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Finally: A Former Intelligence Official Who Declined to Sign the Hunter Biden Laptop Letter
BLUF:[Red State] When I [Hoffman] served at the CIA and we did not know an answer to a policymaker’s query, we asked our sources for more information in pursuit of more informed executive decision-making. Even as Mr. Morell was circulating the letter, then-Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe was saying publicly that the Hunter Biden laptop was "not part of some Russian disinformation campaign." The letter I was being asked to sign clearly stated: "We do not have evidence of Russian involvement — just that our experience makes us deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case." U.S. intelligence analysts needed more time to conduct forensics on the laptop and for the FBI to complete its investigation and unravel the details, especially the convoluted part about the computer having been found at a repair shop in Delaware. But the email I received from Mr. Morell did not invite any further discussion or debate. The letter was a fait accompli. It was being passed around for signatures, not edits. I’ve never been one to put my name to words someone else wrote on my behalf. Moreover, I was focused at the time on other, more important priorities: My wife, Kim, was late into her third year of fighting cancer, which would take her life in a few months. She entered hospice care a couple of weeks after the presidential election. And so, I did not sign the letter and never responded to the email. Posted by: Besoeker 2023-04-29 |
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