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Come now - the Biden laptop story wasn't all that old that you have conveniently forgotten the 51 senior intelligence officers coordinated with the Biden campai

Come now - the Biden laptop story wasn't all that old that you have conveniently forgotten the 51 senior intelligence officers coordinated with the Biden campaign and explicitly stated that the nypost story "has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation" ? Some of them were active CIA contractors. Your great Adam Schiff even went on CNN saying that this smear campaign comes from the Kremlin and that Kremlin is assisting Trump. Taxpayer funded Politico also went live with headlines "Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say". The reveal was shut down fast by the Biden white-house. https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1432 https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?Docu... "Furthermore, officials within the CIA recognized at the time that the Hunter Biden statement was political and would hurt the Agency. The signatories’ decision to leverage their former intelligence community titles to promote a narrative about foreign election interference improperly embroiled the Agency in domestic politics. This report underscores the potential dangers of a politicized intelligence community."

hypeatei 2y ago
The point is that the government didn't force these companies to take down the content. That, coupled with the endless legal witch hunts against Hunter Biden should be sufficient enough for Republicans but I guess it isn't. This story never dies for some reason. You'll never see me defending our intelligence apparatus and I agree that it's bad they involved themselves. But, government agents can submit strongly worded letters all they want. It doesn't mean anything.
- lenkite 2y ago
  The FBI even explicitly went to facebook and said you need to be aware of Russian misinformation and this story "fit the pattern". Did you really need the govt intelligence apparatus to hold a gun to media heads ? Things don't work that way as you well know - they all need plausible denial. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62688532 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62688532
- lenkite 2y ago
  Something that will likely hopefully change your position: Chat logs, published just this Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee on X, show that the gag order extended to an FBI analyst who attempted to alert social media companies that the laptop was authentic—before these companies moved to censor the story’s spread. Plese read the thread at: https://x.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1907098412652052870 https://x.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1907098412652052870 Nutshell: So, the FBI under Biden stated that the laptop story had all the signs of a Russian misinformation op. When an agent wanted to correct the record and mention that the laptop was genuine, he was made to shut up. If this isn't explicit partisan interference during an election period, the there is no standard of evidence that will convince you.

hypeatei 2y ago

The point is that the government didn't force these companies to take down the content. That, coupled with the endless legal witch hunts against Hunter Biden should be sufficient enough for Republicans but I guess it isn't. This story never dies for some reason. You'll never see me defending our intelligence apparatus and I agree that it's bad they involved themselves. But, government agents can submit strongly worded letters all they want. It doesn't mean anything.

lenkite 2y ago
The FBI even explicitly went to facebook and said you need to be aware of Russian misinformation and this story "fit the pattern". Did you really need the govt intelligence apparatus to hold a gun to media heads ? Things don't work that way as you well know - they all need plausible denial. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62688532 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62688532
lenkite 2y ago
Something that will likely hopefully change your position: Chat logs, published just this Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee on X, show that the gag order extended to an FBI analyst who attempted to alert social media companies that the laptop was authentic—before these companies moved to censor the story’s spread. Plese read the thread at: https://x.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1907098412652052870 https://x.com/intent/like?tweet_id=1907098412652052870 Nutshell: So, the FBI under Biden stated that the laptop story had all the signs of a Russian misinformation op. When an agent wanted to correct the record and mention that the laptop was genuine, he was made to shut up. If this isn't explicit partisan interference during an election period, the there is no standard of evidence that will convince you.