18. The reality is much more murky. Twitter actively assisted CENTCOM’s network going back to 2017 and as late as 2020 knew these accounts were covert/designed to deceive to manipulate the discourse, a violation of Twitter’s policies & promises. They waited years to suspend.

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20. The conduct with the U.S. military’s covert network stands in stark contrast with how Twitter has boasted about rapidly identifying and taking down covert accounts tied to state-backed influence operations, including Thailand, Russia, Venezuela, and others since 2016.

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21. Here is my reported piece w/more detail. I was given access to Twitter for a few days. I signed/agreed to nothing, Twitter had no input into anything I did or wrote. The searches were carried out by a Twitter attorney, so what I saw could be limited.

https://t.co/AgcFy71fE3

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Key facts

1. FBI took Hunter Biden's laptop in Dec 2019 & knew it didn't come from hacking

2. FBI spent 2020 telling Twitter that a "hack-and-leak" involving Hunter would occur in Oct 2020

3. FBI was spying on Giuliani when he gave laptop to NY Post

https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/fbi-behind-twitters-censorship-of

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We don't know if the FBI agents who warned Twitter of "hack-and-leak" operation involving Hunter Biden knew that a) FBI had Biden's laptop, or b) Giuliani was giving it to NY Post

But they didn't need to know that. They could have simply been following orders.

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And the fact that the FBI waged a disinfo campaign grossly exaggerating Russian influence, even though they knew the source of the Hunter Biden info was a computer repairman in Delaware, is the reason for a Special Counsel + Congress investigation.

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It *appears* as though FBI employees and former employees worked together to cover up evidence of criminal activity on Hunter Biden's laptop, perhaps with political motivations, and interfered in an election. That *appearance* is enough for a Sp. Prosecutor & Cong. investigation.

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Perhaps the FBI agents who hyped a Russian hack-and-dump involving Hunter Biden didn't know about the laptop or the surveillance of Giuliani. Perhaps FBI found no criminal activity by Hunter Biden. If so, great! But then we need to clear FBI's name through an investigation.

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But if FBI agents had, in fact, been engaged in a influence operation aimed at influencing the election, through the manipulation of mainstream reporters and senior execs. at Twitter & Facebook, we need to root them out, reckon with the implications, & de-politicize the FBI.

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If the above is true, then this is, by far, the worst scandal in the history of the FBI.

We simply can't let our highest law enforcement organization interfere in an election in the ways that FBI agents appear to have done.

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The evidence laid out in this Twitter thread is sufficient to trigger a Congressional investigation and/or a Special Prosecutor to DoJ. There is much more evidence out there. A large, independent, and professional team must go get it.

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There's a lot of noise around Twitter right now but it's clear that Elon Musk has performed a vital public service in allowing thes Files to come to light. At a time when his legal team is swamped with other issues, they have taken time to get us all the docs we request.

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Good morning, and happy holidays to all!

I'm in San Francisco, working on the Twitter story. In an effort to be a fully-present Dad on the holiday tomorrow, I'm going to empty some #TwitterFiles notes throughout the morning.

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At around 9 a.m. EST I'll be releasing a thread on Twitter's relationship to other government agencies - including some that don't like to see their name in print much.

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I may add a few other items, and answer some questions people have about all this, throughout the day.

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Thanks, and see you in an hour or so.

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TWITTER AND "OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES"

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