Posted on 12/13/2023 10:26:50 AM PST by george76
Remember when dozens of former intelligence officials signed a letter just before the 2020 election proclaiming the Hunter Biden laptop to be "Russian disinformation"? Well, some of the signers of that letter are back, and they've got a new and infuriating demand.
That news comes via deep-state stenographer Jennifer Griffin, who will apparently report anything the intelligence community puts out without the slightest hint of context. In fact, you wouldn't even know some of the signers of this new letter also signed the now-debunked Hunter Biden laptop letter if it weren't for conservatives digging into it.
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if I .. was handed a letter signed by "top former National Security officials" to publicize, I'd probably bother to mention that several of them have been completely discredited already. That would include James Clapper, who is one of the signers of this latest letter.
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Other names joining the crossover event include Michael Morell, Glenn Gerstell, and Richard Ledgett. I can't think of a worse endorsement for renewing Section 702 than having those four be in support of it. Can you?
Does anything matter? What else does someone like Clapper have to do before Pentagon lackeys masquerading as reporters start asking questions instead of breathlessly parroting whatever they are told? The Hunter Biden laptop was not only not "Russian disinformation," it was obvious at the time that it wasn't. This isn't a case of Clapper and the company being duped due to a lack of information. The photos and emails were obviously real and had already been confirmed by The New York Post.
Never mind that Section 702 has been completely abused by the intelligence community and federal law enforcement. Remember Carter Page? His life was largely destroyed because of a fraudulent FISA warrant, and no one even went to jail for it. But we are supposed to just hand the government that power back again?
I'm not sure what's worse. That some of the signers of the Hunter Biden intel letter are pushing this, or that some Republicans are. Giving up the right to privacy for a faux sense of security is not a trade anyone should want to make.
“Are Back With an Infuriating Demand ...”
Could someone tell me what was their demand? I read into the article and didn’t see it.
This is a typical article overstuffed with useless words.
47 of them signed a letter wanting fisa reauthorized. — They want to continue to spy on Americans.
As former employees of the US government, they are in no position to demand anything.
Total bull puckey. I saw that laptop, online for a few days before the election on Taiwanese TV.
I could see Hunter smoking crack and getting a BJ from Chinese hooker. He was filming the whole thing on his laptop, really proud of himself.
I sent a iink to a friend and told her how bribable this made Biden, but she didn’t care. She’d never vote for a Republican, had Biden and Kamala photos on her Facebook page. End of friendship.
IC folks want to extend the ability to spy on Americans under the guise of security?!? I’m shocked! The author’s obvious and petty jealousy of Jennifer Griffin is a bad look for a supposed journalist...
“ news comes via deep-state stenographer Jennifer Griffin, who will apparently report anything the intelligence community puts out without the slightest hint of context”
She enjoys being a mouthpiece and has for a long time. Completely unwatchable
firing squad & gallows
These fascists hate America.
This has nothing to do with ordinary Americans.
I believe it has to do with collecting dirt on US politicians, cabinet hosers and bureaucrats.
Without 702 they’d have to go back to using cutouts like the Awan Bros...
(think hard about what I just posited there)
Note to self: whatever the “Intelligence” officers recommend, do the opposite.
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