Carter Page 302’s Shed Light into Relationship with Intelligence Agencies

UncoverDC: Recently released information under a decision in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit has shed new light into the interviews of dozens of figures questioned in the Mueller Special Counsel investigation. The FOIA requests, brought forth by CNN and Jason Leopold of Buzzfeed, were litigated, with the judge ultimately deciding in favor of the plaintiffs, and ordering the government to release 500 pages of documents a month until the request is satisfied.

The releases are comprised of 302 forms, or the written summary of the interviews that FBI agents conducted with various figures in the Special Counsel investigation, figures both extremely tangential, and crucial to the story.

A close review of the Carter Page 302 forms reveals more context in regards to his possible work within the CIA, as well as the role the CIA may have had in the spying operation against President Trump. The 302’s that have been released detail interviews conducted during March of 2017. It is unknown at this time whether more interviews were conducted after the official appointment of the Special Counsel.

In one 302, recording an interview with Page on March 30, 2017, Page is asked about “working with” Bulatov and Podobnyy, two of the Russian Intelligence Assets indicted in the FBI case where Carter Page is identified as “MALE-1″. This case was misrepresented by legacy media for several months after Carter Page first emerged as a figure in the now debunked Steele Dossier. For months, legacy press insinuated that Page was a potential Russian asset under investigation by the FBI, when in actuality he was assisting the FBI. The 302 indicates that Carter Page is aware that Bulatov is a member of the Russian Intelligence Services (RIS). Page states that he only provided “immaterial, non-public” information to Bulatov. At that point, the interviewing agent introduces the idea that the SVR could consider Page a witting or unwitting “on the record” source for the Russian Intelligence Services (RIS), and Page questions the statement, saying “he wanted to set a positive example for relations with the United States and Russia, and set an opposition angle to the way the relationship has been interpreted for years.” As per the 302, he then offered that the relationship wasn’t a back channel and “I’m sure I’m on the books. They know who I am”.

After some more conversation about the FBI case Page had assisted in, Page stated he wanted nothing to do with espionage, and he was only trying to help in interviews with an entity that has been redacted within the 302’s.

But it doesn’t stop there.