James Baker - the Obama FBI's top attorney said on Friday that he was skeptical about the Steele dossier, and "Concerned" about its veracity when the agency received it prior to the 2016 US election, according to the Daily Caller's Chuck Ross.
The dossier - a collection of memos compiled by an ex-British spy funded by Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign and the DNC - was used by the FBI to obtain a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
Obama's former intel chiefs are at odds over who exactly pushed the dossier.
Also interesting is that the dossier was referred to as "Crown material" in the emails - a possible reference to the fact that Steele is a former British spy.
Barr, has launched a wide-ranging investigation into FBI conduct during the 2016 election, making him public enemy #1 to the left.
In a Friday interview with Fox News, Barr said that the use of the Steele Dossier in the FISA warrant was a "Very unusual situation," especially one "That on its face had a number of clear mistakes and a somewhat jejue analysis. And to use that to conduct counterintelligence against the American political campaign would be a strange development."
James Baker told Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes last week that he's 'nervous' about the DOJ Inspector General's ongoing investigation into FBI/DOJ conduct surrounding the 2016 election.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-18/obamas-top-fbi-lawyer-distances-himself-steele-report-amid-scramble-place-blame
The dossier - a collection of memos compiled by an ex-British spy funded by Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign and the DNC - was used by the FBI to obtain a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to spy on Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
Obama's former intel chiefs are at odds over who exactly pushed the dossier.
Also interesting is that the dossier was referred to as "Crown material" in the emails - a possible reference to the fact that Steele is a former British spy.
Barr, has launched a wide-ranging investigation into FBI conduct during the 2016 election, making him public enemy #1 to the left.
In a Friday interview with Fox News, Barr said that the use of the Steele Dossier in the FISA warrant was a "Very unusual situation," especially one "That on its face had a number of clear mistakes and a somewhat jejue analysis. And to use that to conduct counterintelligence against the American political campaign would be a strange development."
James Baker told Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes last week that he's 'nervous' about the DOJ Inspector General's ongoing investigation into FBI/DOJ conduct surrounding the 2016 election.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-18/obamas-top-fbi-lawyer-distances-himself-steele-report-amid-scramble-place-blame
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