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Watchdog: Deputy DHS Secretary’s Report on Alleged Russian Interference in 2020 Elections Delayed

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The intelligence report in question claimed that “Russian malicious and influential actors” were spreading rumors about the health of then-candidate Joe Biden in order to undermine voters’ confidence in him. .. Russia was alleged to have adopted both overt and secret channels, and its activities were the same as those carried out during the 2016 presidential election.

according to New report According to the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspection Bureau, the acting Secretary Chad Wolf, appointed by former President Donald Trump, will give Watchdog the impression that information is being politicized in the 2020 presidential election. Delayed reporting of Russian intervention in.

According to a document released last week, DHS Information Analysis Bureau employees “seem to be partly based on political considerations and may affect compliance with I & A’s information community policy.” Foreign elections Made changes to the analysis of interference.

However, Deputy Secretary-General Wolf, who was not identified in the study, said, “Despite having no formal role in product reviews, we participated in the review process multiple times, delaying product adoption at least once.” I am. Inspector general’s report.

In addition, the analysis claimed that the publication of the study was postponed twice by Wolff’s order.

“In one of these cases, the Deputy Secretary-General requested that the product be’pending’from a release pending at HSIN during the July 8, 2020 meeting,” the report said. “We have determined that the involvement of the Deputy Secretary-General will lead to the rare occurrence of stopping the distribution of product I & A after it has already been approved by the mission manager and distributed by prior notice.”

Other officials have added a “tone box” (Used for “related ancillary information that is not essential to” [the] This is the main story, but it will deepen the reader’s understanding. “), It explains the efforts of influential players from China and Iran to spread the story of then-President Donald Trump’s mental health.

“The tonebox is the only part of the product being discussed by Iran, China, and President Trump,” the document read.

Investigators could not conclude that Wolf and other officials acted for political reasons, IG reported. Rather, they conclude that their actions are responsible for the perception of politicization.

“DHS did not follow its standard process and requirements in editing and distributing I & A intelligence products on Russia’s intervention in the 2020 US presidential election. The Deputy Secretary-General met at the July 8 meeting. When asked to “hold” the product inside, it hindered the spread of the product, “they wrote.

“This has delayed the spread of intelligence products aimed at informing stakeholders about foreign influence efforts related to the 2020 US presidential election,” the report said.

Durham says the CIA has found data on Trump’s alleged Clinton campaign lawyer-Russian links are not “plausible”

According to a Watchdog study, the ombudsman in the DHS Intelligence Office asked if the intelligence report was politicized.

“Given the structure, ambiguity, and use of the’balance’tone box, there are some questions about objectivity and freedom from political considerations,” the ombudsman reportedly inferred. “In particular, this work seems to avoid most of the main message manifested in the important judgment that Russia’s influential actors are targeting Democratic candidates in 2020.”



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