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The Director of National Intelligence also said this morning that there is NO intelligence supporting that it's fabricated: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/

by skrowl 6y ago

The Director of National Intelligence also said this morning that there is NO intelligence supporting that it's fabricated: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hunter-bidens-laptop-not-some-russian-disinformation-campaign-dni-ratcliffe-slams-schiff https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hunter-bidens-laptop-not... The only source for "appears to be fabricated" appears to be politicians on the same side as Joe Biden saying so, as far as I can tell.

peteretep 6y ago
You mean this guy? > Ratcliffe withdrew after Republican senators raised concerns about him, former intelligence officials said he might politicize intelligence, and media revealed Ratcliffe's embellishments regarding his prosecutorial experience in terrorism and immigration cases. > Ratcliffe has little experience in national security or national intelligence and is reported to have demonstrated little engagement on the matters as a congressman.
- skrowl 6y ago
  You're welcome to ad hominem attack the DNI all you'd like, but that doesn't change what he said. Do you have any evidence to support the evidence being fabricated? Do you have any evidence to show where the previously non-public images (like Hunter asleep with a crack pipe next to him) published by the Post came from, if not the hard drive of said laptop?
  - matthewdgreen 6y ago
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-biden-ukraine-russian-disinformation/2020/10/15/43158900-0ef5-11eb-b1e8-16b59b92b36d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-bi...
    - skrowl 6y ago
      > U.S. intelligence agencies warned the White House last year that President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani was the target of an influence operation by Russian intelligence, according to four former officials familiar with the matter. This anonymous / unsourced claim is false, according to the Director of National Intelligence. There is no intelligence that supports that and no one is even on the record claiming that it does. WashPo may have fabricated the claim. See linked video of DNI speaking about it.
      - jcadam 6y ago
        I remember when RG was universally considered a hero for cleaning up NYC and his leadership on 9/11. Now apparently he's a befuddled old man allowing himself to be easily manipulated and led around by the nose by foreign intelligence agents. I'm going to assume he's not that stupid. And the emails are real. Biden is owned by the CCP.
    - kadabra9 6y ago
      There's nothing at all in this link that is related to the authenticity of the emails. It's just more of "Muh Russians" garbage from Wa Post.
  - peteretep 6y ago
    I absolutely think what’s on the laptop is real. I absolutely don’t think the origin story of the laptop is real, and that’s what the man whose credibility you’re appealing to is trying to defend.
  - Zigurd 6y ago
    We have a DNI who is patently a hack. Unqualified. Damaging the IC.
overtonwhy 6y ago
ZeroHedge is an anonymous conspiracy blog and not a reputable source for anything except paranoia.
- zpeti 6y ago
  Source?
- skrowl 6y ago
  Oh my, attacking the source instead of the actual content is very sad, even by partisan leftist standards. Here's a direct link to the video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woGyMvqLV5o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woGyMvqLV5o
- mesozoic 6y ago
  And you are reputable enough to call them such because?
- TechBro8615 6y ago
  ZeroHedge was shouting about Coronavirus in December.
  - mthoms 6y ago
    ... and in January claimed China "stole Coronavirus from Canada and weaponized it into a Bioweapon." https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/28/blog-posting/websites-spin-conspiracy-theory-about-coronavirus-/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/28/blog-posti...

by skrowl 6y ago

peteretep 6y ago

You mean this guy? > Ratcliffe withdrew after Republican senators raised concerns about him, former intelligence officials said he might politicize intelligence, and media revealed Ratcliffe's embellishments regarding his prosecutorial experience in terrorism and immigration cases. > Ratcliffe has little experience in national security or national intelligence and is reported to have demonstrated little engagement on the matters as a congressman.

skrowl 6y ago
You're welcome to ad hominem attack the DNI all you'd like, but that doesn't change what he said. Do you have any evidence to support the evidence being fabricated? Do you have any evidence to show where the previously non-public images (like Hunter asleep with a crack pipe next to him) published by the Post came from, if not the hard drive of said laptop?
- matthewdgreen 6y ago
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-biden-ukraine-russian-disinformation/2020/10/15/43158900-0ef5-11eb-b1e8-16b59b92b36d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-bi...
  - skrowl 6y ago
    > U.S. intelligence agencies warned the White House last year that President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani was the target of an influence operation by Russian intelligence, according to four former officials familiar with the matter. This anonymous / unsourced claim is false, according to the Director of National Intelligence. There is no intelligence that supports that and no one is even on the record claiming that it does. WashPo may have fabricated the claim. See linked video of DNI speaking about it.
    - jcadam 6y ago
      I remember when RG was universally considered a hero for cleaning up NYC and his leadership on 9/11. Now apparently he's a befuddled old man allowing himself to be easily manipulated and led around by the nose by foreign intelligence agents. I'm going to assume he's not that stupid. And the emails are real. Biden is owned by the CCP.
  - kadabra9 6y ago
    There's nothing at all in this link that is related to the authenticity of the emails. It's just more of "Muh Russians" garbage from Wa Post.
- peteretep 6y ago
  I absolutely think what’s on the laptop is real. I absolutely don’t think the origin story of the laptop is real, and that’s what the man whose credibility you’re appealing to is trying to defend.
- Zigurd 6y ago
  We have a DNI who is patently a hack. Unqualified. Damaging the IC.

overtonwhy 6y ago

ZeroHedge is an anonymous conspiracy blog and not a reputable source for anything except paranoia.

zpeti 6y ago
Source?
skrowl 6y ago
Oh my, attacking the source instead of the actual content is very sad, even by partisan leftist standards. Here's a direct link to the video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woGyMvqLV5o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woGyMvqLV5o
mesozoic 6y ago
And you are reputable enough to call them such because?
TechBro8615 6y ago
ZeroHedge was shouting about Coronavirus in December.
- mthoms 6y ago
  ... and in January claimed China "stole Coronavirus from Canada and weaponized it into a Bioweapon." https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/28/blog-posting/websites-spin-conspiracy-theory-about-coronavirus-/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jan/28/blog-posti...