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Opinion: It’s beentwo years since 51 intelligence agents interfered with an election — they stillwon’t apologize, Miranda Devine

Opinion

It’s beentwo years since 51 intelligence agents interfered with an election — they stillwon’t apologize

By Miranda Devine

October 19, 2022

Using the institutional weight of their former esteemed roles, they signed a dishonest letter to mislead voters 15 days before the election, claiming that material from Hunter Biden’s laptop published by the New York Post “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”

It was all a lie. Their letter was the culprit “interfering with democracy” in broad daylight.

Yes, that letter from the Dirty 51 had “all the classic earmarks” of a disinformation operation, all right — one designed to ensure Joe Biden won the presidency. And it was essentially a CIA operation, considering 43 of the 51 signatories were former CIA.

In the two years since, not one of them has admitted they are wrong.


Five former CIA directors signed the letter — Mike Hayden, Leon Panetta, John Brennan and Michael Morell (acting), and John McLaughlin (briefly acting) — as well as a former Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, eight CIA intelligence officers, seven analysts, four chiefs of staff and assorted other former Washington intelligence community grifters.

Six are connected to Beacon Global Strategies, a DC-based strategic advisory firm: Panetta, Bash, Morell, Ledgett, Glenn Gerstell and Mike Vickers.

Three are with The Center for Strategic and International Studies: Panetta, Gerstell and Greg Treverton, former National Intelligence Council chair.

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