You remember the famous memo where 51 “intelligence officials” discredited the New York Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden’s “Laptop from Hell.” They had no evidence that it was Russian disinformation, yet they claimed it “had all the earmarks” of a Kremlin operation, a bogus assertion that caused Big Tech to censor the Post, the media to run full-bore with the narrative, and then-candidate Biden to even lie about it during an October 2020 presidential debate.
All this occurred in the weeks before the 2020 vote, meaning that it was a clear example of real election interference.
Masters of deception:
Let Us Not Forget That Intel Letter That Influenced the Election
Remember this?
Never forget who signed the dishonest election eve letter claiming the emails published by the @nypost from Hunter Biden’s laptop had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation”. pic.twitter.com/xojWjc1qvv
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) March 17, 2022
But lo and behold, federal prosecutors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial confirmed in May that the laptop was real and hadn’t been hacked—and that the FBI knew it. Has the media gotten down on their knees and apologized for being lying liars and for misinforming the electorate? Nope—crickets.
What about the “experts” behind the ruse? Folks like former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta? Have they shown any remorse or made any move to salvage their forever-stained reputations? Again, nope.
In fact, many are doubling down, including the Bond villain Clapper, who had a one-word answer when asked whether he would remove his name from the letter.
"No," former Obama Director of National Intelligence James Clapper simply said, also declining to publicly remove his name from the letter or concede that those signing onto it should have waited longer for more information to develop.
Ex-Intel Chief James Clapper Says He Doesn't Regret Signing Hunter Biden Laptop Letter - of course he doesn’t. It was a shameful political exploitation of his public trust by a guy with no shame … and it worked so what’s to regret? https://t.co/yM23MV6RJT
— Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) June 9, 2024
If you can believe the gall, some are contending that the letter was “accurate”:
“There continues to be by many a calculated or woefully ignorant interpretation of the October 2020 letter signed by fifty-one former intelligence officials concerning Hunter Biden’s laptop,” Mark S. Zaid, an attorney for seven other signatories, said in a statement to The Post first shared with Fox.
“A careful and objective reading of the document reflects that even today its content is accurate,” added Zaid, who is representing former CIA officers Ronald Marks, Marc Polymeropoulos, Emile Nakhleh, Paul Kolbe, John Sipher and Gerald O’Shea, as well as ex-Defense Intelligence Agency deputy director Douglas Wise.
But the most jaw-dropping line of all is when Zaid says we all should have signed onto this dirty disinformation campaign:
“It served as nothing more than a warning letter of what we have known for decades: certain foreign governments — including Russia — continue to try and actively interfere in our domestic affairs and our guard must remain vigilant,” Zaid also said. “Every patriotic American should have signed that letter.” [Bolding mine.]
Are you kidding me?!
How about Leon Panetta, we can trust him, right? Of course not. He said back in October 2023 (when anyone with a pulse knew that laptop was real, even if it hadn’t been confirmed by the DOJ yet) that he had “no regrets.” What an honorable guy.
LIE: Former CIA Director Leon Panetta who signed a letter claiming that Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation, therefore interfering in the 2020 elections, says he did it because he does not trust the Russians and has no regrets about it. WATCH pic.twitter.com/WMjl1AR60R
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) October 14, 2023
I have yet to see a recent reaction yet from Brennan, but based on his previous history, if he does comment, he will simply lie until the cows come home.
These are awful, cynical people who were willing to deceive the public to sway a historic election in favor of their preferred candidate. Knowing who they are, it’s not surprising that they would show no shame—yet it’s nevertheless startling to see them try to gaslight us into believing that the letter is still accurate and that signing it was a "patriotic" act. Disgusting.
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