READ HERE: Undeterred by the considerable blowback generated by the 2020 Hunter Biden laptop letter, the Harris campaign has organized a similar letter against President Trump in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election that claims he is unfit to be commander-in-chief and endorses Kamala Harris.
This letter, from a group called “National Security Leaders for America,” was signed by over 700 former officials who served with several U.S. government agencies, including the CIA, State Department, and Department of Defense. The letter includes former flag officers, ambassadors, and cabinet members. Several former senior Democratic officials also signed the letter, including Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and Susan Rice.
The new letter immediately sparked controversy when it was learned that at least nine of its signatories also signed the discredited 2020 Hunter Biden laptop letter. The President of National Security Leaders for America, Rear Admiral Michael Smith (Ret.), attempted to defuse this uproar by claiming the 2020 letter was “well-reasoned but ultimately incorrect.”
Although the press claims the new letter was signed by former “senior” national security leaders, the majority are unknown, former low-level government employees. I worked in U.S. government national security jobs for over 25 years and did not recognize most of the names on that letter.
The message of the letter is preposterous. It claims Harris would make an excellent commander-in-chief and cites her “relentless diplomacy with allies around the globe preserved a united front in support of Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression.”