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thanx. Horwitz kinda says that...

We were given broad access to relevant materials by the Department and the FBI.
In addition, we reviewed relevant information that other U.S. government agencies provided the FBI in the course of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

However, because the activities of other agencies are outside our jurisdiction, we did not seek to obtain records from them that the FBI never received or reviewed, except for a limited amount of State Department records relating to Steele; we also did not seek to assess any actions other agencies may have taken.
Additionally, our review did not independently seek to determine whether corroboration existed for the Steele election reporting;

rather, our review was focused on information that was available to the FBI concerning Steele's reports prior to and during the pendency of the Carter Page FISA authority.