A former top intelligence official who signed the infamous letter portraying the Hunter Biden laptop story as ‘Russian disinformation’ admits that he and others knew the contents “had to be real” but they chose to sign on anyway.
Douglas Wise made the stunning but not wholly unexpected remarks during an interview with The Australian.
“All of us figured that a significant portion of that content had to be real to make any Russian disinformation credible,” the former senior CIA operations officer acknowledged.
Wise proceeded to lay out a defense that the letter never explicitly stated they had proof of the disinformation claims, though the insinuation was quite obvious and the media of course left out any nuance in their attempt to help Joe Biden defeat President Trump.
In other words, it was itself a disinformation campaign, only perpetrated by Americans against the American people.
“The letter said it had the earmarks of Russian deceit and we should consider that as a possibility,” he claimed. “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.”
It wasn’t “just a cautionary letter,” of course.
Ex CIA/DIA operative, ponytailed Doug Wise, one of 51 signatories of the lying letter claiming Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinfo now admits they “all” knew the files “had to be real” but has no regrets. @nypost follow of @Adam_Creighton https://t.co/TjEHf9TAyZ
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) January 17, 2023
Official Admits They Knew Hunter Biden Laptop Was Real
Just a cautionary letter. That’s what they want you to think. The ‘intel’ community thinks you’re too stupid to pick up on the fact that this was in and of itself a deliberate disinformation campaign.
Despite an alleged ‘intelligence’ official being completely wrong about the intelligence, Mr. Wise has no regrets about spreading deep state misinformation.
Wise insists he “(does not) regret signing” the letter “because the context is important.”
The context is important, but facts be damned apparently.
Never forget who signed the dishonest election eve letter claiming the emails published by the @nypost from Hunter Biden’s laptop had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation”. pic.twitter.com/xojWjc1qvv
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) March 17, 2022
The reality is the 51 ‘intel officials’ who signed onto the letter had no way of knowing and could not prove the laptop wasn’t real from the onset.
They spread that message anyway, even going so far as to pressure social media companies like Twitter and Facebook.
Rather than Big Tech and legacy media asking the intel community to prove their accusations, they all responded essentially with, ‘If you say so,’ and tried to hide it from the American people.
They interfered with an election.
Douglas Wise admitted that him and others knew “a significant portion of that content had to be real.” https://t.co/qSWi4RwUvh
— Vic DeGrammont (@votedegrammont) January 17, 2023
Will They Ever Pay For Their Lies?
Wise was one of over 50 intelligence officials who claimed just before the 2020 presidential election that a New York Post bombshell regarding the President’s son’s laptop had “all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former CIA Directors Mike Hayden, John Brennan, and Leon Panetta, all signed the letter.
While the media has reluctantly and slowly confirmed the authenticity of the contents of the laptop years after the fact, none of these individuals has ever apologized for misleading voters and tampering with an American election.
One of the so called “Intel experts” who signed the letter claiming the Hunter Biden Laptop was “Russian Disinformation” now admitting he knew it was actually real tells you everything you need to know about the Intelligence Community.
— ALX ?? (@alx) January 17, 2023
Wise wasn’t about to break the mold. In fact, he symbolizes a new shift in the tactic of doubling down on a completely bogus claim and a hoax concocted by the intel community and spread by the media.
Another former CIA officer, David Priess, was given a platform recently to offer an apology on Fox News and instead doubled down.
Priess, author of the book titled – I kid you not – How to Get Rid of a President, was challenged by host Bret Baier but took the same route in claiming they never explicitly stated they had proof it was Russian disinformation.
Wise initially refused to comment on the fact that he and these other intel officials blatantly deceived. But now he has no issue admitting as much. Why? Because the likelihood of them ever being held accountable is slim to none, and they achieved their goal of deposing Trump.
It is one of the biggest scandals in modern American history. And they don’t regret their actions.
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has vowed to subpoena the intel officials involved with the letter.
“Those 51 intel agents that signed a letter that said the Hunter Biden information was all wrong — was Russia collusion — many of them have a security clearance,” said McCarthy.
“Why did they sign it?” he continued. “Why did they lie to the American public?”
Kevin McCarthy Vows to Subpoena 51 Intel Agents Who Lied About Hunter’s Laptop
“Those 51 Intel agents that signed a letter that said the Hunter Biden information was all wrong was Russia collusion — many of them have a security clearance,” stated McCarthy. pic.twitter.com/zDL1l9P2X3
— Ethan Harsell (@ethan_harsell) December 12, 2022
Will McCarthy follow through on that threat?
The intel community, media, and Democrat party are all blatantly opposed to doing what is right and more interested in maintaining power.
And they’ll most certainly keep on doing it until somebody is punished for their misdeeds.
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