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Two Former Spies Argue The Media Distorted Their Claims That Hunter’s Laptop Was A Russian Misinfo Op
The Free Press-Tampa ^ | 02/14/2023 | Liam Edgar

Posted on 02/14/2023 8:34:53 AM PST by Conservativetpa

Two left-wing formerly high-ranking U.S. intelligence officials argue an influential media report about their Trump-bashing accusations related to Hunter Biden’s laptop was … wait for it … fake news.

Both James Clapper, former national intelligence director, and Thomas Finger, whose career included a stint as chairman of the National Intelligence Council, trotted out Donald Trump’s favorite trope to distance themselves from their efforts to quash the explosive 2020 story uncovered by the New York Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at tampafp.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2020; biden; clapper; disinformation; electionmeddling; finger; hunter; laptop; medialies; propaganda
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1 posted on 02/14/2023 8:34:53 AM PST by Conservativetpa
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To: Conservativetpa

Clapper is the media now, he should simply spank himself.


2 posted on 02/14/2023 8:37:10 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Conservativetpa

So, the US’s top spies now claim that they are the victims of US media disinformation? What a bunch of clucks!


3 posted on 02/14/2023 8:37:27 AM PST by Rockingham
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To: Conservativetpa

I wonder, how do the Chinese pronounce his name when they call to elicit his - ah - advice?


4 posted on 02/14/2023 8:39:53 AM PST by Belteshazzar
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To: Conservativetpa

And they didn’t disagree, at the time.

Silence is consent, in this case.


5 posted on 02/14/2023 8:40:07 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: Conservativetpa

Yeah...except...it’s in black and white, and if it had been “misinformation” they’d have stepped up at the time.

They’re simply trying to cover their asses long after the fact that their lie was found out.


6 posted on 02/14/2023 8:41:22 AM PST by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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To: Rockingham

In the words of Harry Reid when he was confronted for blatant lies - “well, it worked didn’t it?”


7 posted on 02/14/2023 8:41:30 AM PST by volunbeer (We are living 2nd Thessalonians)
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To: Conservativetpa

Clapper lied under oath to congress how good can his word be worth.
Just another swamp maggot on the move.


8 posted on 02/14/2023 8:47:29 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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Then they should have said it in 2020.


9 posted on 02/14/2023 8:48:35 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: Conservativetpa

Y’all did not dispute the media narrative at the time, so you approved of it.


10 posted on 02/14/2023 8:48:37 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Conservativetpa

The laptop DID NOT look like Rooskie misinformation.


11 posted on 02/14/2023 8:51:17 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: All

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What did the FBi do repeatedly?

They leaked fake stories to WAPO and NYT and then they inserted those very articles in FISAs as evidence of wrongdoing.

Do the Math


12 posted on 02/14/2023 8:51:27 AM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: Conservativetpa

Again, the 51 intelligence community types who signed this letter regarding Trump and supposed Russian collusion should all have their clearances revoked for life.


13 posted on 02/14/2023 8:53:00 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Conservativetpa

They did not make the slightest move to deny it when the story was first published.

They have not repudiated their letter in ANY way.

They have not stated that Russia was not involved and that the truth has turned out to be that Hunter and Joe Biden were taking bribes and are controlled foreign assets. Furthermore Trump was correct and he was NOT a foreign asset.

Clapper and the other “intel community” types are criminals that participated in a coup. The entire intel community is a treasonous formation. Nobody in the community rose up or disputed their lies. They work AGAINST the Founders creation.


14 posted on 02/14/2023 9:00:34 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Mr. K

EXACTLY. Two years ago when the bidet was trumpeting that 51 intelligence services said it was a fabrication, Claptrap said not one word that he never said it was.


15 posted on 02/14/2023 9:05:45 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: Belteshazzar
"I wonder, how do the Chinese pronounce his name when they call to elicit his - ah - advice?"
I don't know where the idea that Chinese can't pronounce L-words came from. Using Chinese characters in the Mandarin dialect, they would probably pronounce "Clapper" as "Ke-la-pe-er" with a long "a" and the "e" in "er" silent.
16 posted on 02/14/2023 9:09:21 AM PST by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Conservativetpa

They are saying now that they only said it had the hallmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign. Not that it actually was one. They lied then and now.


17 posted on 02/14/2023 9:12:17 AM PST by pas
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To: Conservativetpa

The theatre of the letter, (51 signees, weeks before an election), it was written to be mis-understood. It’s purpose was completely fulfilled. Denying it now only tells what they think of the voters.


18 posted on 02/14/2023 9:12:30 AM PST by Extra-Ordinary Objectives (My preferred pronouns are intuitively obvious to the most casual observer.)
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To: Conservativetpa

clapper’s lips only move when brennan’s hand is up his ass


19 posted on 02/14/2023 9:20:18 AM PST by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: Conservativetpa

Counterintelligencing the counterintelligence public information officials trying to rig politics.


20 posted on 02/14/2023 9:22:25 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Forget "Global Warming", new grants are for "Galaxy Dimming")
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