From: johnny@invalid.net   
      
   By Jonathan Turley   
   Published January 18, 2023   
      
   Douglas Wise, a former Defense Intelligence Agency deputy director and   
   former senior CIA operations officer, is back in the news this week.   
      
   In an interview with The Australian, Wise admits that he and others   
   always knew that the emails on the Hunter Biden laptop were likely   
   genuine. It was a remarkable admission from one of more than 50 former   
   intelligence officials who signed a letter dismissing the Hunter Biden   
   laptop story before the 2020 presidential election as likely "Russian   
   disinformation."   
      
   Yet, Wise still maintains that, while true, he and the other officials   
   were right to call it out as likely "disinformation." Arguing that   
   something is true, but still constitutes disinformation sounds a lot   
   like . . . well . . . disinformation.   
      
   The infamous letter from the former intel officials (including such   
   Democrat figures like John Brennan, James Clapper, Leon Panetta, and   
   Jeremy Bash) was used by the media to assure the public that there was   
   nothing to see in the scandal. It was the perfect deflection in giving   
   a cooperative media cover to bury the story of how the Biden family   
   engaged in influence peddling worth millions with foreign figures,   
   including some with foreign intelligence connections.   
      
   It worked beautifully. It was not until two years later that NPR, the   
   New York Times, and other media outlets got around to telling the   
   public the truth.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/hunter-biden-laptop-denier-now-a   
   mits-emails-real-dont-let-him-get-away-with-it   
      
   What do laptop deniers think about that?   
      
   No smoking gun my ass!   
      
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