Something Smells Fishy in the Washington Swamp’s Intelligence Community

BY LISA MICHELLE

Yesterday, we learned from the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe’s office that a much anticipated intelligence assessment on foreign interference into the 2020 election would be delayed.

Amanda Schoch, ODNI Director of Strategic Communications: "This afternoon the DNI was notified by career intelligence officials that the Intelligence Community will not meet the December 18 deadline, set by Executive Order and Congress…" (1/3)

— Office of the DNI (@ODNIgov) December 16, 2020

"The DNI is committed to providing this report to our customers expeditiously.” (3/3)

— Office of the DNI (@ODNIgov) December 16, 2020

Intelligence community officials informed the Office of DNI that they had received new information since the election and are unable to coordinate it by the deadline tomorrow, December 18.

According to President Trump’s September 12, 2018 Executive Order 13848 on “Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election,”

Not later than 45 days after the conclusion of a United States election, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate executive departments and agencies (agencies), shall conduct an assessment of any information indicating that a foreign government, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, has acted with the intent or purpose of interfering in that election. The assessment shall identify, to the maximum extent ascertainable, the nature of any foreign interference and any methods employed to execute it, the persons involved, and the foreign government or governments that authorized, directed, sponsored, or supported it. The Director of National Intelligence shall deliver this assessment and appropriate supporting information to the President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Many of us suspected that the intelligence community was deliberately stalling, and we questioned its motives last night. With Trump’s enemies practically jumping out of the woodwork, it certainly wouldn’t be farfetched. Of course, if China, Iran, and Russia interfered in our election, as Ratcliffe conveyed to CBS Senior Correspondent Catherine Herridge, it would strengthen his election fraud case.

DNI Ratcliffe "told CBS News that there was Foreign Election Interference by China, Iran, and Russia in November of this year [2020]."

Report must be delivered to President Trump 12/18.

Public report to be delivered January.@DNI_Ratcliffe @CBS_Herridge pic.twitter.com/wR3C6KIkAQ

— Machiavelli (@TheRISEofROD) December 16, 2020

Something smells fishy, but it’s definitely not in Denmark. It’s in the Washington swamp . . .

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Co-Founder, Managing Editor & Web Designer/Developer at America's Civil War Rising

Lisa Michelle, Co-founder, Managing Editor, and Website Designer/Developer, holds a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Psychology and a Master of Science in Adolescent English Education and Students with Disabilities, earning honorary recognition in both. She held dual certification in Secondary School English and Special Education until she left the teaching profession due to the shifting cultural climate and the predominant emphasis on a leftist educational agenda. Outspoken, she refused to conceal her own views on social media, and—with the rise of anti-Americanism, the re-emergence of antisemitism, and the onslaught of anti-Israel/Zionist propaganda—she became actively involved both on and offline in countering and advocating against it. Similarly, she would not be censored from teaching the truth and capitulate to what was becoming a pervasive leftist campaign to indoctrinate students with a false, alternate version of America, its history, and social norms.

With the rise of anti-Americanism, antisemitism and anti-Israel/Zionist propaganda both on and offline, Lisa Michelle has also been an active advocate for America, Israel, and the Jewish community, managing various pro-Israel social networking forums and projects. Continue reading about Lisa Michelle here.

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