{"id":1845578,"date":"2023-02-13T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T21:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845578"},"modified":"2023-02-13T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T21:07:03","slug":"obama-spy-chief-accuses-politico-of-distorting-letter-on-hunter-biden-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-spy-chief-accuses-politico-of-distorting-letter-on-hunter-biden-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Spy Chief Accuses POLITICO Of Distorting Letter On Hunter Biden Laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fobama-spy-chief-accuses-politico-of-distorting-letter-on-hunter-biden-laptop%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=1845578&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<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-680439030-scaled-e1676316186256.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, accused POLITICO \u201cdeliberately\u201d Falsely describing a letter that he and 50 intelligence veterans signed in regards to the Hunter Biden laptop story.<\/p>\n<p>Clapper, who served as the nation\u2019s spy chief during the Obama administration, said the letter did not assert that reporting on the laptop was part of a Russian disinformation operation, a notion that POLITICO peddled with its headline when first reporting the existence of the letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was message distortion,\u201d Clapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/02\/13\/hunter-biden-laptop-claims-russian-disinfo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told The Washington Post\u2019s Fact Checker<\/a>. \u201cAll we were doing was raising a yellow flag that this could be Russian disinformation. Politico deliberately distorted what we said. It was clear in paragraph five.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=00000175-4393-d7aa-af77-579f9b330000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=00000175-4393-d7aa-af77-579f9b330000\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Note from 51 former intelligence officers<\/a>\u00a0came out in the days leading up to the 2020 presidential election, warning that reporting about the laptop\u2019s alleged contents \u201chas all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the signees stated that they were unsure if the emails being sent at the time were authentic and insisted they had no evidence to support Russian involvement, POLITICO, who first reported the letter, went beyond what it said. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/10\/19\/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publication of a headline<\/a> That was how the ex-intelligence officials claimed the story was. \u201cRussian disinfo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then-candidate Joe Biden, Hunter\u2019s father, 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\">The laptop story is a mystery<\/a> During one of his debates against then-President Donald Trump. \u201cThere are 50 former national intelligence folks who said that what he\u2019s accusing me of is a Russian plan,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/joe-biden-says-hunter-biden-laptop-story-is-russian-plan-despite-lack-of-evidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">During the debate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post reported that Clapper was contacted by the Washington Post after Clapper and 11 others signed a letter from Jim Jordan, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jim-jordan-puts-a-dozen-intel-veterans-on-notice-over-hunter-biden-laptop-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Requests for documents or testimony<\/a> regarding the letter \u2014 a development first reported by The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one who has spent time in Washington should be surprised that journalists and politicians willfully or unintentionally misconstrue oral or written statements,\u201d Thomas Fingar, a former State Department official, was another signer of this letter and was contacted directly by The Washington Post. \u201cThe statement we signed was carefully written to minimize the likelihood that what was said would be misconstrued, and to provide a clear written record that could be used to identify and disprove distortions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other tidbits of information were also provided in the new report. Clapper claimed that he did not know how Biden described it during the presidential debate. The Washington Post also reported its Fact Checker discovering that Michael Morell (former CIA Deputy director) organized the letter.<\/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. John Paul Isaac (the repairman who got the laptop), sued POLITICO as well as others for defamation. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/03\/repairman-who-revealed-hunter-biden-laptop-sues-schiff-cnn-politico-beast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">They were accused of falsifying their assertions<\/a> He disinformation spread by Russia. The Daily Beast, one the new outlets listed in the lawsuit later, was also named. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/daily-beast-apologizes-john-paul-mac-isaac-hunter-biden-laptop?intcmp=tw_fnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Issued an apology<\/a> Reporting that the laptop was stolen \u201cstolen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>POLITICO supported its reporting on the letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe article fairly and accurately reported on \u2014 and summarized \u2014 the intelligence officials\u2019 letter,\u201d According to the statement. \u201cMore specifically, the headline is a fair summary of their allegations, the subhead offers additional context, and the first paragraph of the article hyperlinks to the letter itself, allowing readers to draw their own conclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many of the contents of the laptop story, which began more than two years ago has been republished.\u00a0<a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/03\/30\/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/03\/30\/hunter-biden-laptop-data-examined\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Analysed and proven authentic<\/a>. Hunter Biden\u2019s lawyers recently began to send letters to state and federal officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hunter-biden-demands-criminal-investigation-into-several-figures-after-admitting-infamous-laptop-is-his\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Individuals should be investigated<\/a> involved in the sharing of the contents of his laptop. They made it to the media. Abbe Lowell, the attorney for his client, insists that the letters remain confidential. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/politics\/hunter-bidens-lawyer-says-letters-dont-mean-laptop-is-his\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">do not \u201cconfirm\u201d<\/a> the laptop was his client\u2019s device.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Wise is a former deputy director of Defense Intelligence Agency. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/intel-veteran-knew-hunter-biden-laptop-had-to-be-real-before-signing-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information revealed last month<\/a> He and the other signees concluded that the contents were genuine at the time of the letter&#8217;s publication. \u201cAll of us figured that a significant portion of that content had to be real to make any Russian disinformation credible,\u201d He <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\">The Australian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors are currently investigating Hunter Biden, including his foreign business dealings. The existence of the long-running investigation was not disclosed. <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\">Posted to the public<\/a> Until after 2020. 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 any wrongdoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, accused POLITICO \u201cdeliberately\u201d Falsely describing a letter that he and 50 intelligence veterans signed in regards to the Hunter Biden laptop story. Clapper, who served as the nation\u2019s spy chief during the Obama administration, said the letter did not assert that reporting on the laptop was part of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1845529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4640,3620,5772,18537,3822,6880,4509,5315,12387,6893],"class_list":["post-1845578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-accuses","tag-biden","tag-chief","tag-distorting","tag-hunter","tag-laptop","tag-letter","tag-obama","tag-politico","tag-spy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1845578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1845578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1845529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1845578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1845578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1845578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}