\u201cGiven analytic differences in the way Russia and China analysts examined their targets, China analysts appeared hesitant to assess Chinese actions as undue influence or interference,\u201d Zulauf wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese analysts appeared reluctant to have their analysis on China brought forward because they tended to disagree with the Administration\u2019s policies<\/strong>, saying in effect, I don\u2019t want our intelligence used to support those policies.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nNeither the ombudsman report nor the letter from Ratcliffe includes details on China\u2019s meddling. Zulauf redirected an interview request by The Epoch Times to the ODNI, which didn\u2019t immediately respond to an emailed request.<\/p>\n
The analytic ombudsman\u2019s report assesses that politicization occurred in relation to both Russia\u2019s and China\u2019s election interference. Zulauf assessed that neither intelligence community leaders nor analysts are at fault, blaming the hyperpartisan atmosphere in the United States instead.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn most cases, what we see is the entire system responding to and resisting pressures from outside, rather than attempts to politicize intelligence by our leaders or analysts.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe report states that the analysts who assessed Russia\u2019s election interference had complained that the intelligence community management was reluctant to deliver their assessments to government clients because the work was not \u201cwell received.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnalysts saw this as suppression of intelligence, bordering on politicization of intelligence from above<\/strong>,\u201d Zulauf wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe Epoch Times previously documented a multi-pronged\u00a0election influence campaign<\/a>\u00a0linked to the\u00a0Chinese Communist Party (CCP).<\/p>\nIn a Dec. 3 op-ed, Ratcliffe said the CCP \u201cposes the greatest threat to America today, and the greatest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War II.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe intelligence is clear: Beijing intends to dominate the U.S. and the rest of the planet economically, militarily, and technologically,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany of China\u2019s major public initiatives and prominent companies offer only a layer of camouflage to the activities of the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nCongress certified Joe Biden as the president-elect on Jan. 7. In the two months leading up to the certification, Trump challenged the outcome of the election in seven states, citing unconstitutional changes to election laws and potentially illegally cast votes.<\/p>\n
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