Intel Veteran Knew Hunter Biden Laptop ‘Had To Be Real’ Before Signing Letter

One of the 51 intelligence veterans that signed a letter suggesting that Hunter Biden’s laptop story could have been part of a Russian disinformation operation stated they believed the contents were authentic at the time.

The letter was written in the days preceding the 2020 presidential election. It was used to remove the laptop from its source and to explain why it had been sent. Many of its contents have been republished. analyzed and shown to be authentic.

Douglas Wise (a former deputy director at the Defense Intelligence Agency), spoke in a fresh interview two years later. told The Australian, “all of us figured that a significant portion of that content had to be real to make any Russian disinformation credible.”

The signees were James Clapper (former Director of National Intelligence) and John Brennan (former Director of CIA). warned in the letter Reporting about the laptop will be available in October 2020 “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”

Beyond what the letter says Politico used a headline This was the claim that the former intelligence officers made when they claimed that the story was true. “Russian disinfo.”

Joe Biden, Hunter’s father, was the then-candidate and used the letter to cast doubt on the laptop story During one of his debates against then-President Donald Trump.

“The letter said it had the earmarks of Russian deceit and we should consider that as a possibility,” Wise stressed. “It did not say Hunter Biden was a good guy, it didn’t say what he did was right and it wasn’t exculpatory, it was just a cautionary letter.”

Wise said that he didn’t regret signing the letters “because context is important” and noted that the laptop’s “chain of custody” It is possible that “Russians or even ill-intended conservative elements could have planted stuff in there.”

The laptop, which allegedly was abandoned at a Delaware computer repair shop before the FBI obtained it, contains details about Hunter Biden’s personal life and financial affairs. The president’s son is now under federal investigation, including over his foreign business dealings and tax affairs, though the existence of that years-long inquiry was not revealed to the public Up to the 2020 election. Hunter Biden said that he expects to be cleared of wrongdoing.

Before he was elected speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R. CA). said Republicans would subpoena Many intelligence veterans signed onto the letter during the new Congress session.