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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDHS withheld July intelligence bulletin calling out Russian attack on Biden's mental health
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-withheld-july-intelligence-bulletin-calling-russian-attack/story?id=72747130
The Trump campaign has repeatedly engaged in a similar line of attack.
ByJosh Margolin, Lucien Bruggeman, Will Steakin, and Jonathan Karl
September 2, 2020, 4:02 AM
In early July the Department of Homeland Security withheld publication of an intelligence bulletin warning law enforcement agencies of a Russian scheme to promote allegations about the poor mental health of former Vice President Joe Biden, according to internal emails and a draft of the document obtained by ABC News.
The draft bulletin, titled Russia Likely to Denigrate Health of US Candidates to Influence 2020 Election, was submitted to the agencys legislative and public affairs offices for review on July 7. The analysis was not meant for public consumption, but it was set to be distributed to federal, state and local law enforcement partners two days later, on July 9, the emails show.
Just one hour after its submission, however, a senior DHS official intervened.
Please hold on sending this one out until you have a chance to speak to [acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf]," wrote DHS Chief of Staff John Gountanis, according to an email obtained by ABC News.
That was nearly two months ago. But the bulletin was never circulated.
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The Trump campaign has repeatedly engaged in a similar line of attack.
ByJosh Margolin, Lucien Bruggeman, Will Steakin, and Jonathan Karl
September 2, 2020, 4:02 AM
In early July the Department of Homeland Security withheld publication of an intelligence bulletin warning law enforcement agencies of a Russian scheme to promote allegations about the poor mental health of former Vice President Joe Biden, according to internal emails and a draft of the document obtained by ABC News.
The draft bulletin, titled Russia Likely to Denigrate Health of US Candidates to Influence 2020 Election, was submitted to the agencys legislative and public affairs offices for review on July 7. The analysis was not meant for public consumption, but it was set to be distributed to federal, state and local law enforcement partners two days later, on July 9, the emails show.
Just one hour after its submission, however, a senior DHS official intervened.
Please hold on sending this one out until you have a chance to speak to [acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf]," wrote DHS Chief of Staff John Gountanis, according to an email obtained by ABC News.
That was nearly two months ago. But the bulletin was never circulated.
</snip>
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jonkarl @jonkarl
ABC EXCLUSIVE: The DHS intelligence bulletin warning about foreign interference in the 2020 election was supposed to go out on July 9 but was blocked by Chad Wolf's chief of staff.
This story is especially significant after the DNI's suspension of in-person briefings to Congress
ABC News @ABC
DHS withheld publication of intelligence bulletin warning of Russian scheme to push allegations about the poor mental health of Joe Biden, per emails and document draft obtained by @ABC. @jonkarl has the full story coming up on @GMA. https://abcn.ws/2Gmvtvd
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DHS withheld July intelligence bulletin calling out Russian attack on Biden's mental health (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Sep 2020
OP
Criminal enterprise. Top to bottom. Almost complete takeover of fed agencies
Evolve Dammit
Sep 2020
#3
Chad Wolfs Chief of staff needs to go to jail then, this shit has to stop & harsh words don't count
uponit7771
Sep 2020
#8
DHS needs to go...notice Trump is getting help from Russians...it was the old amplify what the
Demsrule86
Sep 2020
#9
It's weird how closely his re-election strategy syncs up with Russian destablization campaigns
blogslut
Sep 2020
#10
Totally weird. It's like our government is crawling with Russian agents or something.
MerryBlooms
Sep 2020
#14
secondwind
(16,903 posts)1. Could this be their October surprise......
onetexan
(13,025 posts)2. LOL I doubt it. Its clear Biden's mental capacities are perfectly
Intact from his speeches &interviews. Its the loony Conman's they need to worry about.
Evolve Dammit
(16,702 posts)3. Criminal enterprise. Top to bottom. Almost complete takeover of fed agencies
oasis
(49,339 posts)4. Traitorous behavior with the blessing of Atty. Gen. Wm. Barr. nt
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)5. So it is one thing to warn law enforcement. What about the rest of voters?
We deserve to know about the scheme by Russia to assist fascist trump. Thank goodness this came out.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)6. DHS is fully responsive to Fascist Leader Trump. nt
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,767 posts)7. Surprise surprise
They didn't want to offend the corpulent creep in the Whitehouse
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)8. Chad Wolfs Chief of staff needs to go to jail then, this shit has to stop & harsh words don't count
Demsrule86
(68,504 posts)9. DHS needs to go...notice Trump is getting help from Russians...it was the old amplify what the
Russians say bullshit 2016 move. But it is not 2016.
blogslut
(37,985 posts)10. It's weird how closely his re-election strategy syncs up with Russian destablization campaigns
I think that's weird. Don't you guys think that's weird?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)11. It IS weird
And you just KNOW that even though this story leaked, and should be a topic of discussion in every news room in the country, campaign reporting will docilely follow whatever story du jour the Trump campaign is promulgating. There will be no hint that the Trump campaign is selling a strategy that syncs up with the Russians, and if it's mentioned at all it will be to pooh-pooh it.
MerryBlooms
(11,759 posts)14. Totally weird. It's like our government is crawling with Russian agents or something.
MerryBlooms
(11,759 posts)13. R&K