One of the 51 former intelligence operatives who claimed that the Hunter Biden laptop was fake said that they knew the device was authentic.
The contents of the letter, which was released in the days before the presidential election, were then used to dismiss the Biden laptop.
According to Douglas Wise, a former official of the Defense Intelligence Agency, a significant portion of the disinformation released by Russia had to be real to have credibility.
In the letter, which was signed by former intelligence officials such as John Brennan and James Clapper, they noted that the October 2020 reporting about the Biden laptop was part of a Russian operation.
The letter was then used by the media to reinforce the former intelligence operatives' claims that the story was part of a disinformation campaign.
During a debate with Donald Trump, Joe Biden, the then-Democratic candidate for president, used the letter as an opportunity to question the story about the laptop.
According to Wise, the letter identified some of the Russian tricks that could be used to infiltrate the US political system. However, it didn't go into detail about how Biden was a good person.
Despite the controversy over the letter, Wise said that he doesn't regret signing it. He noted that the chain of custody of the Biden laptop could allow Russians or other right-wing groups to plant malware on it.
The contents of the Biden laptop, which was allegedly left at a computer repair shop in Delaware before it was seized by the FBI, included details about his financial and personal affairs. Hunter Biden, the president's son, is currently under investigation for his foreign business activities and tax issues.
Before he became the House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, said that he would subpoena the individuals who signed the letter.
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