Reuben Brigety said he’d bet his life that South Africa sent weapons to Russia.
But American lawmakers are increasingly incensed that the U.S. isn’t demanding more from Pretoria. A House resolution introduced in February slammed the naval exercises and called for a review of the U.S.-South Africa relationship., who said he traveled to South Africa as part of a bipartisan delegation following the Lady R’s visit.
Since Brigety spoke out, South African officials have sent mixed messages about the status of an investigation. At times, they’ve said they have no evidence of an arms transfer onto the Lady R, or at least none supporting a government role. Spokespeople for Brigety declined multiple requests for interviews and referred inquiries to the State Department press shop in D.C.
Still, Brigety spoke in definitive terms about an intelligence matter, even though U.S. intelligence is rarely definitive. His implication that South Africa’s government was behind the alleged arms transfer may be impossible to prove, not least because the country’s Byzantine bureaucracy has many fiefdoms.
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