The FBI should have learned its lesson from the spectacular scandal surrounding Whitey Bulger, the kingpin of the notorious Winter Hill gang in Boston whose work as an FBI informant allowed him to expand his criminal empire.
According to the Sun, the FBI paid Christopher Steele more than $1.27 million over two years to help with a corruption case against the world soccer governing body.
Based on this, and perhaps other history, between the FBI and Steele, the FBI told the FISA court that the former MI6 operative had a history of providing reliable information and that the FBI considered him to be credible.
First, the post-Bulger guidelines warn the FBI to make an assessment of the informant's "Motivation in providing information or assistance, including any consideration sought from the government for this assistance." Remember, Fusion GPS paid Steele at the same time the FBI paid him.
Third, the guidelines require that the confidential informant must "Abide by the instructions of the [FBI]." As Fox News noted, Steele was "Suspended and then terminated" as an FBI source for what the bureau defined "As the most serious of violations"-an "Unauthorized disclosure to the media of his relationship with the FBI." The FBI would later cite a news report sourced to Steele as a way of corroborating Steele-an echo chamber effect that further corrupted the investigation.
Recall that the February 2018 Nunes memo detailed how Steele in September 2016 leaked information to Yahoo News, even going so far as to suggest he was authorized to speak on behalf of "U.S. officials." Thus, Steele broke a fourth FBI rule, which bars confidential informants from taking "Any independent action on behalf of the United States Government."
So the Steele tail wagged the FBI dog much the same way Whitey Bulger used the FBI frame his enemies.
https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/17/how-the-fbi-broke-the-rules-using-christopher-steele/
According to the Sun, the FBI paid Christopher Steele more than $1.27 million over two years to help with a corruption case against the world soccer governing body.
Based on this, and perhaps other history, between the FBI and Steele, the FBI told the FISA court that the former MI6 operative had a history of providing reliable information and that the FBI considered him to be credible.
First, the post-Bulger guidelines warn the FBI to make an assessment of the informant's "Motivation in providing information or assistance, including any consideration sought from the government for this assistance." Remember, Fusion GPS paid Steele at the same time the FBI paid him.
Third, the guidelines require that the confidential informant must "Abide by the instructions of the [FBI]." As Fox News noted, Steele was "Suspended and then terminated" as an FBI source for what the bureau defined "As the most serious of violations"-an "Unauthorized disclosure to the media of his relationship with the FBI." The FBI would later cite a news report sourced to Steele as a way of corroborating Steele-an echo chamber effect that further corrupted the investigation.
Recall that the February 2018 Nunes memo detailed how Steele in September 2016 leaked information to Yahoo News, even going so far as to suggest he was authorized to speak on behalf of "U.S. officials." Thus, Steele broke a fourth FBI rule, which bars confidential informants from taking "Any independent action on behalf of the United States Government."
So the Steele tail wagged the FBI dog much the same way Whitey Bulger used the FBI frame his enemies.
https://amgreatness.com/2019/05/17/how-the-fbi-broke-the-rules-using-christopher-steele/
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