Corn is probably CIA connected. Deep state is an international effort.
That's what I get out of it, too. He definitely has sources in the Agency and has been used by them as an asset, at a minimum--he interviewed numerous people in CIA for his books and articles on Shackley and Plamegate/Iraq. The fact that he published his article the same month that the FBI took an interest in extending Steele's research is also suggestive.
He used to be at the Nation. He is the Leftists’ Leftist.