{"id":2038840,"date":"2023-09-20T14:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T18:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-dhs-intelligence-expert-group-features-signers-of-letter-discrediting-hunter-biden-laptop-story\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T18:31:17","slug":"new-dhs-intelligence-expert-group-features-signers-of-letter-discrediting-hunter-biden-laptop-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-dhs-intelligence-expert-group-features-signers-of-letter-discrediting-hunter-biden-laptop-story\/","title":{"rendered":"New DHS Intelligence Expert Group includes critics of Hunter Biden Laptop Story."},"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%2Fnew-dhs-intelligence-expert-group-features-signers-of-letter-discrediting-hunter-biden-laptop-story%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=2038840&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Former Intelligence Officials\u200b Who Dismissed Hunter Biden Laptop Report Join \u2064Homeland Security Advisory Group<\/h2>\n<p>Several former intelligence officials who \u200dsigned the now-notorious letter\u200d dismissing a bombshell report on a laptop belonging to the son of President Joe Biden as \u200c&#8221;Russian disinformation&#8221; are\u200b going to serve on a\u200b new advisory\u2063 group created \u2063by \u2063the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro\u200b Mayorkas on Tuesday announced\u200c the establishment of the Homeland \u2064Intelligence Experts Group, which is tasked with meeting \u200cfour times a\u2064 year to\u200d provide the agency with input on some of the &#8220;most complex problems and \u200bchallenges,&#8221; \u200dincluding terrorism,\u200d fentanyl, &#8220;transborder issues,&#8221; and new technology.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 group includes former \u200bsenior intelligence officials, journalists, and &#8220;prominent human rights and civil liberties\u200d advocates,&#8221; according\u200d to Mr. \u2062Mayorkas.\u2063 Some \u200dof them are known for\u2064 attempting\u200b to \u200ddiscredit the New York \u200dPost&#8217;s Hunter Biden laptop stories in \u200ba public letter in the weeks leading\u200b to the 2020 \u200cpresidential election.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/highlights-from-rfk-jr-s-house-testimony-on-censorship-5415796?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Highlights from RFK Jr.&#8217;s House Testimony \u2064on Censorship<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">7\/22\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/sen-grassley-says-things-arent-right-with-the-fbi-but-opposes-gop-calls-to-shut-it-down-5492710?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\">Sen. Grassley Says &#8216;Things Aren&#8217;t Right With the FBI&#8217; but Opposes \u2064GOP Calls to Shut It Down<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/16\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The letter was\u200c written on Oct. 19, 2020, just five\u200c days after the Post published its first story\u2062 on emails, \u2062photos, and videos found on a laptop Hunter \u200dBiden had abandoned at a repair shop \u200cin Delaware. In \u2062the letter, 51 \u200dformer intelligence officials claimed this story\u200d &#8220;has all the classic\u200d earmarks\u200c of a Russian information operation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we are right, this is Russia trying to influence how\u2064 Americans vote in this election, and \u2062we believe\u200c strongly that\u200b Americans\u200d need to be aware of \u2062this,&#8221; the signers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Mainstream media\u2063 reports of the\u2062 letter were picked up by many prominent \u2062Democrats\u2062 in response to questions \u200braised from the expos\u00e9. Then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden also cited\u200d the \u200bletter during a debate against his opponent, incumbent Republican President Donald\u2062 Trump, accusing him of spreading false information\u2063 planted\u200d by the Russian\u2062 government.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There \u2064are 50 former\u200d national intelligence folks who said that what\u200c he&#8217;s accusing me of\u200b is a\u200d Russian plant,&#8221; he\u2064 said. &#8220;Five former\u200c heads \u2062of the CIA, both parties, say what he&#8217;s saying is a bunch of garbage. Nobody\u200c believes \u2064it except his \u200bgood\u200d friend Rudy Giuliani.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">The letter&#8217;s credibility has since\u2064 crumbled, especially after former CIA\u200b acting Director Mike Morell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/former-cia-official-drafted-hunter-biden-laptop-letter-to-give-biden-campaign-a-talking-point-emails-5255873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testified<\/a> to \u2064Congress that\u2064 then-Biden campaign adviser\u200d Antony Blinken, who is now secretary of state, &#8220;triggered&#8221; him to organize it in a bid to &#8220;help Vice President Biden in \u2063the \u200ddebate.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>Hunter\u2064 Biden, who claimed in 2020 \u2062that the laptop might not be his at all, that it &#8220;could be&#8221; stolen from him,\u2062 or\u200c that it\u2064 was a scheme by &#8220;Russian \u200cintelligence,&#8221; eventually\u2063 also admitted that the device indeed belonged to him.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the 51 laptop letter signers are joining Mr. Mayorkas&#8217;s expert group: former CIA Director John Brennan, former National Intelligence Director James Clapper, and former\u200c CIA Operations Officer \u200dPaul \u200bKolbe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The security\u200c of the American\u2063 people \u2064depends on our capacity to collect, generate, and disseminate actionable intelligence to our \u200dfederal, state, \u2064local, territorial, tribal, campus, and \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-are-unvaccinated-fema-health-care-workers-replacing-nurses-and-doctors-who-refuse-to-get-vaccinated-against-covid-19\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Are Unvaccinated FEMA Health Care Workers Replacing Nurses And Doctors Who Refuse To Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19?\">private sector partners<\/a>,&#8221; Mr. Mayorkas said in a statement. &#8220;I express my deep gratitude\u200d to these distinguished individuals for dedicating their exceptional expertise, experience, and vision to\u200d our\u200c critical mission.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The expert group will be working under\u2063 Secretary\u200d for Intelligence and Analysis Ken Wainstein, as well as\u2062 Counterterrorism Coordinator Nicholas Rasmussen, \u200danother signatory\u200b of the Hunter Biden laptop letter.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Rasmussen, \u2062who landed his current job in November 2022, was among the signatories who went \u200don to be promoted to senior Biden administration posts.<\/p>\n<p>Some others\u200c include \u2064former CIA Chief \u200cof \u2064Staff Jeremy Bash,\u2063 who President \u200bBiden handpicked last August to serve on his Intelligence Advisory Board; \u200cand former\u200b National Counterterrorism Center Deputy\u200c Director Russell Travers, \u2063who served as\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-trump-adviser-ethical-scientists-key-to-disclosing-origin-of-covid\/\" title=\"Fmr. Trump Adviser: 'Ethical Scientists' Key To Disclosing Origin Of COVID\">deputy homeland security adviser<\/a> for the National \u2064Security \u200cCouncil from January 2021 to October \u200d2021.<\/p>\n<p>Another laptop letter signer,\u200b former CIA Inspector General David Buckley, went on to work as\u2062 staff director \u200cfor the \u200bHouse \u200dJan. \u200d6 committee until its dissolution this January.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200dHow does the appointment of former intelligence officials who dismissed the Hunter\u200c Biden laptop report as Russian disinformation \u200baffect\u200b the\u2064 integrity and objectivity of the Homeland Security advisory group?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Congress that he was\u200c the one who\u2062 drafted the \u200cletter. Morell admitted that he did \u2064not have any direct evidence to support the claim that the laptop story was Russian disinformation, but he believed it to\u200c be true nonetheless. This\u200d revelation raised serious questions\u200c about the credibility and \u200bmotivations \u200cof the former intelligence officials who signed the letter.<\/div>\n<p>Now, some of\u2062 those same individuals who dismissed the\u200c Hunter Biden laptop report\u200d as Russian disinformation are being appointed to a Homeland Security advisory group. This raises concerns about the integrity and objectivity of the group&#8217;s work. How can we \u2064trust the \u200cjudgments and recommendations of individuals who have shown a willingness to dismiss credible reporting and promote a false \u2064narrative?<\/p>\n<p>The establishment of the Homeland Intelligence Experts Group is meant to\u200b address some of the\u2063 most pressing challenges faced by the Department \u2062of Homeland Security, including terrorism, fentanyl, transborder issues, and new technology. It is crucial that the individuals serving on this advisory group are\u2063 unbiased, objective, and \u2063dedicated to the pursuit of truth and\u2064 national security.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately,\u200d the inclusion of former intelligence officials who have already demonstrated a lack of credibility and a willingness to push a false narrative undermines the legitimacy of the advisory \u2062group. It raises questions about\u200c the motives behind their appointment and whether they will prioritize political agendas over the national interest.<\/p>\n<p>As citizens, we \u2064rely on\u200d our intelligence community and government agencies to provide accurate and unbiased information to protect \u2063our nation and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-dhs-intelligence-expert-group-features-signers-of-letter-discrediting-hunter-biden-laptop-story\/\" title=\"New DHS Intelligence Expert Group includes critics of Hunter Biden Laptop Story.\">make informed policy decisions<\/a>. The inclusion of individuals who have \u2064previously misled \u2064the \u2064public is a betrayal of that trust.<\/p>\n<p>The events surrounding the Hunter Biden laptop story and \u200bthe\u2062 subsequent appointment\u2064 of former intelligence officials to the Homeland \u2064Intelligence Experts Group highlight the need for transparency, accountability, and a\u2062 thorough vetting process when it comes to \u2062appointing individuals to positions of influence \u200dand power.<\/p>\n<p>We must demand that our government \u200bagencies and advisory groups adhere to\u2064 high ethical\u2062 standards and demonstrate a \u200ccommitment to truth, objectivity,\u2063 and the national interest. It is only through such principles that we can regain trust in \u200cour institutions and ensure the security and well-being \u2062of our nation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">In\u2062 the case of the Homeland Intelligence Experts Group, \u2063it is imperative that Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas \u2062reevaluates the appointment of former intelligence officials who dismissed the Hunter Biden laptop report. Their presence undermines the credibility of the group \u200cand compromises its ability to\u200b provide unbiased and \u2064objective advice.<\/div>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security plays\u200b a critical role in safeguarding our country\u2062 and protecting\u2064 our \u200ccitizens. It \u2063is essential\u2062 that we\u2064 have confidence in \u2063the expertise and \u2063integrity of the individuals serving in\u2063 these advisory capacities. By \u2062appointing individuals with questionable credibility and partisan biases, we weaken\u200d our national security and \u2062erode public trust in our institutions.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot afford to allow political\u200c agendas and false narratives\u2062 to drive the \u200bdecision-making processes within\u200d our government\u2062 agencies. The security\u200c and well-being of our nation depend on the honest and unbiased\u2064 input of experts who are committed to serving the best\u2063 interests of the American people.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 conclusion, the appointment of former intelligence officials who dismissed the \u2064Hunter Biden laptop report as Russian disinformation to the Homeland Intelligence Experts Group raises serious concerns \u200babout the integrity and\u200d objectivity of the group. It is imperative that \u200dwe demand transparency, accountability, and a commitment \u200cto truth and\u200d the national interest from our government agencies\u200c and advisory groups. Only \u2064by\u2064 doing so can we restore trust in our \u200binstitutions and ensure the security and prosperity of our nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new advisory group has been formed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including former intelligence officials who previously dismissed a report on President Joe Biden&#8217;s son&#8217;s laptop as &#8220;Russian disinformation.&#8221; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made the announcement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":392,"featured_media":2038841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2038840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2038840","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\/392"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2038840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2038841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2038840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2038840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}