AT THIS POINT, I THINK IT’S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE “INTEL COMMUNITY” IS A CANCER WITHIN OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: US intel veterans lied about ‘Russian plot’ — and the media bought it hook, line and sinker. “In this case, it was former US ­intelligence officials who were spreading disinformation in an ­attempt to mislead the American public about a consequential matter touching on the front runner in an American presidential campaign. The call came from inside the house. Anyone believing the officials, who used their past titles and long experience to lend credibility to their letter, would have been shocked to learn last week that Hunter Biden is under federal investigation for tax crimes.”

Plus: “This is the kind of story voters should be aware of when choosing a president. And they would have been if there hadn’t, in effect, been an American conspiracy to misinform people, led by former US intelligence officials who shamefully abused the public trust.”

There was disinformation here all right, just not from Russia. And many people will regard the collusion involved in suppressing this story pre-election as rendering a Biden presidency illegitimate.