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China ‘Sought to Influence’ 2020 US Election, Director of National Intelligence Assesses
The Epoch Times ^ | January 1 7, 2021 | Ivan Pentchoukov

Posted on 01/17/2021 4:46:12 PM PST by yoe

CIA Management Pressured Analysts to Withdraw Assessment

Director of National Intelligence ((DNI) John Ratcliffe assessed that (China) interfered in the 2020 federal elections, according to a letter transmitted to Congress.

In the letter ((pdf), Ratcliffe alleges that intelligence about China’s ( election) interference was suppressed by management at the CIA, which pressured analysts to withdraw their support for the view.

Citing a report by the Intelligence Community Analytic Ombudsman Barry Zulauf, the director of national intelligence said some analysts were reluctant to describe China’s actions as election interference because they disagreed with the policies of President Donald Trump.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: china; dni; dnireport; ratcliffe
"“Given analytic differences in the way Russia and China analysts examined their targets, China analysts appeared hesitant to assess Chinese actions as undue influence or interference,” Zulauf wrote. “These analysts appeared reluctant to have their analysis on China brought forward because they tended to disagree with the Administration’s policies, saying in effect, I don’t want our intelligence used to support those policies.”

And that dear Freepers is exactly what the Social Warriors of today do/are taught...make up our jurisprudence...IMHO.

1 posted on 01/17/2021 4:46:12 PM PST by yoe
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To: yoe

Manchurian Joe and his ‘Ho.

Like COVID, the gift the keeps on giving.


2 posted on 01/17/2021 4:49:03 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: yoe

Well of course China was involved as well as some of our so called allies.


3 posted on 01/17/2021 4:50:58 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: yoe

Does this mean any person in politics who took donations from companies tied to China they are supporting the subversion of our electoral process and therefore not allowed to hold public office? Cause that would mean 3/4 of congress


4 posted on 01/17/2021 4:52:10 PM PST by Lod881019
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To: yoe

Gee, I wonder who they wanted to win?


5 posted on 01/17/2021 4:54:19 PM PST by LuxAerterna
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To: yoe

This is what eight years of Obama brought. A entire generation of mid level people whose loyalty to a ideology supercedes doing their job. Biden is not going to be able to handle the elephant in the living room Obama created.


6 posted on 01/17/2021 4:54:22 PM PST by Widget Jr
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To: Lod881019

You bet your bippy it does.


7 posted on 01/17/2021 4:54:48 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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To: yoe

Ya don’t say.

Eh, who cares. Nobody did when we did.

Screw it.

Enjoy...

We have a guy in there who will sell us out to any comer.

Good luck with that.


8 posted on 01/17/2021 4:57:29 PM PST by DoughtyOne (We are all to be treated like the Randy Weaver family and Banch Dividian folks now.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Joe was chosen by the DNC to be a placeholder.


9 posted on 01/17/2021 5:05:08 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: DoughtyOne

You write, “We have a guy in there who will sell us out to any comer.” I think you should add, we have an institution in there (CIA) that will sell us out to any comer.


10 posted on 01/17/2021 5:10:56 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: yoe

This is just about the conclusions of the CIA. The NSA could well have come to a different conclussion.


11 posted on 01/17/2021 5:16:41 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: yoe

The next virus has to be a lot stronger, I guess.


12 posted on 01/17/2021 5:16:51 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan. )
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To: yoe

DNI Ratcliffe - bump for later....


13 posted on 01/17/2021 5:19:06 PM PST by indthkr
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To: yoe

Where did all those pallets of ballots at Bethpage Postal Center come from?


14 posted on 01/17/2021 5:19:29 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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To: yoe

Barr will get right on it. Oh, wait...


15 posted on 01/17/2021 5:19:36 PM PST by dynachrome ( “The people have spoken . . . and they must be punished.” Ed Koch. Sauve Qui Peut)
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To: Lod881019; 4Liberty

h/t 4liberty

16 posted on 01/17/2021 5:25:34 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

So if china and others were involved with election fraud is this not a national security emergency invoking the insurrection act?


17 posted on 01/17/2021 7:10:02 PM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: ronnie raygun

Absolutely!


18 posted on 01/17/2021 7:21:05 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Bookshelf

I’m not comfortable with:

The White House (in three days)
The United States Senate
The United States House of Representatives
The Supreme Court of the United States

The Justice Department
The FBI
The NSA
The CIA

98% of the Nation’s media outlets: Print, Television

Our K-12th grade education system

Our Universities

The CDC

The NIH

I don’t trust a single one of these entities and I am
sorry to say, I have some grave doubts about our military
leadership.

As for our state, county, and city leaderships, I’m not
comfortable with MANY of them either.

The police departments across the land are compromised all
too often. We have PC people in charge that don’t know
S from Shinola.

As for our election system, it’s broken.

Mitch and Ryan could have teamed up with Trump to clean much
of this up in 2017 and 18. For them it was more important
to teach Trump and any future people who wanted to go patriot
on them, who was boss.

And so this is where we are today, with a nation in ruins,
paid thugist ANTIFA and BLM on the streets, running our
nation. Our national law enforcement and spy agencies totally
on board their directives.

And oh yes, that massive body of enemies of the state, the
Conservatives being seen as the real problem.

Thanks Mitch. Thanks Paul.

The RNC can go _ itself. As for the GOPe, look what they
and their fellow travelers were able to pull off. They
have ushered in full blown Communism.

That’ll teach Trump or anyone like him to try to get back
to honoring the Constitution of the United States again.

Now members of the Republican Party are fleeing it in
droves.

One can only wonder how the GOPe/RNC thought this was
going to turn out. All we know for sure is that they
hated Donald J. Trump more than they loved this nation,
as if that was a concern on their mind at all.


19 posted on 01/17/2021 10:40:11 PM PST by DoughtyOne (We are all to be treated like the Randy Weaver family and Banch Dividian folks now.)
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