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More than 50 former intel officials signed a public letter saying they believe the Hunter Biden story has 'all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation'
The Business Insider ^ | October 20, 2020 | by Lauren Frias

Posted on 10/20/2020 5:53:29 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Dozens of former intelligence officials signed a public statement Monday expressing doubts about the authenticity of the Hunter Biden emails published by the New York Post.

In the letter, first reported by Politico, more than 50 former intelligence officers said they believed the emails purportedly belonging to Biden, the son of the Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

"We want to emphasize that we do not know if the emails, provided to the New York Post by President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, are genuine or not and that we do not have evidence of Russian involvement — just that our experience makes us deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case," they wrote in the statement.

The former intel officials wrote they believe the arrival of the contents, which they dubbed a "laptop op," to the tabloid was a cause for suspicion, "as the publication of the emails are clearly designed to discredit" the elder Biden.

"Such an operation would be consistent with some of the key methods Russia has used in its now multi-year operation to interfere in our democracy — the hacking (via cyber operations) and the dumping of accurate information or the distribution of inaccurate or misinformation," they said.

"It is high time that Russia stops interfering in our democracy," the letter concluded.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 50nobodies; biden; businessstuff; china; disinformation; election2020; gettrump; hunter; kag; maga; propaganda; trump; ukraine
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The same intelligence agency officials, no doubt, that issued the report assuring us that Russia was behind the email theft from the DNC & collusion in the 2016 election.


21 posted on 10/20/2020 6:01:19 AM PDT by I-ambush (Got arrested for inciting a peaceful riot)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Notice the operative word “Former”...


22 posted on 10/20/2020 6:01:49 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I would pay good money for a front row seat to see these traitorous, former intel officials publicly executed. They have betrayed the American people and are a law unto themselves. President Harry Truman authorized creation of the CIA but later publicly warned of its dangers to the country.


23 posted on 10/20/2020 6:02:30 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: stockpirate

We’re gonna need a bigger row of gallows.


24 posted on 10/20/2020 6:02:40 AM PDT by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is so stupid.

The authenticity of the emails has not been denied.

Some things cannot be faked — e.g., the pornos and photos of Hunter, the metadata from intermediate servers, etc.

And there is confirmation from: Biden’s lawyers wanting the laptop back, the subpoenas, the testimony of some random computer repair guy, and several email counter-parties confirmed the authenticity.


25 posted on 10/20/2020 6:03:09 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There is a reason why the area surrounding Washington DC has become the wealthiest in the world.....because so many in our gov’t are enriching themselves by selling out the nation.


26 posted on 10/20/2020 6:04:09 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is communism)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Given what happened with Russia, Russia, Russia I don’t trust a word they say.

In fact, I think they should all be investigated for obstruction of justice.


27 posted on 10/20/2020 6:04:21 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How in the hell do they know!


28 posted on 10/20/2020 6:05:01 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: euram
Matter of fact, the Biden campaign spokesman said that no one had denied the authenticity.

If Biden or any of his people are asked about the emails, they will say: "More than 50 former intel officials signed a public letter saying they believe this story has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation. This story has been debunked".

29 posted on 10/20/2020 6:05:28 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Does the left like anything about America?)
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To: Jewbacca

What seditious traitors. No wonder the intel “officials” are a disgraced group of anti-American losers. Arrest and waterboard each of these pathetic parasitic losers. Yank their retirements and exile them. Do they realize how despised they are for what they have done (and continue to do) to the United States.


30 posted on 10/20/2020 6:06:01 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If the Hunter Biden story is so ridiculous and untrue, then why does Joe need this letter...?

I think twitter should ban anyone selling this fake letter...!


31 posted on 10/20/2020 6:06:17 AM PDT by MCEscherHammer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dems who think they own the elections.


32 posted on 10/20/2020 6:06:31 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Signed by,
Jim Clapper
Mike Hayden
John Brennan
...


33 posted on 10/20/2020 6:06:42 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Like the Steele dossiere?


34 posted on 10/20/2020 6:06:50 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And one wonders why our intelligence operations are a joke?
These clowns are why.


35 posted on 10/20/2020 6:07:18 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Alberta's Child

“2. This one line is comical: “Such an operation would be consistent with some of the key methods Russia has used in its now multi-year operation to interfere in our democracy — the hacking (via cyber operations) and the dumping of accurate information or the distribution of inaccurate or misinformation,” they said. So telling the truth about criminal conduct is now “interfering in our democracy?”

I have often wondered why regarding the DNC and Podesta Emails leak, that awards weren’t given out, it was true and accurate.


36 posted on 10/20/2020 6:07:50 AM PDT by nomorelurker
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There is ZERO evidence of Russia’s involvement in the Biden labtop scandal.

But for those “true believers,” I got a bridge I can sell them...cheap...in Brooklyn.

Here’s Russian meddling in US politics would evolve:
<><> Russians plant damaging information in the laptop; videos of Hunter having sex and using drugs
<><> also planted are 40,000 or so detailed emails,
<><> Ruskis have the laptop delivered to some obscure guy in a nondescript Delaware computer repair shop;
<><> Russians KNOW that after 90-days the guy will decide to look at the contents.
<><> Russians are POSITIVELY SURE the computer repair guy will contact the FBI,
<><> the FBI weighs in, receives the original hard drive, and in the end ignores him.
<><> the Russians KNOW a copy of the hard drive will go to Giuliani’s office,
<><> Giuliano is fooled into examining the contents and dupes the NY Post into publishing it.
<><> Cong Schiff declares the laptop to be a Russian hoax.

So there you have it.....as the Bard said....”all’s well that ends well.”


37 posted on 10/20/2020 6:08:31 AM PDT by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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And just like that the story is converted from being something that hurts Biden into something that helps the narrative that the Russians are helping Trump.


38 posted on 10/20/2020 6:08:51 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: unixfox

+10000!! And there is a whole lot more coming out in 48 hours. Maybe some of them will be incriminated!!


39 posted on 10/20/2020 6:09:14 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues th the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: MCEscherHammer

How did the Russians get Hunter to drop it off at the strip mall? Why did the owner turn it over to the FBI? How did Russia get Rudy to go along? Putin is an idiot.


40 posted on 10/20/2020 6:09:47 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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