{"id":2020764,"date":"2023-09-03T10:43:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T14:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-cia-agent-who-said-hunter-laptop-was-russian-disinformation-failed-to-disclose-significant-big-tech-role\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T10:43:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T14:43:57","slug":"ex-cia-agent-who-said-hunter-laptop-was-russian-disinformation-failed-to-disclose-significant-big-tech-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-cia-agent-who-said-hunter-laptop-was-russian-disinformation-failed-to-disclose-significant-big-tech-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Former CIA agent failed to disclose involvement with major tech companies while claiming Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation."},"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\">38<\/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%2Fex-cia-agent-who-said-hunter-laptop-was-russian-disinformation-failed-to-disclose-significant-big-tech-role%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=2020764&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--><h2>A Former CIA Agent&#8217;s Hidden Affiliation with Twitter Raises Questions<\/h2>\n<p>A former CIA agent, who was one of the signatories to the controversial\u200b October 2020 open letter dismissing The New\u2062 York Post&#8217;s reporting on Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop emails as Russian disinformation, has been found to have worked at Twitter until last year, all while keeping her affiliation hidden from Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The explosive details came to light in the newly discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/can-read-twitter-files-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Twitter Files&#8221;<\/a> \u2062on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nada Bakos, a former Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/51-house-republicans-send-letter-accusing-atf-of-creating-backdoor-federal-gun-registry\/\" title=\"51 House Republicans Send Letter Accusing ATF Of Creating Backdoor Federal Gun Registry\">policy enforcement<\/a> official, was among the 51 former intelligence agents who falsely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/intel-officials-signed-letter-discredit-hunter-biden-laptop-story-hit-two-word-demand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> that the Hunter Biden laptop story was \u200cRussian disinformation in their October 2020 \u200dletter, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/08\/30\/ex-cia-agent-who-signed-spies-who-lie-letter-never-told-congress-she-worked-at-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What makes this revelation \u2064even more intriguing is that \u200dBakos,\u200b along with her Twitter colleagues, took steps to conceal this information.<\/p>\n<p>She made her Twitter account private and &#8220;locked down&#8221; her LinkedIn\u2062 profile &#8220;in hopes of hiding the fact that \u200bshe worked at Twitter,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-independent-journalist-tayler-hansen-a-riot-that-turned-deadly-what-i-witnessed-at-the-us-capitol-riot\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Independent Journalist Tayler Hansen: A Riot that Turned Deadly, What I Witnessed at the US Capitol Riot\">independent journalist<\/a> Texas Lindsay&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1696927529318203700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter Files reporting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an email to her \u2064colleagues, Bakos acknowledged\u2062 the situation, stating, &#8220;I wanted to make you aware of\u2063 the NYPost cover that I was &#8216;featured&#8217; on related to the Oct 2020 story about Hunter Biden&#8217;s emails when he was on the Board of the Ukrainian Gas company, Burisma.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EXCLUSIVE BOMBSHELL: Newly uncovered <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TwitterFiles?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TwitterFiles<\/a> email reveals one of the CIA agents\u200c feat. on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost?\">@NYPost<\/a> cover for signing the laptop\u200d letter \u200dwas also in charge of Policy enforcement at Twitter &#038; appears to have kept their job \u200ca secret from Congress &#038; the public until \u200bnow\u2026 \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9WcpU692JB\">pic.twitter.com\/9WcpU692JB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Te\ud835\udd4fasLindsay (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1696927491854680208?\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She went \u2062on to mention Twitter&#8217;s ban of The New York Post \u2062at that time and \u200bemphasized that she had not publicly acknowledged her affiliation with Twitter, now X.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2063 also asked her colleagues for &#8220;suggestions or anything&#8221; \u200bshe needed to do, adding, &#8220;I have no plans to respond\/make a statement or acknowledge the piece.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay, in her comprehensive Twitter Files investigation, <a href=\"https:\/\/texaslindsay.substack.com\/p\/85cd30d8-a6dc-4f41-8166-0330bb1376af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questioned<\/a> the actions of these former CIA agents \u2014 &#8220;Did these \u2063former CIA agents\u200d plot their\u2062 own stateside coup?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">4) When the \u2063NY Post story &#8220;SPIES WHO LIE&#8221; dropped on Saturday, March 19, 2022, \u200bBakos didn&#8217;t \u2064waste anytime\u2014despite it being the weekend. She emailed her fellow Intel\u200c colleagues at Twitter that morning to alert them that her picture was featured on the Cover of the NY Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2026 \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o0CQstrgoQ\">pic.twitter.com\/o0CQstrgoQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Te\ud835\udd4fasLindsay (@TexasLindsay_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasLindsay_\/status\/1696927529318203700?\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She noted that the controversial letter, published by \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/10\/19\/hunter-biden-story-russian-disinfo-430276\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>, was co-authored by former Obama administration CIA Deputy Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-white-house-media-ramp-lies-americans-must-demand-1-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Morell<\/a>, Bakos&#8217;s former superior, and that Bakos\u200c signed it while working \u200dat\u2063 Twitter, raising concerns about potential bias.<\/p>\n<p>Her career path \u200chas been\u2064 varied, including PR\u2062 work for Starbucks, private consulting, and nearly four years \u2064as an adviser and fellow at the Philadelphia-based Foreign Policy Research Institute, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s\u2064 worth noting that both Bakos and Morell have been publicly critical of former\u200b President Donald Trump, his policies, and his criticisms of their agency, according to Lindsay.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay noted \u200cthat Bakos&#8217; Twitter &#8220;archives show \u2064a critical view of Trump,&#8221; adding that she seemed to have a &#8220;very positive view of Biden\/Democrats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The independent journalist also pointed out that neither \u2064of \u2064them\u200c has shown remorse \u200bfor their involvement in\u200d the \u2062controversial letter regarding Hunter Biden&#8217;s laptop, which some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poll-35-voters-say-2020-election-overturned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argue<\/a> had a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vaccines-schools-and-racist-insurance-fact-checking-bidens-town-hall-claims\/\" title=\"Vaccines, Schools And Racist Insurance: \u2018Fact-Checking\u2019 Biden\u2019s Town Hall Claims\">significant impact<\/a> on the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ex-cia-agent-said-hunter-laptop-russian-disinformation-failed-disclose-significant-big-tech-role\/\">Ex-CIA Agent\u2062 Who Said Hunter Laptop Was Russian Disinformation Failed to Disclose Significant \u2062Big Tech Role<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CIA ex-agent, who signed the controversial October 2020 letter discrediting The New York Post&#8217;s Hunter Biden laptop email report as Russian disinformation, was discovered to have been employed at Twitter until last year. 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