Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Misfired 'Hurricane': Comey's team abused Carter Page and the FBI

The IG concluded that fired FBI director 's "Crossfire Hurricane" team had "Sufficient" justification for starting the investigation so nicknamed.

The FBI received a notification from a friendly country, which is known to be Australia, that a Trump campaign adviser, , had received a "Suggestion" from Russia that it could assist the campaign by releasing information "Damaging to Mrs. Clinton."

Instead, an investigative team of top officials at FBI headquarters, who disliked Trump very much, received this information that happened to threaten Trump's rival, , and so initiated a full investigation with every intrusive investigative tool available to be used against the Trump campaign.

Please understand, this was unprecedented in the history of the FBI. ADVERTISEMENT. And, in what amounts to a profound disgrace to everything the FBI stands for, the team obtained authorization to electronically eavesdrop on a U.S. citizen, former Trump campaign adviser , through duplicity - by withholding information, falsifying information, using uncorroborated information, and by using a source whom the FBI knew was unreliable and not credible.

A failure to examine responsibility would be devastating to an FBI that was hijacked by a rogue, biased leadership team and is trying to rebuild the trust of the American people.

The abuse of Carter Page by this team at the top of the FBI is unconscionable.

Kevin R. Brock, former assistant director of intelligence for the FBI, was an FBI special agent for 24 years and principal deputy director of the National Counterterrorism Center.

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/473784-misfired-hurricane-comeys-team-abused-carter-page-and-the-fbi

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