Bash On Pushing Of Disinformation On Biden: This Looks, Walks, & Talks Like Russian Intelligence

Former chief of staff at the CIA and Department of Defense, Jeremy Bash, reflects on how the current effort by Trump allies to spread disinformation about Joe Biden has ties to Russian intelligence and calls it ‘collusion in plain sight’. Aired on 10/19/2020.
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Bash On Pushing Of Disinformation On Biden: This Looks, Walks, & Talks Like Russian Intelligence

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    1. @SPZ Aruba According to PolitiFact: Foreign policy experts say these allegations do not add up to a picture of Joe Biden being corrupt or pursuing policies contrary to the national interest. There is no evidence that Hunter Biden came close to breaking the law, much less any evidence that his father has done so.
      The Trump family’s financial entanglements are at least as problematic, if not more so, than the Bidens’.

    2. @Muddy Water “How many of you people can actually vote in a United States election.”
      I can, and did. Voted BIDEN/HARRIS today.

  1. President super spreader was literally killing em at his rally last night. SAD Really a fake story from Rudy Colludi.? Did Lev and Igor help?

  2. Watch the comments here and on other mainstream channels. Russian bots are everywhere attacking biden and his family

    1. I noticed an increase about 3 days ago and they seem to be attacking anything that makes dump look bad… so everything true basically. It’s even on Canadian news stories

    2. Eric v lol the Biden crime family is going to prison. There are videos of hunter rapping little Chinese girls . The mockingbird networks are lying too you . The democrats are a bunch of pedos

    1. @Edeledel Edel you people will fold yourself into a pretzel then admit Biden is another corrupt politician.

    2. @Roxane Reddy but when asked under oath,
      Denied seeing any evidence to claim that.
      Senate intelligence oversight committee…
      CSPAN

    3. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe argued that leading Democrats and many commentators and media figures have no evidence to back them up during a Monday morning interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. He also confirmed that the FBI is investigating the laptop of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son but said that the intelligence community was not involved because it was not related to Russian disinformation.

      “Let me be clear: The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that, and we have shared no intelligence with Chairman Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden’s laptop is part of some Russian disinformation campaign. It is simply not true,” Ratcliffe said Monday. “And this is exactly what I said I would stop when I became director of national intelligence, and that is people using the intelligence community to leverage some political narrative, and in this case, apparently Chairman Schiff wants anything against his preferred political candidate deemed as not real and is using or attempting to use the intelligence community to say there’s nothing to see here. Don’t drag the intelligence community into this. Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign.”

    4. @Roxane Reddy and we all know politico is just another mouth piece for the democrats/socialist party and we all know a socialist is just a communist in denial.

  3. He’s been getting away with every rotten deed imaginable and not having to answer for any of it! Why would we expect any less than out right collusion from trump now?

  4. Only the dumbest of Republicans would continue to fall for the deceitful antics of Rudy Giuliani. Hopefully America’s Major will end up in an American prison.

    1. Giuliani has no real loyalty himself, dude would come out in favor of Kim Jong Un if it helped him in anyway. He always did remind me of one of those guys in mobster movies. The guy that spouts about being the most loyal, and how you can rely on him no matter what but is the first guy that talks to the police.

    1. @Muddy Water , she has done all she could to keep the people of Michigan safe. Had Trump not refused to send that much needed aid, our counts would not be nearly as high as they are. Trump refused to send the requested relief aid from FEMA like funds and equipment that would have saved lives, but instead Trump was the vindictive petty man that he is. I as a Michigander send my taxes to DC, and I see very little of that money coming back to Michigan. Where I see it go is to Red States that have to rebuild after flood and storms because they keep building in vulnerable areas.

    2. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe argued that leading Democrats and many commentators and media figures have no evidence to back them up during a Monday morning interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. He also confirmed that the FBI is investigating the laptop of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son but said that the intelligence community was not involved because it was not related to Russian disinformation.

      “Let me be clear: The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that, and we have shared no intelligence with Chairman Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden’s laptop is part of some Russian disinformation campaign. It is simply not true,” Ratcliffe said Monday. “And this is exactly what I said I would stop when I became director of national intelligence, and that is people using the intelligence community to leverage some political narrative, and in this case, apparently Chairman Schiff wants anything against his preferred political candidate deemed as not real and is using or attempting to use the intelligence community to say there’s nothing to see here. Don’t drag the intelligence community into this. Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign.”

    3. I met whitmer over in tc, shes about as racist as they come. Im just surprised she hasnt been caught on video yet saying the n word

    1. @David Hale Perhaps. Or perhaps they were actually hacked and downloaded onto the laptop by the Russians. Or perhaps they were hacked, “augmented” by the Russians, and then put on the laptop. Thing is, we don’t know. Even the provenance of the laptop is suspect. The FBI is investigating it as a disinformation attempt by the GRU (formerly the KGB).

      And then there’s the NY Post’s story. The reporter who actually wrote the article refused to have his name in the byline as he highly doubted the truthfulness of his sources–Giuliani, Bannon, and the laptop itself. So the Post put two other reporter’s names in the byline, one who, a few months prior, worked for Hannity, and the other who didn’t even know her name had been used until the article had been published. Neither of them had anything to do with writing it.

      So maybe it’s true. Maybe it’s not. But at the moment the entire thing stinks to high heaven.

    1. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe argued that leading Democrats and many commentators and media figures have no evidence to back them up during a Monday morning interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. He also confirmed that the FBI is investigating the laptop of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son but said that the intelligence community was not involved because it was not related to Russian disinformation.

      “Let me be clear: The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that, and we have shared no intelligence with Chairman Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden’s laptop is part of some Russian disinformation campaign. It is simply not true,” Ratcliffe said Monday. “And this is exactly what I said I would stop when I became director of national intelligence, and that is people using the intelligence community to leverage some political narrative, and in this case, apparently Chairman Schiff wants anything against his preferred political candidate deemed as not real and is using or attempting to use the intelligence community to say there’s nothing to see here. Don’t drag the intelligence community into this. Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign.”

    1. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe argued that leading Democrats and many commentators and media figures have no evidence to back them up during a Monday morning interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. He also confirmed that the FBI is investigating the laptop of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son but said that the intelligence community was not involved because it was not related to Russian disinformation.

      “Let me be clear: The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that, and we have shared no intelligence with Chairman Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden’s laptop is part of some Russian disinformation campaign. It is simply not true,” Ratcliffe said Monday. “And this is exactly what I said I would stop when I became director of national intelligence, and that is people using the intelligence community to leverage some political narrative, and in this case, apparently Chairman Schiff wants anything against his preferred political candidate deemed as not real and is using or attempting to use the intelligence community to say there’s nothing to see here. Don’t drag the intelligence community into this. Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign.”

  5. So the Republican party will look into hunter and Joe Biden numerous times, but Won’t diligently look “ONCE” into Putin putting bounties out on American soldier heads? Let that 1 sink in

    1. If Trump is a collaborator with rhe Russians, and Republicans have aided and abetted Trump in every treasonous endeavor, are Republicans not also guilty of treasonous collaboration with the Russians?

    2. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe argued that leading Democrats and many commentators and media figures have no evidence to back them up during a Monday morning interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. He also confirmed that the FBI is investigating the laptop of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son but said that the intelligence community was not involved because it was not related to Russian disinformation.

      “Let me be clear: The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that, and we have shared no intelligence with Chairman Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden’s laptop is part of some Russian disinformation campaign. It is simply not true,” Ratcliffe said Monday. “And this is exactly what I said I would stop when I became director of national intelligence, and that is people using the intelligence community to leverage some political narrative, and in this case, apparently Chairman Schiff wants anything against his preferred political candidate deemed as not real and is using or attempting to use the intelligence community to say there’s nothing to see here. Don’t drag the intelligence community into this. Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign.”

  6. Regan is ROLLING in his grave to have a President and ex mayor being the willing idiots of Russian disinformation!

    1. @Cliff Medina Its a crime its not treason..lol Calm down, but soliciting another country to interfere in US elections by a sitting President is treason. I got smoke for both of them.

    2. Today, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe argued that leading Democrats and many commentators and media figures have no evidence to back them up during a Monday morning interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. He also confirmed that the FBI is investigating the laptop of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son but said that the intelligence community was not involved because it was not related to Russian disinformation.

      “Let me be clear: The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that, and we have shared no intelligence with Chairman Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden’s laptop is part of some Russian disinformation campaign. It is simply not true,” Ratcliffe said Monday. “And this is exactly what I said I would stop when I became director of national intelligence, and that is people using the intelligence community to leverage some political narrative, and in this case, apparently Chairman Schiff wants anything against his preferred political candidate deemed as not real and is using or attempting to use the intelligence community to say there’s nothing to see here. Don’t drag the intelligence community into this. Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign.”

    3. @Petere Poet You are kidding right? Lol. Using a Trump appointee as validation, now I believe the other side now. Thanks I didn’t know which side to believe…lol

  7. Just a continuation of the reason why Trump was impeached over! Everyone was warned if he wasn’t removed he’d do it again..well look what’s going on America?

  8. Putin is really pushing this stupid email story. Trolls and bots are everywhere you look. I just hope who ever organized this ‘Fake News’ realizes just how angry ‘Vlad – the – Poisoner’ is gonna be when Biden wins.

    1. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe argued that leading Democrats and many commentators and media figures have no evidence to back them up during a Monday morning interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business. He also confirmed that the FBI is investigating the laptop of former Vice President Joe Biden’s son but said that the intelligence community was not involved because it was not related to Russian disinformation.

      “Let me be clear: The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that, and we have shared no intelligence with Chairman Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden’s laptop is part of some Russian disinformation campaign. It is simply not true,” Ratcliffe said Monday. “And this is exactly what I said I would stop when I became director of national intelligence, and that is people using the intelligence community to leverage some political narrative, and in this case, apparently Chairman Schiff wants anything against his preferred political candidate deemed as not real and is using or attempting to use the intelligence community to say there’s nothing to see here. Don’t drag the intelligence community into this. Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign.”

    2. @Petere Poet
      Total bs ffs! Intelligence is investigating it because they already warned WH & lawmakers they have evidence of Guiliani being used to spread russian intelligence disinformation ffs!

  9. Comrade trump and comrade Barr are both Russian allies…..and I approve this message, Putin!! BYEDON!!

  10. Trump called fauci a disaster YET used Fauci in a recent campaign commercial!smh.all I want for Christmas is A new president🎁🎄🧓#BIDEN

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