Summary: Hunter Biden consented to turn over all his communications through his laptop. All e-mails implicated everyone (US Persons, Government Officials, Corporations, Foreign Actors/Countries, etc.) he worked with as foreign insurgents open to investigation. To protect him as a consenting person in cooperation with any sensitive foreign surveillance operations, no agency can legally touch his laptop and any e-mail associated with it in an investigatory capacity without the approval of the AG -- then being Barr.
The Hunter Biden laptop story exploded around October 15th, 2020 not because it was timely for Trump and the election but because it HAD to.
The only reason the document on post 4891 below was disclosed so early is because it legally had to so all agencies knew they couldn't touch the Hunter Biden laptop despite SWATHES of proof in foreign interference, bribes, terrorism, child trafficking/pornography, illegal narcotics trade/use, prostitution, etc.
It came out 22 years before it "had to" so everyone (all agencies, legal firms, police, etc.) know you can't touch Hunter Biden without express approval of the AG.
I think the "real" Hunter Biden is in Witness Protection and the one doing the paintings now is an unincorporated/trustee manager of HUNTERBIDEN®.
Most Q Posts discuss Hunter Biden's Laptop, October 15th:
https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/icotr/RawSIGINTGuidelines-as-approved-redacted.pdf
Note 1:
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b. (U) The DIRNSA or the IC element head, or a high-level designee of the IC element head, if any of the following requirements is met:
(i) (U) The person consented, by completing an appropriate consent agreement, to** the use by a recipient element of a selection term intended to select communications to, from, or about that person**. The IC element will promptly provide NSA with a copy of all such approvals;
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F. (U) Exception for communications metadata analysis. An IC element receiving raw SIGINT may conduct communications metadata analysis, including contact chaining, of the raw SIGINT only for valid, documented foreign intelligence or counterintelligence purposes. It may engage in these activities without regard to the location or nationality of the communicants. These activities are subject to all the requirements of these Procedures, except for paragraphs B through E above, which do not apply to them. Each year by October 15th, any recipient IC element using the provisions of this paragraph will report to the Attorney General on (i) the kinds of information that the element is processing as communications metadata; (ii) the element's implementation of the protections required by these Procedures with respect to metadata; and (iii) any significant new legal or oversight issues that have arisen in connection with the element's processing or dissemination of communications metadata of U.S. persons. The element will provide a copy of this report to NSA' s OGC, NSA' s Civil Liberties and Privacy Office, the DNI's Civil Liberties Protection Officer, DoD's OGC, and the DoD Senior Intelligence Oversight Official (SIOO).
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(U) SECTION VIII - USE IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
(U) A recipient IC element may not use, or permit the use of, raw SIGINT made available under these Procedures, or information derived from such information, in any legal or administrative proceeding without the prior approval of NSA's OGC.
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(U) For electronic communications, "metadata" includes the information appearing on the "to," "from," "cc," and "bee" lines of a standard e-mail or other electronic communication. For e-mail communications, the "from" line contains the e-mail address of the sender, and the "to," "cc," and "bee" lines contain the email addresses of the recipients. "Metadata" also means (i) information about the Internet-protocol (IP) address of the computer from which an e-mail or other electronic communication was sent and, depending on the circumstances, the IP address of routers and servers on the Internet that have handled the communication during transmission; (ii) the exchange of an IP address and e-mail address that occurs when a user logs in to a web-based e-mail service; and (iii) for certain logins to web-based e-mail accounts, inbox metadata that is transmitted to the user upon accessing the account. "Metadata" associated with electronic communications does not include information from the "subject" or "re" line of an e-mail or information from the body of an e-mail.
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V. (U) U.S. person. The term "U.S. person" means any of the following:
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(U) A U.S. citizen;
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(U) An alien known by the IC element concerned to be a permanent resident alien.
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(U) An unincorporated association substantially composed of U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens.
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(U) A corporation incorporated in the United States, except for a corporation directed and controlled by a foreign government or governments. A corporation or corporate subsidiary incorporated abroad, even if partially or wholly owned by a corporation incorporated in the United States, is not a U.S. person.
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