Conservative Treehouse; There is an interesting dynamic unfolding with White Hats and Black Hats amid the story of how political forces within the DOJ and FBI conspired with Clinton allies in the 2016 presidential election, ie. “The Trump Operation”. [Hi Glenn, Jim, Andy]
Back-story – There are two central components:
♦First, corruption within the DOJ and FBI that included their use of unlawful use of FISA-702 exploits; and ♦second, how that intelligence information was extracted, passed along to those outside government, repackaged, and reconstituted into the “Steele Dossier”. The finished, albeit sketchy, intelligence was later returned to the FBI to request lawful FISA court surveillance authority. It is a circle of “intelligence laundering”.
We know the DOJ (National Security Division), and FBI (Counterintelligence Division), worked together on the enterprise. This collaboration is where the insider “small group” participants assemble, intersect and ultimately redistribute themselves into the Mueller investigation with the help of Mueller’s adviser, FBI Chief Legal Counsel James Baker.
The Players, “Insiders”:
DOJ side: Asst. Attorney General Sally Yates, Asst. AG Head of National Security Division John P Carlin; Deputy Attorney Bruce Ohr; and legal liaison between Main Justice and FBI, Attorney Lisa Page.
FBI side: FBI Director Jim Comey; Asst. FBI Director Andrew McCabe; Director of Counterintelligence W.H. “Bill Priestap”; FBI Chief Legal Counsel James Baker; and lead FBI Counterintelligence Agent Peter Strzok.
Outsiders (The Dossier Crew):
Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson; the wife of Simpson, Mary B. Jacoby; a hired private contractor, familiar with CIA operations, Nellie Ohr (also wife of DOJ team insider Bruce Ohr); contracted former British MI6 Agent and head of Russia House, Christopher Steele (also attributed authorship of ‘Dossier’).
♦The basic enterprise seems pretty straightforward albeit corrupt as hell. During a period of November 2015 through April 18th 2016, Justice Department political insiders and outside political contractors, including Fusion-GPS, accessed the NSA and FBI database using FISA-702(17) “About Queries”. They gathered information on candidate Hillary Clinton’s political opposition including Donald Trump campaign officials and affiliates.
This was essentially deep state political opposition research being conducted inside government for a considerable period of time. The information, gathered on Clinton’s political opposition, was then weaponized against the candidacy of Donald Trump.
After being instructed by NSA Director Mike Rogers to conduct a full FISA audit, the NSA compliance officer began querying DOJ and FBI activity. As the compliance investigation closed in on the operation, FBI officials grew nervous. Eventually contractor access to ongoing FISA intelligence was blocked effective April 18th, 2016.
We discover this activity from testimony given by Director Rogers, and from Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats releasing a partially redacted FISC ruling in April 2017.
The FISC ruling details the events throughout 2016. When the full story is finally out, I think many people will understand why DNI Dan Coats made the unprecedented decision to release the court documents. The deliberate 2017 FISC transparency appears to have been part of a well developed anti-corruption strategy leading us all the way to today.
In the April 2017 ruling, the FISA Court (FISC) noted there was no reason to doubt the November 2015 through April 2016 “compliance error rate” was less severe than previous compliance error rates going back to 2012 (pg 82); in essence, the abuse of FISA searches by FBI contractors was systemic over multiple years: A lot more here
I know today is a holiday for the government sector, but I was hoping to hear of the DOJ/IG report coming out. I guess when they announced it as being today they didn’t check the calendar for holidays.
I guess smidgen means a whole bunch.
“Congress Takes 3-Prong Approach To Surround Corrupt Intelligence and Justice Officials” . . . and not do anything about it (like send those responsible to jail).
We the people are waiting for these criminals to be brought to justice as WE would be…
I see a sprinkling of Q here.
Where is that little she-imp-devil, Valerie Jarrett, in this line up? She must be guilty of something. I don’t want her sneaking away.
Fusion collusion…. hmmmmm.
Sounds like an opportunity for a song based on this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jojuPQXMm44
Claudia : Valerie is likely under a Foot Bridge in Ireland, or a waterfall in Hawaii !
Sundance, Mr. Conservative Treehouse, is worth following daily now that the pot is beginning to simmer. He’s not an easy follow for newbies. I have stopped yammering to progs that “the Uranium One story is finally going to break….” ….and then it doesn’t.
But, the pot is so overflowing with Fusion One corruption, the Clinton Foundation, illegal FISA warrants…. …..the NY Times is going to have to double its size.
Sundance doesn’t usually post his first piece until after noon, but he’s always worth a read. …..Lady in Red
PS: Today, he posted a “Dear Media” letter declining, en masse, all requests to appear on news programs. It’s pretty damning of our fourth estate. …sigh…
I would be willing to let everyone off the hook if they would just burn Hillary Clinton at the stake during the Super Bowl half time show.
Don’t forget that bastard Brennen. He needs to hang.
@Marian January 15, 2018 at 7:36 pm
> We the people are waiting for these criminals to be brought to justice as WE would be…
You’d be Waco’d. Is that what you want, loyal citizen?
Nate, I’ll buy tickets.👍
How many faggots (bundles of wood) would you need to burn hellary at the stake?