Ex-FBI officials: Obama order drove push to include Steele dossier in report on Russian interference – IOTW Report

Ex-FBI officials: Obama order drove push to include Steele dossier in report on Russian interference

Wa Ex:

Former top FBI officials pointed to an order from President Barack Obama to explain an effort to include British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s salacious and unverified dossier in the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian election interference during the 2016 presidential campaign.

The new revelations were contained in the heavily redacted 158-page bipartisan report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, which concurred with the January 2017 assessment by the FBI, National Security Agency, and CIA that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential contest to help then-candidate Donald Trump and to harm former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

But also contained within the mostly blacked out tome were new details about the effort by the FBI’s leadership to use Steele’s unproven allegations in the Russian interference assessment. The revelations are especially relevant days after declassified footnotes from a Justice Department watchdog report strongly suggested the FBI was warned in 2016 and 2017 about the possibility of Russian intelligence services compromising Steele’s work through a Kremlin disinformation campaign. Although officials stressed Steele’s research was not used as a basis for the 2017 Russian meddling assessment, at least some of the dossier claims made their way into a still-classified two-page annex attached to the spy community report. read more

11 Comments on Ex-FBI officials: Obama order drove push to include Steele dossier in report on Russian interference

  1. The problem is going to be getting incontrovertible proof of any such order. barky (and other tyrants like him) knew full well that he didn’t have to give any such direct order – since THAT would be a matter of record. All he had to do was make the appropriate ‘suggestion’ via an overly broad hint and his minions would trample each other trying to prove how valuable they were to the boss. Unless one or more of them actually documented things and roll over on him, he is likely to get away scott free.

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  2. Of all the hate I have for Satan’s Obama, it is fully realized whenever I see that asshole looking in the mirror with his sunglasses on thinking how “cool” he is.

    🖕🤬🖕

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  3. Looks like Obumbles micromanaged one time too many & has been caught with both hands in the “Cookie Jar”, with both hands filled with cookies & unable to remove them & escape.

    Wishful thinking, but just maybe “44” will be expunged as a President Of The United States & be moved to his new “Mansion” in GITMO.

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  4. In other words

    Obama committed a crime and he

    Committed that crime while POTUS

    But he will never even be charged

    because of friendly Assistant AGs

    And friendly O-appointed judges !

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  5. “The new revelations were contained in the heavily redacted 158-page bipartisan report released by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, which concurred with the January 2017 assessment by the FBI, National Security Agency, and CIA that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential contest to help then-candidate Donald Trump and to harm former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.”

    W.T.F.???? The “Russia wanted Trump to win” bullshit has already been debunked many, many times. Why did the Senate Republicans allow that little nugget to get in this report?

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  6. @ Tony. Burr, Warner, and the rest of the gang of 8.
    The whole lot of them are in on it.
    They know, yes they know, and when the truth comes out they all know they are all screwed, the whole lot of them. (Why did Finestine leave)
    If it were me I would go after Burr first, (They have, insider trading) he is the weak link,and a Trump hater.
    Lets see if he rolls over. Just a thought.

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