It was equally humiliating for the crew that gulled the FBI into its excesses: Fusion GPS, Christopher Steele and their media acolytes.
Fusion in turn hired Mr. Steele, a British former spy, to compile the infamous "Dossier" that the FBI used to obtain surveillance warrants against former Trump aide Carter Page.
Especially because Mr. Steele had "a sterling reputation as a person who doesn't exaggerate, doesn't make things up, doesn't sell baloney." The duo felt "Obligated" to report this "National-security threat" to the FBI. The media would later assert that Mr. Steele had proved a valuable source to the FBI in the past; many claimed the FBI corroborated the dossier.
Mr. Steele told the inspector general that Mr. Simpson asked him in May 2016 to determine "Whether there were any ties between the Russian government and Trump and his campaign" and "Whether Russia was trying to achieve a particular election outcome." The timing is notable: Mr. Simpson was talking about collusion months before the FBI was-and even before Mr. Steele reported it to him.
The report notes that the FBI didn't bother to confirm any of Mr. Steele's explosive claims before presenting them to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in October 2016 as a reason to surveil Mr. Page.
Even as the FBI prepared the warrant application, its "Reliable" source was working with Mr. Simpson to turn their FBI plant into political gold-briefing reporters, trying to gin up an October surprise against Mr. Trump.
The inspector general's report says Mr. Steele grew frustrated that "The U.S. government had not announced that the FBI was investigating" the candidate.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fbis-fusion-fiasco-11576195213
Fusion in turn hired Mr. Steele, a British former spy, to compile the infamous "Dossier" that the FBI used to obtain surveillance warrants against former Trump aide Carter Page.
Especially because Mr. Steele had "a sterling reputation as a person who doesn't exaggerate, doesn't make things up, doesn't sell baloney." The duo felt "Obligated" to report this "National-security threat" to the FBI. The media would later assert that Mr. Steele had proved a valuable source to the FBI in the past; many claimed the FBI corroborated the dossier.
Mr. Steele told the inspector general that Mr. Simpson asked him in May 2016 to determine "Whether there were any ties between the Russian government and Trump and his campaign" and "Whether Russia was trying to achieve a particular election outcome." The timing is notable: Mr. Simpson was talking about collusion months before the FBI was-and even before Mr. Steele reported it to him.
The report notes that the FBI didn't bother to confirm any of Mr. Steele's explosive claims before presenting them to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in October 2016 as a reason to surveil Mr. Page.
Even as the FBI prepared the warrant application, its "Reliable" source was working with Mr. Simpson to turn their FBI plant into political gold-briefing reporters, trying to gin up an October surprise against Mr. Trump.
The inspector general's report says Mr. Steele grew frustrated that "The U.S. government had not announced that the FBI was investigating" the candidate.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fbis-fusion-fiasco-11576195213
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