US diplomacy’: Scott Rickard
Former intelligence linguist Scott Rickard says Russia exposed the “hypocrisy” of US diplomacy, if the accusation is true that Moscow was behind leaking a recent phone call between top US diplomats in Europe.
Earlier this month, Washington blamed Russia for taping and leaking an embarrassing phone call between top US diplomat for Europe Victoria Nuland and US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt which laid bare Washington’s deep involvement in Kyiv’s internal affairs.
“The Americans have been aggressively monitoring communications against the Russians and it’s about time that the Americans were held accountable for not only their unprofessional but incredibly imperialistic perspectives on a country like Ukraine and elsewhere,” Rickard told Press TV on Wednesday.
“At the end of the day, Americans got what they deserved and these individuals representing America across the world need to be replaced and thankfully someone posted this and if it was the Russians, my hat’s off to the Russians for exposing the hypocrisy of American diplomacy,” he added.
National Intelligence Director James Clapper said on Tuesday American intelligence agencies “certainly” consider Russia a possible suspect behind the release of the telephone call.
“Well, we don’t know,” Clapper said when asked during a Senate hearing if Moscow intercepted the call. “They would certainly be … on the potential list of suspects.”
Moscow has denied it was behind the leak and the posting of the call on the Internet.
The news comes as the United States faces a global outrage over its own mass spying activities, including on foreign governments.
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