Identified: The FBI agent primarily responsible for abusing the Carter Page FISA warrants

Flopping Aces ^ | 02-24-20 | DrJohn

[Starman417]

Back in December, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified that there were 17 significant "errors and omissions" in the Carter Page FISA application process:

The inspector general "identified at least 17 significant errors or omissions in the Carter Page FISA applications and many errors in the Woods Procedures" which guide the FBI's FISA process, according to the 476-page report. "These errors and omissions resulted from case agents providing wrong or incomplete information to the National Security Division’s Office of Intelligence and failing to flag important issues for discussion,” Horowitz said.

Horowitz found big problems in the system:

“That so many basic and fundamental errors were made by three separate, hand-picked teams on one of the most sensitive FBI investigations that was briefed to the highest levels within the FBI, and that FBI officials expected would eventually be subjected to close scrutiny, raised significant questions regarding the FBI chain of command's management and supervision of the FISA process,” Horowitz said.

While Horowitz “did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that political bias or improper motivation influenced the decisions to open the four individual investigations” he was completely unable to explain how 17 "errors and omissions" could all work against Trump. That's like flipping a coin seventeen times and coming up all heads or tails. The odds of that happening are 1 in 131,072.

Clearly it was bias.

Case Agent 1, as described in the IG report, is Stephen Somma.

The Justice Department inspector general referred FBI agent Stephen Somma for disciplinary review after an investigation into alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses.

Somma, a counterintelligence investigator in the FBI's New York field office, was identified only as "Case Agent 1" in Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report, released in December. Sources told the New York Times that Somma is that official. The FBI did not comment on the report. Somma was “primarily responsible for some of the most significant errors and omissions" during the process of obtaining FISA warrants to wiretap Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in 2016 and 2017, according to Horowitz.

A number of names had been written in May 2019 about by Mollie Hemingway and she did include the perp.

Somma badly wanted a FISA warrant on Page

According to the IG report, he was the FBI agent who initially sought a surveillance warrant against Page. Somma pushed for a FISA warrant “almost immediately” after the FBI opened Crossfire Hurricane on July 31, 2016, the IG said.

And he got one- badly

• The IG report said the FBI failed to verify the allegations about Page before using Steele’s information in FISA applications.
• The IG report said the FBI failed to verify the allegations about Page before using Steele’s information in FISA applications.
• The IG report said Somma failed to disclose potentially exculpatory information that Page and Papadopoulos told Halper. He also failed to disclose that the CIA told him on Aug. 15, 2016, that Page had been an “operational contact” for the agency years earlier.

Somma also tapped Stefan Halper to spy on Carter Page and George Papadopoulos.

He was referred for disciplinary review? WTF? There are only two possibilities here. One is astonishing incompetence from Somma up to the highest levels or it is pure political bias. Both are frightening.

[Lurker]

The Qballs will be along shortly telling us to “trust Sessions” yet again.

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[Alas Babylon!]

But even this low-level patsy goes into the office collecting that fat paycheck every week.

[bobby.223]

Linda can’t talk right now, he has his mouth full of you know what....

[glasseye]

Designated fall guy?
The FBI has EARNED our mistrust...

[AndyJackson]

Letter of reprimand, right?

That depends. Does HR have a record that he received training on not signing documents with lies or misleading information?

If not, then he is going to have to do some online courses before he can return to his duties.

[for-q-clinton]

They better do a letter of reprimand and put it in his permanent file...that will be a real warning shot to others thinking about doing this type of thing in the future. /sarcasm

[Lurkinanloomin]

Not one of these criminals has even missed a paycheck.

We are still paying them for running a coup against us.

[Freee-dame]

While Horowitz “did not find documentary or testimonial evidence

I know that there is a definition of “evidence” that requires it to be something accepted into the testimony in a court case. That had to be the definition used by the Clintons for the many times they said “there is no evidence ... “. Are there further special definitions for the words modifying evidence here: “documentary or testimonial”? If so what are they?

[PigRigger]

Sure... One renegade FBI agent like it was One renegade IRS agent..

Such BS.... they really do think we are stupid...

[lodi90]

Such BS.... they really do think we are stupid...

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Nah, they don’t care. The coupists past and present have bipartisan beltway sewer top cover and not a care in the world.

[JohnnyP]

I’m sending you over, precious.

[Iscool]

So they found someone to throw under the bus...I hope he squeals like a pig...But then they probably made him an offer he wouldn't dare couldn't refuse to keep his mouth shut...

[Dubya-M-Dees]

I wouldn’t count on this being the end.. it may very well be the beginning. I sat on a Federal Grand Jury for a year listening to case after case. One thing that happened regularly was the start off of low fruit.. then the next week, the guy further up the chain was sitting in front of us giving up the guy above him and so on. It seems like SOP for prosecutors. I would not at all be surprised to see bigger names come up... Time will tell.

[teletech]

Hope you’re right.

[ronnie raygun]

Heard he was going to get a “CORRECTIVE INTERVIEW” OUCH!!!!

[Ann Archy]

WHOROWITZ is a DIRTY DEMOCRAT!!!

[lodi90]

Time will tell.

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Time has told. Near 4 years since many of these crimes. Low hanging fruit abounds. None of it has been touched. There is no desire at Main Justice and in Congress to prosecute these criminal coupists to the benefit of Donald J. Trump.

[Dubya-M-Dees]

The Presidents hands were tied for much of that time with Russia Russia Russia and then after that impeachment. Any action taken during those times would be used as proof against him. Now that the shadow has been lifted, he is free to start the ball rolling on prosecuting those responsible for the attempted coup. The only thing I fear is another impeachment threat, which the Democrats seem very itchy to start. They are looking for a reason, any reason, to tie his hands.

[piasa]

I am curious if Stephan Somma is related to bankruptcy Judge Somma

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