Thread by @jenvanlaar

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On 6/15 I told Chris Salcedo some of what we'd learned from Dong Jingwei about China military running Wuhan lab and that other US intel agencies were selectively leaking info to left-leaning sites to proactively discredit info Dong would bring fwd. redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…

I first wrote about Dong on 6/4 and it didn't get much traction. After my 6/11 article which gave more specifics, the NY Times just happened to catch up w/Wuhan's "Bat Woman" on her mobile for an "unscheduled" interview pubbed on 6/14. nytimes.com/2021/06/14/wor…

Also on 6/14 GMA ran a preview of that day's "Nightline" episode-ABC *finally* wants to find the origin of the COVID-19 virus. While there was some attempt to seem fair-handed, the Nightline segment is getting out talking points of the Langley apologists. abc.com/shows/nightlin…

Then on 6/17 I appeared on @TheFirstonTV with @slaterradio. He started the interview asking me abt the blowback from CIA types and my bold statement that I stood by my sources. I directly called out the misinfo efforts. My portion is 40 min in: thefirsttv.com/watch/full-sho…

Abt 4 hrs later the Spy Talk piece appeared, naming the defector and giving his position - the first time this info was publicly declared. Obviously someone w/an agenda leaked it there, prob hoping to deflect or sow doubt since they slammed RedState as "weaponizing" the truth.

They had no exclusive information in there; Dong Jingwei's name was out on Chinese Twitter but they tied him to my story. (No, I'm not rewarding them with a link.) I verified w/my sources that the DIA defector was indeed Dong and got even more detail abt the info he provided.

Bear in mind that on 6/11 I pub'd that Dong provided info showing PLA control of Wuhan lab (ABC News now admits having evidence of PLA $ to Wuhan) and genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2, which allowed a Stanford virologist to conclude that it was engineered. wsj.com/articles/the-s…

On 6/17 I pub'd a story confirming Dong's identity as DIA defector and the laundry list of info he had. Again, immediately trashed by Spy Talk, John Schindler, and the pro ex-spook community, but you'll notice a shifting narrative over the last 2 days... redstate.com/jenvanlaar/202…

After they used a CCP Press Release claiming Dong was in China on the 18th to attempt to prove my story false, they now say the Dong defection could be true, but that details of my story are off. One WaPo writer is now claiming that Dong is prob the defector he wrote abt in 9/20.

Now a couple of outlets are claiming Spy Talk broke the story, which is hilarious since their original purpose was to paint RedState as a "pro-Trump website" to discredit us. It's obvious they know they can't quash the story so they want the credit and to control the narrative.

I'll have more up about this story today, and I'll add to this thread when I do. But until then use this as a guide to the discrediting pattern used by the media and National Security apparatus. cato.org/commentary/how…