Clapper says letter about Russian links to Hunter Biden laptop saga was 'distorted' https://t.co/DFdQGXXS7f
— Paul Epps (@paulepps) February 17, 2023
Wow! It took him more than two years to figure that out?!
“All we were doing was raising a yellow flag that this could be Russian disinformation. Politico deliberately distorted what we said,” Clapper recently told the Washington Post.
“The intent of the letter was that this could be Russian disinformation — emphasis on could,” Clapper told the outlet. “It’s a very important nuance … a distinction that people are always ignoring.”
Well, he’s right. If you read the letter carefully, it does say — I’m paraphrasing here — we have no idea if the laptop is Russian disinformation, we have no evidence that it is, but it does have the classic earmarks of Russian spycraft.
Why would 50 former high-ranking intel officials get together to write and sign a letter saying, basically, we have no idea what we’re talking about? Answer: because they knew it would be distorted. They wanted it to be distorted.
Intel guys — FBI, CIA, DHS — didn’t and don’t like Donald Trump, didn’t want him re-elected because he treats them with the contempt they deserve.
Journalists are a) left-leaning, and b) not too smart, but just to be sure it gets distorted, let’s put the letter in the hands of Natasha Bertrand (then at Politico), one of the biggest liars in the profession.
Then after the election, when a suitable amount of time has passed, like maybe two years from now, we can — correctly! — say that our words were distorted.