The Department of Homeland Security intervened to avoid the publication of an intelligence bulletin detailing a Russian plan to attack Democratic candidate Joe Biden for alleging poor intellectual health.one year old.
According to ABC News, the bulletin titled “Russia is most likely to denigrate the aptitude of American applicants to influence the 2020 elections” presented for review on July 7, with the aim of being broadcast to partners of the US forces. local and federal public order.
At that moment, the bosses intervened.
“Please wait until you have the opportunity to speak with [the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf],” DHS Chief of Staff John Gountanis wrote in an email received through ABC News.
After that, the newsletter was never broadcast.
Although DHS told ABC that the data did not meet strong standards, analysts wrote that they were “very confident” that Russian actors would use the attacks to influence the 2020 election.
“It prevents the intelligence network from sharing with federal and state authorities a conclusion: that Russia is spreading false and defamatory attacks on the fitness of Joe Biden, one that aligns with Trump’s constant intrusion attacks,” Biden’s crusade spokesman Andrew Bates told TPM.
“And why would he do that?” Added. Because Russia and Trump’s crusade are talking about the same slander and lie situation, and Trump doesn’t need to divulge how much his political partners in the Kremlin are spreading this message to their advantage.”
In fact, Trump and his crusade have returned to “Joe Biden is senile,” a one-piece attack with an attempt to paint Biden as a puppet of the “socialist” politics of the purported radical left Kamala Harris.
This week, however, Trump’s crusade lacked a message field on the front lines of attacks on intellectual health.Trump took advantage of a comment by CNN analyst Joe Lockhart, assuming the president suffered a secret stroke, which blew it up in a story big enough that the media The past ignored rumors about Trump’s reaction, who even sent his doctor a press release saying he had never had such an illness.
But the new report also shows a disturbing trend in managing political interference in intelligence around elections.
Earlier this week, The Director of National Intelligence, John Ratcliffe, told Congress that he would avoid offering face-to-face briefings on election security and foreign interference, and raised considerations on leaks.
The resolution sparked outrage from the Democratic members.
“This is a shocking abdication of their legal duty to keep Congress informed lately, and a betrayal of the public’s right to know how foreign powers are about to overthrow our democracy,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam.Schiff (D-CA) wrote in a joint statement.
“This data belongs to other Americans, not the agencies that guard it,” he said.”And other Americans have the right and desire to know that another nation, Russia, is seeking assistance that deserve to be its president.”