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2022-03-30 -Lurid Crime Tales-

CIA veteran who signed Hunter Biden laptop letter says he sarcastically claimed credit for 2020 election

[Washington Examiner] A longtime CIA veteran who signed the infamous letter baselessly asserting Russian involvement in the Hunter Biden laptop saga said he was proud to have played his part in influencing the 2020 election in favor of President Joe Biden — before backtracking and claiming he was being sarcastic when he became embroiled in a Twitter spat with Donald Trump's ex-intelligence chief.

John Sipher retired in 2014 after a 28-year career in the CIA’s National Clandestine Service, and he is one of the dozens of former intelligence officials who claimed the laptop story "has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."

Sipher, a longtime defender of Christopher Steele's discredited dossier, is now a co-founder of Spycraft Entertainment and a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.

Despite offering no proof, Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign, along with many in the media, dismissed the laptop story as being a Russian disinformation operation.

The letter hedged a bit at various times, noting that "we do not have evidence of Russian involvement." But, it said, "our experience makes us deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case." The letter argued that "if we are right, this is Russia trying to influence how Americans vote in this election" and expressed "our view that the Russians are involved in the Hunter Biden email issue."

After the New York Post published emails belonging to his son, then-candidate Biden called the laptop story "garbage" and part of a "Russian plan" during an October 2020 debate with then-President Donald Trump. He was referring to the Politico report about the letter in an article titled "Hunter Biden story is Russian disinfo, dozens of former intel officials say."

The title was misleading because the letter never directly called it Russian "disinformation," but Sipher himself shared the story.

Link to Sipher Atlantic Council BIO and foto.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-03-30 01:19|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 It is unlikely that Mr. Sipher acted alone.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-03-30 01:31|| 2022-03-30 01:31|| Front Page Top

#2 John Sipher runs Spycraft Entertainment, which takes stealing valor to a different level altogether.

'real untold stories of unsung men and women doing extraordinary things'

Posted by Dron66046 2022-03-30 06:56|| 2022-03-30 06:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Where is the Durham investigation these days? Have heard very little from it.

Posted by JohnQC 2022-03-30 10:52|| 2022-03-30 10:52|| Front Page Top

#4 It would be interesting to see the emails used to organize the letters. Maybe they just used smoke signals or met for discussion in an online CandyCrush forum.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-03-30 11:24|| 2022-03-30 11:24|| Front Page Top

#5 I’d like to sarcastically read Sipjer’s obit tomorrow.

Posted by Uliting Shomotch3226 2022-03-30 15:12|| 2022-03-30 15:12|| Front Page Top

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