The Spies Who Deserve to Be Out in the Cold

The former intelligence officials who put out a misleading letter suggesting that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation rate the most blame in this episode.

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Former CIA Director John Brennan speaks during the SALT conference in Las Vegas, Nev., May 18, 2017.

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The “Twitter Files” released by Elon Musk give us a more fine-grained understanding of how and why the social-media company decided to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story.

This was a woefully stupid decision. The New York Post’s account was suspended for two weeks for the offense of coming up with a scoop that we are still talking about and that will surely play a large role in upcoming GOP investigations into Biden-family corruption.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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