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Homeland Security

DHS Intel Office Put At Risk Of Politicization In Analysis Of Russian Influence Around 2020 Election, IG Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022

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DHS Intel Office Put At Risk Of Politicization In Analysis Of Russian Influence Around 2020 Election, IG Says

An intelligence product that analyzed Russian interference in the 2020 presidential election was potentially compromised by political considerations, including the unusual participation in the review process by the then Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General says in a new report. The IG cites a whistleblower complaint released by the House Intelligence Community in September 2020, two months before the election, that gives examples of interference by Chad Wolf, who was then the acting head…

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