FBI officials relied on the so-called news hooks to conduct interviews with Michael Flynn.
A common theme that has emerged from the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation is bureau officials' use of media reports and leaks to advance aspects of the bureau's probe of the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia.
In at least five instances, FBI officials capitalized on the so-called news hooks - also called news pegs, in journalistic jargon - as justification to open up new areas of the investigation.
Strzok, the FBI deputy chief of counterintelligence at the time, immediately seized on the publication in order to advance the probe.
At the time, the FBI was investigating whether Flynn and three other Trump associates were working as agents of Russia.
FBI used news articles to justify steps in Carter Page investigation.
Applications for FISA orders that the FBI submitted on Page in 2016 and 2017 show at least three areas where news reports about the Trump aide were used to open up new lines of inquiry or to make the case that he was working for Russia.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/18/fbi-crossfire-hurricane-leaks-donald-trump-russia/
A common theme that has emerged from the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation is bureau officials' use of media reports and leaks to advance aspects of the bureau's probe of the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia.
In at least five instances, FBI officials capitalized on the so-called news hooks - also called news pegs, in journalistic jargon - as justification to open up new areas of the investigation.
Strzok, the FBI deputy chief of counterintelligence at the time, immediately seized on the publication in order to advance the probe.
At the time, the FBI was investigating whether Flynn and three other Trump associates were working as agents of Russia.
FBI used news articles to justify steps in Carter Page investigation.
Applications for FISA orders that the FBI submitted on Page in 2016 and 2017 show at least three areas where news reports about the Trump aide were used to open up new lines of inquiry or to make the case that he was working for Russia.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/18/fbi-crossfire-hurricane-leaks-donald-trump-russia/
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