Posted on 12/15/2019 6:29:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The Justice Department’s report on the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane probe is the first official account of sources relied on by Christopher Steele to write a dossier that damaged President Trump, energized the FBI and ultimately proved to be untrue.
The Justice Department inspector general’s report shows that an anonymous phone call with a Steele source provided the unverified conspiracy theory to trigger a Trump campaign wiretap.
Mr. Steele talked to the FBI but refused to reveal his murky network. But the FBI was able to locate his “primary sub-source.” After interviewing the Moscow-based person three times in 2017, the results “raised significant questions about the reliability of the Steele election reporting,” the IG report said.
The primary source told the FBI that what he conveyed to Mr. Steele “was just talk.” He never knew for sure the identity of one call-in source who became instrumental in Mr. Steele’s dossier.
That contact is described by the IG as sub-source Person 1 and by Mr. Steele in his dossier as “Source E.” In a 20-minute phone call with the primary source, Person 1 provided the critical allegations — a Russia-Trump conspiracy — that persuaded the FBI to seek a year’s worth of wiretaps on Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page. Mr. Steele later would describe Person 1 as a “boaster.”
The IG described Source E as running a Russia-U.S. organization in the United States at the time. Glenn Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS, handled Mr. Steele and gave Source E’s identity to a Justice Department official.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
And 44 widened surveillance
The DS loves Mr. Anonymous, alias Mr. Whistleblower.
“ Glenn Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS, handled Mr. Steele and gave Source E’s identity to a Justice Department official.”
Simpson needs to face some serious lockup time.
Oh and BTW, Schifty has no idea how bad they played him on this call. Even the secret codewords they gave Schifty were just the name of a Russian comedy movie and I’d love to find other gems hidden in translation during this call mocking Schifty.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Is_Good_on_Deribasovskaya,_It_Rains_Again_on_Brighton_Beach
This line in the article makes me think that somebody wants it to look like it was some sort of bureaucratic snafu to cover their ongoing criminal conduct.
"Even after hearing the primary source contradictions, the bureau never amended its warrants "
You see, just a paperwork glitch.
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The pathetic, doddering, old fool Robert Mueller, who was brought out of pasture to by the Deep-State put his name on the ridiculous “Russia Investigation,” MADE NO MENTION OF THIS aspect of “Russian interference.”
Burner phones are anonymous.
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Those phones can be puchased at a Walmart in southern Virginia.
Post 28 bkmk
Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner.
FBI: Is this source is solid and reliable?
Steele: Well, it’s actually third hand information from an anonymous source.
FBI: OK, but do you trust this source?
Steele: Uh, normally, he’s full of crap, and just likes to brag and sound important.
FBI: So, it’s legit?
Steele: Absolutely!
FBI: VERIFIED
FISA Judge: Rubber stamp!
I’m not so sure that’s true, for one.
Back in the day, there was a cellphone service that was used in and around the Atlanta area and Southeast. Can’t remember the name, but it was basically PrePay for everything. Buy the phone for cash and pre-pay for your service. We would get the number, verify that it was this service and try to get the biographical information on the account, like you and I have with whatever our choice of service is.
We would soon discover that the accounts belonged to the following: F*ckDaPolice, S*ckMyDick, F*ckCops, BlowMe, etc etc etc. I think the point is well made.
And then you have the internet based phone services, which anyone with some computer knowledge can hide their IP.
And then, toss in a complicit FBI/DOJ/ etc and ask, did they want or even try to verify anything or are they just making this up as a way to cover up what they did?
Someone calls the police and offers an anonymous tip, some verification is attempted depending on the severity of the crime alleged. Try to call the number back to get more info. But it is for damned sure NOT for initiating a FISC warrant, wire taps, and everything else they did.
Or it was a known person - McCabe perhaps, or Strzok - who made the call.
Ping
It’s time to get the Biden investigation started.
Said they had wiretapped PDJT a "zillion" times.
There are still phone booths around...
I see what you did there. ;)
HOLY MOLY!!!
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