{"id":1807736,"date":"2023-01-16T19:04:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T00:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1807736"},"modified":"2023-01-16T19:05:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T00:05:07","slug":"intel-veteran-knew-hunter-biden-laptop-had-to-be-real-before-signing-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/intel-veteran-knew-hunter-biden-laptop-had-to-be-real-before-signing-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel Veteran Knew Hunter Biden Laptop \u2018Had To Be Real\u2019 Before Signing Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fintel-veteran-knew-hunter-biden-laptop-had-to-be-real-before-signing-letter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1807736&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>One of the 51 intelligence veterans that signed a letter suggesting that Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop story could have been part of a Russian disinformation operation stated they believed the contents were authentic at the time.<\/p>\n<p>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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/03\/30\/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analyzed and shown to be authentic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Wise (a former deputy director at the Defense Intelligence Agency), spoke in a fresh interview two years later. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/subscribe\/news\/1\/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a_TWT&#038;dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fworld%2Fhunter-biden-laptop-files-had-to-be-real-intelligence-chief%2Fnews-story%2F2173db346096e625f538064772424775&#038;memtype=anonymous&#038;mode=premium&#038;v21=dynamic-groupb-control-noscore&#038;V21spcbehaviour=append\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told The Australian<\/a>, \u201call of us figured that a significant portion of that content had to be real to make any Russian disinformation credible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The signees were James Clapper (former Director of National Intelligence) and John Brennan (former Director of CIA). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=00000175-4393-d7aa-af77-579f9b330000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warned in the letter<\/a> Reporting about the laptop will be available in October 2020 \u201chas all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond what the letter says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/10\/19\/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico used a headline<\/a> This was the claim that the former intelligence officers made when they claimed that the story was true. \u201cRussian disinfo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden, Hunter&#8217;s father, was the then-candidate and used the letter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house-gop-demand-records-from-ex-intel-officials-about-hunter-biden-laptop-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cast doubt on the laptop story<\/a> During one of his debates against then-President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe letter said it had the earmarks of Russian deceit and we should consider that as a possibility,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/16\/ex-top-intel-official-douglas-wise-knew-hunter-biden-laptop-had-to-be-real-but-signed-disinfo-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wise stressed<\/a>. \u201cIt did not say Hunter Biden was a good guy, it didn\u2019t say what he did was right and it wasn\u2019t exculpatory, it was just a cautionary letter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wise said that he didn&#8217;t regret signing the letters \u201cbecause context is important\u201d and noted that the laptop\u2019s \u201cchain of custody\u201d It is possible that \u201cRussians or even ill-intended conservative elements could have planted stuff in there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The laptop, which allegedly was abandoned at a Delaware computer repair shop before the FBI obtained it, contains details about Hunter Biden\u2019s personal life and financial affairs. The president\u2019s 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/hunter-biden-under-federal-investigation\/2020\/12\/09\/3b7361be-3a64-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed to the public<\/a> Up to the 2020 election. Hunter Biden said that he expects to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/big-footing-house-investigation-into-hunter-biden-could-hit-firewall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cleared of wrongdoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Before he was elected speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R. CA). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kevin-mccarthy-vows-subpoenas-for-51-intel-veterans-in-hunter-biden-probe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said Republicans would subpoena<\/a> Many intelligence veterans signed onto the letter during the new Congress session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the 51 intelligence veterans who signed a letter suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop story could be part of a Russian disinformation operation said they knew the contents of the device were genuine at the time. 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