An important note in the report about the public statement that was organized by Morell and signed by 50 of his former intelligence colleagues: Morell had approached 36 former intelligence officials to sign the statement, but 26 declined. Thus, the statement did not have the widespread support within the intelligence community that was being portrayed in the media.

But the fact that such an efficient, organized effort by former senior-level intelligence officials with high name recognition engaged in a blatant public effort to affect a presidential election not only is an affront to U.S. election integrity but also raises urgent concerns about the politicization of our federal agencies and the potential for more political interference by our intelligence community. …

Fortunately, we now have a Republican-controlled House under McCarthy that is taking necessary actions to expose the dangerous politicization and weaponization of our federal agencies to the American public. However, the drastic reforms that are needed to de-politicize and downsize an all-too-powerful D.C. Swamp can only happen with a similar drastic change in the next presidential administration. Hopefully, it’s not too late.

[The media would have treated this as The End of America if it happened in a Republican administration. Remember their collective freak-out when George W. Bush asked US Attorneys for their resignations to start his second term, a normal clearing of political appointments for any president, just as one example? The same media that hyperbolically cast that as the politicization of the DoJ suddenly has nothing to say about the FBI and CIA interfering with an election and covering up evidence of criminality, such as the Hunter laptop. This goes beyond double standards — this is a corrupt media-government establishment. — Ed]