Posted on 08/04/2018 7:58:43 AM PDT by mandaladon
The FBI Friday released 71 heavily redacted pages describing that it had corresponded with former British spy Christopher Steele, the author of a dossier alleging collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, and revealed the agency was paying him to gather intelligence.
The records show Steele was being paid for work as a "confidential human source" for an unspecified amount of time, and that he'd told the FBI he had informed a third party he was acting as an agency source, reports NBC News.
In addition, the papers show the FBI had determined Steele was the source for an online news article.
Even though the FBI has labeled the released file as "Records between FBI and Christopher Steele Part 01 of 01," the former spy's name itself doesn't appear in the documents, notes the Washington Examiner.
The redactions make it impossible to tell when the FBI started paying Steele, NBC News reported. However, in February 2016, the agency "admonished" Steele. A federal law enforcement official explained that this simply means he was briefed on his duties of being an informant, not being punished or criticized.
Then, on Nov. 1, 2016, just a week before the presidential election, the FBI told Steele he should not "obtain any evidence whatsoever on behalf of the FBI," as it was not likely to keep working with him.
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I agree that Hannity is a real patriot, but I find him unlistenable.
He’s maddeningly repetitive, and doesn’t understand the concept of two-way communication.
I was a fan for many years, but he finally wore me out.
Jo-n McCa_n.
Shortly there after he got brain cancer...and now can not remember a thing.
Wow. You described my feelings about Hannity exactly.
Fair enough.
I’m not quite there yet. I figure there are so few programs left that speak the truth, I’m not going to boycott Hannity over style issues. I’d have nothing to watch.
Even FR has its trolls, zealots and morons, but there is also much truth and honesty to be found here, so I always come back.
Amen . . . and amen again!
It would have helped FBI credibility to have admitted this a year and a half ago.
Will the Banshees start screaming about this obvious fact? Or will they just pretend it does not exist?
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