ANALYSIS – In December 2020 I wrote about how 50 former U.S. intelligence officers became part of a Democrat election disinformation campaign to hurt Donald Trump and aid Joe Biden by claiming Hunter Biden’s laptop was part of a nefarious Russian spy plot.
I noted this was coordinated election interference by high-ranking former intelligence officials.
And their effort succeeded – proving, as I said – that: “Democrat disinformation is far more dangerous than Russian.”
But few followed this lead for over a year. Until now. (RELATED: Outlet Belatedly Decides Media Should Reassess Hunter Biden Laptop Story)
The list of intelligence luminaries (aka partisan hacks) used by the Democrats to discredit the Hunter Biden story included five former CIA Directors and former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper.
They all signed a letter asserting, with ZERO evidence, that Hunter’s laptop, “has all the hallmarks of a Russian intelligence operation.” They did this, despite their own disclaimer noting that they didn’t know if the Hunter Biden emails from his laptop were genuine or not, and that they had no evidence of Russian involvement.
And of course, there was no evidence, because it was not.
Yet even now, 18 months later, after The New York Times admitted that the Hunter Biden laptop is real, and ‘authenticated’ the emails, none of these partisan hacks has paid any price for their malfeasance. (RELATED: CNN Now Says There’s a ‘Realistic Chance’ Hunter Biden Could Be Indicted)
Many refuse to comment, though a few of the more shameless ones have doubled down in the face of all evidence to stand by their deception.
DNI James Clapper told the New York Post that he stands by the statement “made AT THE TIME,” adding, “I think sounding such a cautionary note AT THE TIME was appropriate.”
That same New York Post piece last week provides a full list of the 51 former spooks who signed the letter, and their responses (or lack thereof) to requests for comment on their deceptive letter in the face of recent corroboration of the laptop story by The New York Times and others.
And let’s be clear – by signing this fake letter calling the bombshell New York Post story about Hunter’s laptop, ‘Russian disinformation,’ they almost single-handedly derailed its potentially devastating effect on Joe Biden at the polls.
The Oct. 14, 2020 Post story about the laptop and emails came as some voters were still deciding whether to vote for Biden or Trump.
And the letter, which was sent out just five days later, on Oct. 19, 2020, served as the core of a Politico story calling the Post’s laptop story “Russian disinformation.” That one Politico story then changed the entire media narrative, being quoted ad nauseam by the establishment media and partisan Democrats alike. (RELATED: Joe Biden Makes US Dangerously Dependent Since Hunter Biden Sold World’s Richest Cobalt Mine to China)
After the Politico story, Democrat Adam Schiff – chairman of the House Intelligence Committee shamelessly went on to claim on CNN about the laptop story, “We know that this whole smear on Joe Biden comes from the Kremlin.”
As the Post explains:
…pure speculation by a group of biased officials became gospel among the media. This was “fake news,” and could be safely ignored.
Keep in mind that Twitter already had banned The New York Post a few days before. The rationale was that this was “hacked materials,” even though it wasn’t — and Twitter had no evidence to think it was. A Facebook official, meanwhile, said it wasn’t going to allow the sharing of The Post’s story until it was “fact checked” by a third party — a check that never happened.
Thus, Big Tech, former government officials, and the media conspired together to bury a story.
No, not just bury — create a false narrative that flipped the script to make Joe Biden the victim of a conspiracy.
In short, they peddled online disinformation to sway an election.
And yet no consequences.
And to make matters worse, John Sipher, who served for decades as a senior operations officer at the CIA and was one of those who signed the letter, now admits that the fake letter he signed helped bring down Trump.
In a recent Twitter feud with former Trump DNI John Grenell, he said, according to The Epoch Times:
“I take special pride in personally swinging the election away from Trump. I lost the election for Trump? Well then I [feel] pretty good about my influence.
Though Sipher claims this post was sarcasm, it sounds like an admission of guilt to me. Sipher also wrote that “the letter didn’t say the laptop was disinformation,” but, in May 2021, reports The Epoch Times, he posted a link to the Politico story that did say that.
Again – this was coordinated domestic disinformation and election interference by Democrats and former U.S. intelligence officers to sway an election. There must be consequences.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.
Paul Crespo is the Managing Editor of American Liberty Defense News. As a Marine Corps officer, he led Marines, served aboard ships in the Pacific and jumped from helicopters and airplanes. He was also a military attaché with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) at U.S. embassies worldwide. He later ran for state and federal office, taught political science, wrote for the editorial board of a major newspaper and had his own radio show. A graduate of Georgetown, London and Cambridge universities, he brings decades of experience and insight to the issues that most threaten our American liberty – at home and from abroad. To read more go to: paulcrespo.com.
Remember, the CIA, NSA, FBI and other agencies are populated by people who were hired and trained by these traitors. Treason has become a way of life in Washington.