Posted on 12/10/2019 8:58:03 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The new report from Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirmed former CIA Director John Brennan lied to Congress about whether the dossier authored by Christopher Steele was used in the Obama administration’s Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA).
The ICA, a report conducted by intelligence officials in 2016 on Russian election interference, was used to brief President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump in January 2017. According to the IG report, there was significant discussion by top intelligence officials as to whether the unverified Steele dossier should be included in the main body of the ICA report, summarized in an appendix, or even included at all.
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said that “he felt strongly that the Steele election reporting belonged in the body of the ICA, because he feared that placing it in an appendix was ‘tacking it on’ in a way that would ‘minimiz[e]’ the information and prevent it from being properly considered.”
Ultimately, the ICA included a short summary and assessment of the dossier, which was incorporated in an appendix. “In the appendix, the intelligence agencies explained that there was ‘only limited corroboration of the source’s reporting’ and that Steele’s election reports were not used ‘to reach analytic conclusions of the CIA/FBI/NSA assessment,'” the IG report states.
A few months later, on May 23, 2017, when testifying before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Brennan categorically denied that the CIA relied on the Steele dossier for the ICA report. Here is the full exchange with former Rep. Trey Gowdy:
Mr. Gowdy: Do you know if the Bureau ever relied on the Steele dossier as any — as part of any court filings, applications, petitions, pleadings?
Mr. Brennan: I have no awareness.
Mr. Gowdy: Did the CIA rely on it?
Mr. Brennan: No.
Mr. Gowdy: Why not?
Mr. Brennan: Because we — we didn’t. It wasn’t part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had. It was not in any way used as a basis for the Intelligence Community assessment that was done. It was — it was not.
Brennan claimed the unverified dossier was not “part of the corpus of intelligence information we had.” On page 179 of the IG report, IG investigators asked former FBI Director James Comey if he remembered discussions with Brennan on presenting the dossier to Obama. Comey said Brennan and other officials argued it was “important” enough to include in the ICA — clearly part of the “corpus of intelligence information” they had.
Lying to Congress is a crime.
So what is Bagpipes Barr going to do about it?
Yeah. Nothing apparently. But he some more strong words yesterday.
Yeah. Nothing apparently. But he some more strong words yesterday.
“Mr. Brennan: I have no awareness.”
In a general sense, particularly when it comes to self-examination and ethics, he’s being accurate.
IG Report: The FBI Lied
surely he’s fixin to look into it at some time in the future.
Whatever sentence these bastards gave General Flynn must be doubled for these traitors. The death sentence should even be considered.
real skinny at best.
nothing in Comey’s statement indicates the dossier was used in the analysis presented in the ICA of 01/06/2017.
The public got a declassified version of that ICA document which did not include the dossier in an appendix.
It’s not up to Barr. It’s up to Congress to make the referral to the DOJ for prosecution.
Lying to Congress is a crime.
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Not if you’re a Democrat. There are no laws, rules or regulations that apply to them.
I can see the Judge in the Flynn case throw out the plea and dismiss the charges. It’s apparent the FBI used information gained through “fruits of the poisonous tree” to entrap Flynn. I don’t believe this Judge, going by his past history, is going to sign onto the DOJ’s abuse of the system.
I have always maintained that Brennan was the chief architect behind the whole Russian Scenario and the resultant hoax investigations. I don’t know whether Durham or Barr will ever nail him, but he is the head of the whole scenario to include foreign agency complicity. Trust me. He is the guy at the top of this. Stay Tuned!
Flynn still hasn't been sentenced! His new attorney found so many irregularities in how Mueller and the DOJ handled him that she's pitching for all charges to be dropped.
The DOJ asked the judge to delay the sentencing again, until after this report dropped. Now that we have it, I assume we will get back to the sentencing hearing.
Seeing as the FBI and DOJ and Mueller basically got a pass in the OIG report, I don't think it's that helpful to Flynn's case.
RE: Lying to Congress is a crime.
I just have to laugh at this.
You can be held in contempt of Congress and NOTHING WILL BE DONE.
Some exhibits:
Exhibit A: Lois Lerner of the IRS
SEE HERE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Lois_Lerner_in_contempt_of_Congress
RESULT: She’s retired and gets to keep her 6 figure pension.
Exhibit B: Atty. General Eric Holder
RESULT: Holder received an honorary Doctor of Laws from his alma mater, Columbia University, in May 2017.
Lying to Congress, a crime? Don’t make me laugh.
I guess there is still “hope” that Barr is not the only bag with a constant reservoir of air in it.
Since reversed, should observe, but... good point at the time, just after Adm. Rogers paid a visit to Trump Tower in the quickie SCIF there. And that day Pres. Elect shifted entire operation to Bedford Hills CC property in NJ. Fully scanned, and not... ‘wired’. Preibus still there, the a@@hole, actuating the bad actors appointments though, in the next phase.
Obamaumao also ordered russkis out from their Maryland “property” and their embassy... recall that for his covering “optics”. Fooling... no one.
It is as frustrating as it is predictable.
One side is getting away with any sort of governmental crime.
That includes this so called Impeachment.
We see rules being broken or ignored, yet the Dems continue, not missing a step in their march. Why?
Are there really that many RINOs left in the GOP?
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