Exclusive: IC report concluded "China analysts appeared hesitant to assess Chinese actions as undue influence" in 2020 election & "appeared reluctant to have their analysis on China brought forward" b/c they disagreed w/ Trump admin policies.
Intelligence Community analytic ombudsman Barry Zulauf: "Given analytic differences in the way Russia and China analysts examined their targets, China analysts appeared hesitant to assess Chinese actions as undue influence or interference." washingtonexaminer.com/news/intellige…
IC ombudsman Barry Zulauf: "The analysts appeared reluctant to have their analysis on China brought forward because they tend to disagree with the administration’s policies, saying in effect, I don’t want our intelligence used to support those policies." washingtonexaminer.com/news/intellige…
Also: "Russia analysts assessed there was clear & credible evidence of Russian election influence activities. They said IC management slowing down or not wanting to take their analysis to customers, claiming that it was not well received, frustrated them." washingtonexaminer.com/news/intellige…
Ratcliffe: "I'm adding my voice in support of the stated minority view — based on all available sources of intel...& reached independent of political considerations...that the People’s Republic of China sought to influence the 2020 U.S. federal elections." washingtonexaminer.com/news/intellige…
So @dcexaminer obtained the DNI letter & IC ombudsman report on politicization, and the intel community's yet-classified assessment on foreign influence in 2020's election was submitted to Congress today. Ratcliffe is emphasizing China's influence efforts. washingtonexaminer.com/news/intellige…
A source familiar w/ how the 2020 ICA was compiled said the timing today was based partly on waiting til after electoral vote count by Congress so ppl like Powell, Lin Wood, & ultimately Trump wouldn't exploit the findings to try to overturn the election. washingtonexaminer.com/news/intellige…
UPDATE: The 3-page letter from DNI John Ratcliffe — Views on Intel Community Election Security Analysis — & the 14-page report from IC Analytic Ombudsman Barry Zulauf — Independent IC Analytic Ombudsman’s on Politicization of Intel — are now available here washingtonexaminer.com/news/intellige…
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DOJ just let McKinsey avoid criminal charges for colluding with Purdue Pharma to unleash the opioid epidemic. McKinsey will now try to sneak into the Trump Admin
— but should a company that turbocharged an epidemic, lied about its work in China, & more be let in? Let’s explore.🧵
After Biden DOJ let them off the hook for opioid scandal, should Trump DOJ consider charges vs. McKinsey for working with CCP while advising the DOD & IC? McKinsey’s pattern of bad behavior during opioid crisis appears to be repeating with U.S. national security implications. 2/x
(I’ll get into all this in the thread, but beyond lying re: China work & colluding w/ Big Pharma during the opioid epidemic— while profiting off of pushing painkillers to vets while working with VA— McKinsey consults w/ fed agencies & pushed DEI into gov’t & orgs nationwide!) 3/x
🚨Grassley to Wray: “I must express my vote of no confidence in your continued leadership of the FBI. President Trump has already announced his intention to nominate a candidate to replace you, & the Senate will carefully consider that choice. For my part, I’ve also seen enough.”
Grassley to Wray: “I reminded you that an FBI Director’s ten-year term is a ceiling not a floor… Rather than turn over a new leaf at the FBI, you’ve continued to read from the old playbook of weaponization, double standards, & a relentless game of hide-&-seek with the Congress.”
Grassley to Wray: “One of the most egregious examples is the FBI’s failure to provide basic information I requested more than two years ago related to the FBI’s ongoing mishandling of sexual harassment claims made by the FBI’s female employees.”
I’m reading Hegseth’s book “The War on Warriors” & this section on the debacle in Afghanistan and the failures by Pentagon leadership & by generals is the clearest & most passionate articulation by any high-profile figure about the need for accountability at DOD. Read every word.
In 2018, as Nunes pushed to release his FISA Memo (authored partly by Kash Patel who’s reportedly being considered for FBI Director) which exposed big flaws in the FBI’s Trump-Russia inquiry, Mike Rogers (also reportedly being considered for FBI) went on NPR to fight its release.
My own thoughts in January 2018 FWIW
Here is Mike Rogers on CNN criticizing the decision by Nunes & HPSCI GOP to release the FISA Memo (authored by Kash Patel & revealed deep flaws with the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation).
Rogers & Patel both reportedly being considered for FBI Director.
Happy eight-year anniversary of Jake Sullivan assisting Hillary Clinton in pushing the bullshit Alfa Bank Trump-Russia collusion claims as a last-ditch effort to generate an October Surprise. Sullivan went on to be the Biden-Harris Admin’s disastrous national security adviser.
Amazing. Loretta Lynch — the Obama AG whom Bill Clinton tried to secretly meet with in the middle of a DOJ investigation into Hillary — is now working for China’s largest drone company.
Everyone can see Lynch’s court filing on behalf of CCP’s DJI here:
DJI and Chinese drone dominance in the United States is a serious problem — one that some policymakers & lawmakers have unsuccessfully tried to solve for years. And now you have a former Obama attorney general throwing her support behind China in its fight against the Pentagon…
It’s long been my view that leaders who hold important positions of trust in the federal government — especially in law enforcement & the national security arena — should be banned by law from doing future work for foreign foes (like China) as part of their agreement to serve.