Posted on 10/14/2020 7:14:04 PM PDT by Mariner
A cache of emails and other selected data purportedly from a laptop owned by Hunter Biden were published today by the New York Post. Ordinarily a major leak related to a figure involved in a controversy of Presidential importance would be on every front page but the red flags on this one are so prominent that few editors would consent to its being published as-is.
Almost no news outlets have reported the data or its origin as factual, and Facebook and Twitter have both restricted sharing of the Post articles pending further information. Here's why.
When something of this nature comes up, it pays to investigate the sources very closely: It may very well be, as turned out to be the case before, that foreign intelligence services are directly involved. We know that Russia, among others, is actively attempting to influence the election using online influence campaigns and hackery. Any report of a political data leakage let alone one friendly to Trump and related to Ukraine must be considered within that context, and the data understood to be either purposefully released, purposefully edited, or both.
But even supposing no global influence effort existed, the provenance of this so-called leak would be difficult to swallow. So much so that major news organizations have held off coverage, and Facebook and Twitter have both limited the distribution of the NY Post article.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
The nature of the evidence is irrelevant; its the seriousness of the charge that matters. (But only if youre a republican.)
I suspect the absence of an explicit denial lies in the fact that there are another 30,000 emails which will establish authenticity beyond doubt.
“When something of this nature comes up, it pays to investigate the sources very closely:”
Unless it’s against a Republican, then they’ll run full front page articles based on anonymous sources.
“It may very well be, as turned out to be the case before, that foreign intelligence services are directly involved.”
Well, if they’re talking about Russia and the CCP, they want biden to win.
Lol.
C’mon man, thats plain nasty
unless its bad for Trump ... then you run with it.
It’s always the case with negative information about Democrats - the scandal is how or why the information was revealed - not what the information revealed. Contrast this with the stories about the recent leak of Trump’s tax returns.
This is the formula for how the press treats Democrats and Republicans with complete different standards - every single time.
l8r
NOOOOO
“To claim the data hacked, implies its authentic.”
Actually to claim it was hacked, more than implies, it confirms that the emails are real.
Easy provanance proof.
Yep. Be sure to check down between the keys.
Well, someone walked over 3 laptops for repair, and never picked them up.
Seems that paternity lawsuit jammed Hunter up, so much so, Hunter could not risk those laptops getting into court and discovery.
Did Hunter intend to hide the laptops, then not have an opportunity to recover the laptops?????
“The FBI seized a laptop computer and a hard drive that had emails addressed to Hunter Biden and photographs of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Bidens son, according to a subpoena and other documents published on Wednesday by the New York Post.”
“The subpoena from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, dated Dec. 9, 2019, is for an Apple MacBook Pro and an external hard drive.”
“The subpoena was issued to the owner of an electronics store in Delaware, where the computer was dropped off in April 2019, the stores owner, who was not named, told the Post.”
“The billing information given for the computer was Hunter Bidens name and the computer bore a sticker from the Beau Biden Foundation, which was named after Hunter Bidens late brother. The stores owner said the computer and hard drive were seized by the FBI after he alerted authorities to them.”
https://trulytimes.com/fbi-obtained-hunter-biden-computer-data-on-ukraine-dealings-documents.html
This leaves no doubt as to provenance especially as correlated with timeline information.
Washingtons rules:
Democrats are allowed to make up charges against Republicans. The severity of the charges are more important than the accuracy.
Republicans are not allowed to release any incriminating information on Democrats. Regardless of whether they are true, releasing the information is a clear breech of protocol.
What is difficult to swallow is the idea that Hunter Biden's getting paid a huge salary from Burisma had nothing to do with Joe Biden being in charge of the Obama's administrations policies toward Ukraine.
Can it be “Leaked” if it was abandoned?
For Four years, no one had cared about sources. They ran with everything.
Even Comey and the Pressure to appoint Mueller - what was important was a thorough airing of the charges, and an unlimited Investigation where any bar rumor had to be examined in depth by Trumps enemies.
What are we back to Obama rules where claims made about him require three on the record Saints?
I see Fox News wants to say its very unlikely, WTH do they know about Hunter?
Blinders
they should release the 12 minute sex video. that should remove all doubt about the provenance.
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