Donald Trump’s Executive Order has resulted in 51 former intelligence officials losing their security clearances after they expressed concerns about the legitimacy of Hunter Biden’s emails, initially suggesting a potential Russian disinformation effort. Critics, like Shane Harris, labeled their conclusions embarrassingly wrong, claiming the emails indeed belonged to Biden. However, the former officials argue that they suggested the possibility of Russian involvement, not certainty. This incident underscores the challenges and risks intelligence experts face in accurately assessing information in a politically charged environment, especially regarding foreign interference in elections.
Some of the signatories still defend their work by noting, correctly, that they said the emails might be part of some Russian trick, not that they definitely were.
Harris states as fact that the 51 spooks were "embarrassingly wrong" and as proof, asserts that "the emails really did turn out to belong to Hunter Biden."
Such an operation would be consistent with some of the key methods Russia has used in its now multi-year operation to interfere in our democracy.
Intelligence experts sometimes make bad calls. This was one of those times.
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