Author flags a report that "cites some of the same intel and logic used in 2020 to say that these same units were NOT engaged in election influence but were instead only issue-focused, to now argue that China IS influencing the [REDACTED] election" (p.1).
p.1Email — "Everyone's Favorite Topic" (23 December 2021)
Internal emailDec 23, 20211 pageEMAIL_Everyone's favorite topic 23DEC2021 - DECLASS_REDACTED.pdf
Declassified by President Trump 3 July 2026
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A report uses the same intelligence and logic that in 2020 concluded Chinese units were NOT engaged in election influence, but now argues they ARE influencing a [REDACTED] election.
The same unit previously described by the IC as 'we didn't know who it was' is now characterized as 'the Chinese military' and an election-influence unit attributed to the Chinese Government, which the author calls a 'weird coincidence' to highlight for oversight.
The author questions on what logical, non-partisan basis the IC makes calls one way or the other, noting that the same personnel doing the same activity are labeled 'election influence' abroad but 'issue influence' and not election-related at home.
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States the report cites [REDACTED] activity "as being 'the Chinese military'" even though in 2020 the IC said "we didn't know who it was," and now characterizes the same unit as an election-influence unit attributed to the Chinese Government — calling it "a weird coincidence" to highlight for oversight (p.1).
p.1Argues the same personnel doing the same activity are labeled "election influence" abroad but "issue influence" and not election-related at home, and questions "on what logical, non-partisan basis the IC makes calls one way or the other" (p.1).
p.1Signed National Intelligence Officer — Cyber, ODNI/National Intelligence Council (p.1).
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