'Spies Who Lie' leader, cosigners were CIA contractors when they falsely implied Hunter Biden laptop was Russian fake | 25 June 2024 | Some of the 51 "Spies Who Lie" were active CIA contractors when they claimed files from first son Hunter Biden's laptop had “the classic earmarks” of Russian disinformation ahead of the 2020 election -- a fact that was uneasily noted inside the agency, records acquired by The Post show. Former CIA acting director Michael Morell, who previously told Congress he organized the Oct. 19, 2020, letter to give Joe Biden a "talking point" ahead of a debate against then-President Donald Trump, was under contract with the CIA at the time, the agency told Congress. Ex-agency inspector general David Buckley also was a contractor at the time of the letter, according to an interim report from two House committees investigating the matter, and records suggest that at least two other letter-signers may also have had active contracts at the time.