In a confirmation that either the NSA remains painfully confused about global geopolitical developments (one can't help but wonder if instead of surveilling the world for dangerous developments, the US "superspy" agency remains mostly focused on local eavesdropping), or that indeed the Turkish "coup" was staged as there was no actual preparation for it, earlier today John Kerry once again repeated that "US intelligence had no infromation" about the upcoming coup.
While this was hardly surprising, a more notable development following Turkey accusing the US of being "behind the Turkish coup", was the US expressing concern that their longtime NATO ally and critical regional partner believed that Washington would try to overthrow their government calling the claims "harmful to bilateral relations."
As Reuters reports, John Kerry urged Turkey on Saturday to exercise restraint after a failed military coup sparked a government crackdown, and warned its NATO ally that public suggestions of a U.S. role in the plot were "utterly false" and harmful to relations. Kerry also said that authorities should respect the rule of law during their probe of the coup.