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Former DNI: Steele Dossier Not Fake, Uncorroborated Parts 'Yet to be Determined'
PJ Media ^ | 10/26/2017 | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 10/26/2017 9:43:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind
"...some of the substantive content, not all of it, but some of the substantive content of the dossier, we were able to corroborate in our Intelligence Community assessment..."

Yea, the part that said "Donald J Trump is an American male...." completely checked out, so indeed some of what it said was corroborated.

41 posted on 10/26/2017 10:05:37 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: SeekAndFind
Remember, these Intel people like to call stuff like this 'disinformation.'

NOUN false information that is intended to mislead, especially propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media.

42 posted on 10/26/2017 10:08:36 AM PDT by Daaave (''the flesh eating jinn of Komari')
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To: SeekAndFind
"fake" is not "an accurate characterization for the entirety" of the Steele dossier

The "not fake" part is that Trump was a candidate for President.

-PJ

43 posted on 10/26/2017 10:12:14 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: dirtboy

“Clapper IMO is trying to insulate himself from blowback. Clapper probably pushed using the dossier for unmasking and FISA warrants, and now he wants to claim it was for good and probable cause.”

Yes! What Clapper says confirms that the dossier was misused for criminal activity.

Clapper here is raising a defense that he honestly believed the dossier was a valid basis for the criminal activity.


44 posted on 10/26/2017 10:14:35 AM PDT by Gratia
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To: Alberta's Child

Yes, but did Cohen explain what he was doing on the SR-71?


45 posted on 10/26/2017 10:16:03 AM PDT by I-ambush (If we make it, we'll all sit back and laugh, but I fear tomorrow I'll be crying)
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To: Grampa Dave

Clapper is Clinton’s creature. He must be exposed for what he is. Last chance to make the Pee-pee charge stick. Next, I fear—they will use bullets not smears—take out Trump the old fashioned way—Liquidate him once and for all. a coup that will get Pence and Ryan too—and “appoint” Hillary as President. She is a new Madam Mao and must be taken out or she will do ANYTHING—even start a nuke war with Russia to gain power.


46 posted on 10/26/2017 10:28:30 AM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course there’s true things in it! When you’re looking to put a major smear on somebody you need to tie facts to the lie. They paid millions to determine what facts they could blend with the lie. If everything was wrong it would have zero credibility, they had to raise the credibility by having verifiable facts.


47 posted on 10/26/2017 10:28:33 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: dirtboy
Clapper IMO is trying to insulate himself from blowback. Clapper probably pushed using the dossier for unmasking and FISA warrants, and now he wants to claim it was for good and probable cause.

Yep. He's in CYA mode.

48 posted on 10/26/2017 10:30:54 AM PDT by matt1234 (Jan. 20, 2017: the national nightmare ended.)
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Then Mr. Clapper, lay out for us what in the dossier has been corroborated. I’m waiting....

Yes. Congressman Nunez needs to subpoena Clapper, and ask him that question--UNDER OATH. We all know Clapper lies during TV interviews, but has he lied under oath?

49 posted on 10/26/2017 10:31:02 AM PDT by CDB
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama was surveilling his opponents. He did this all throughout his presidency (and I would said, before he was president). This is his MO.

The fake document was cover for his illegal surveillance of Trump, as was the whole “Russia!” story. A lot of people are in legal jeopardy if this falls apart. Mueller absolutely has to thread the needle and find something or even he himself is in jeopardy.

The Clintons and Obamists were colluding with all comers, Russia included. The “Russia!” story helps distract attention from what they were really doing and who was actually colluding with who.

Another thing: Trump came into office hoping to establish a working relationship with Putin. By pounding the “Russia!” story, they have at least temporarily made that impossible, at least in public.


50 posted on 10/26/2017 10:34:02 AM PDT by marron
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To: headstamp 2

The pathological liar has spoken.


51 posted on 10/26/2017 10:44:16 AM PDT by abbastanza
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Therefore any conjecture is equal to another?

Apparently that is true for deep state players like Mr. Clapper. So, while it is wholly uncorroborated, and may well be incorrect, the massacre in Las Vegas, according to some sources, may have been ordered by Mr. Clapper, or one of his associates.

See, we can all play that game.

52 posted on 10/26/2017 10:44:44 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course has to act like it was a genuine intelligence source. And that he believed much of it.

Otherwise he would be guilty of Conspiracy to Deny Civil Rights Under the Color of Law.

The penalty for that is up to Life in Prison.


53 posted on 10/26/2017 10:46:15 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: JonPreston

“James Clapper
I can’t get past his name... “

Yeah, he continues to give our country the Clapp!


54 posted on 10/26/2017 10:51:10 AM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

4chan says they originally composed the Russian hooker story, and passed it off to Rick Wilson.

‘In a story that is getting more surreal by the minute, a post on 4Chan now claims that the infamous “golden showers” scene in the unverified 35-page dossier, allegedly compiled by a British intelligence officer, was a hoax and fabricated by a member of the chatboard as “fanfiction”, then sent to Rick Wilson, who proceeded to send it to the CIA, which then put it in their official classified intelligence report on the election.

Here is 4Chan’s explanation of how the story came to light:

>/pol/acks mailed fanfiction to anti-trump pundit Rick Wilson about trump making people piss on a bed obama slept in

>he thought it was real and gave it to the CIA

>the central intelligence agency of the united states of america put this in their official classified intelligence report on russian involvement in the election

>donald trump and obama have both read this pol/acks fanfiction

>the cia has concluded that the russian plans to blackmail trump with this story we made up

just let that sink in what we have become.’

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-10/4chan-claims-have-fabricated-anti-trump-report-hoax


55 posted on 10/26/2017 11:00:46 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Inernet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: SeekAndFind

It seems to me probable that Brennan would have known of Steele from his CIA days. I wonder if Brennan - knowing of old Manafort’s linkages to the Podesta group - colluded with Steele to approach the Russians, and then in turn have the law firm hire Steele.

Brennan should be asked if he knew of Steele prior to the dossier, and had any conversations with him regarding Trump.


56 posted on 10/26/2017 11:23:18 AM PDT by Miles the Slasher
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To: Miles the Slasher

Just seems kinda of odd they hire Steele, a Russia House man, right out of the gate to investigate. That was his expertise. Unfortunately, for them, it is blowing up now in their faces.


57 posted on 10/26/2017 11:26:09 AM PDT by Miles the Slasher
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To: neverevergiveup

If hate could make hair grow, I alone would be responsible for Crapper looking like Don King and that’s with all due respect to Don King.


58 posted on 10/26/2017 11:27:11 AM PDT by MCRD
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To: SeekAndFind

Weinberger:

“...because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.”


59 posted on 10/26/2017 11:56:50 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

No, Hildabeast: after you get rid of Trump, Pence and Ryan, the next president will be Orrin Hatch, not YOU.


60 posted on 10/26/2017 12:32:53 PM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a' white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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