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‘Stirring Up A Russia Scandal to Vilify Trump’: Declassified Brennan CIA Notes Prove Claims Were Political Hoax
https://thenationalpulse.com ^ | December 15, 2020

Posted on 12/16/2020 6:11:25 AM PST by Red Badger

Newly declassified documents, released to the U.S. Congress, appear to prove the expensive and nationally demoralizing Russian interference narrative was a broad political hoax by the Democratic Party.

Proving claims made in the explosive book The Russia Lie, documents released by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe allegedly show CIA Director John Brennan plotting against a political candidate and appearing to brief or prepare to brief the President of the United States at the time – Barack Obama – on the matter.

The Federalist reports:

Newly declassified handwritten notes from former CIA Director John Brennan show that the U.S. intelligence community knew in 2016 that Russian intelligence was actively monitoring, and potentially injecting disinformation into, Clinton’s anti-Trump collusion narrative. The intelligence concerning Russia’s knowledge of Clinton’s campaign plans was so concerning to Brennan and other national security officials that they personally informed Obama of the matter in the Oval Office in the summer of 2016. The handwritten notes from Brennan were declassified by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe and provided to Congress on Tuesday afternoon.

According to the declassified notes, Brennan and the U.S. intelligence community knew months prior to the 2016 election that the collusion smear was the result of a campaign operation hatched by the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

“We’re getting additional insight into Russian activites from [REDACTED],” Brennan’s handwritten notes state. “Cite alleged approval by Hillary Clinton–on 26 July–of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to villify [sic] Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security services.”

Moreover, the CIA and other intelligence agencies also suspected early on that many of the key claims underpinning the collusion narrative could themselves be the product of deliberate Russian disinformation. Last week, Ratcliffe released a declassified memo, based in part on Brennan’s notes, noting that Russian intelligence was aware of the Clinton campaign’s plan, increasing the likelihood that it would be tainted by Russian disinformation.

While the Clinton campaign hired Christopher Steele, a foreign agent in the pocket of a sanctioned Russian oligarch, to concoct a dossier of allegations against Trump, the primary source of the most salacious and damning allegations of treasonous collusion came from a suspected Russian spy named Igor Danchenko. Last month, Attorney General William Barr informed Congress that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was so concerned about Danchenko, who had been dubbed the “Primary Sub-Source” used by Clinton campaign sub-contractor Christopher Steele in his thoroughly debunked Steele dossier, that it had previously deemed him a national security threat and investigated him to determine if he was a Russian spy. The bureau called off the investigation once Danchenko left the United States and was no longer within the purview of the FBI’s domestic counterintelligence mission.

Read more at The Federalist.


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1 posted on 12/16/2020 6:11:25 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Libel lawsuit


2 posted on 12/16/2020 6:13:17 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: Red Badger

Nothing to see here. Move along.


3 posted on 12/16/2020 6:14:35 AM PST by KevinB (Those who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made.)
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To: Red Badger

Just wait until our Republican Congressmen find out about this! /s


4 posted on 12/16/2020 6:15:05 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Red Badger

Why did they wait to show this.


5 posted on 12/16/2020 6:16:12 AM PST by nikos1121
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Biden won..................


6 posted on 12/16/2020 6:17:37 AM PST by Red Badger ( “The goal of socialism is communism.”... Vladimir Lenin)
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Maybe Barr didn't have the stomach to arrest his friends and that is why he left. Praying for miracles for Christmas...Trump wins...all the corruption is exposed and whistleblowers testifying online and on tv, and major arrest, including cnn. nbc, New York Times....are made for crimes committed in the last 5 years.

If you don't believe in God or Christmas miracles, show me proof God doesn't exist and doesn't hear our prayers and isn't a God of miracles today. Those who want to crush our prayers, tell your wife, your kids and grandkids there is no God, no miracles and no hope. I bet you won't tell them there's no Santa.

The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” “You of little faith, Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid? Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm. The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”…

Matthew 8:26 & 27

7 posted on 12/16/2020 6:32:13 AM PST by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness. )
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“We’re getting additional insight into Russian activites from [REDACTED],” Brennan’s handwritten notes state. “Cite alleged approval by Hillary Clinton–on 26 July–of a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to villify [sic] Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security services,” John Brennan.


8 posted on 12/16/2020 6:33:15 AM PST by ChessExpert (NAFTA - Not A Free Trade Agreement)
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To: Red Badger

The declassified notes of Brennan were released by DNI Ratcliff on October 6, 2020, 70 days ago. The Federalist reporting is on this date. What you have posted is a book promotion by National Pulse, which links in the past dated Federalist, which has the SCRIBED copy of the declassed documents.


9 posted on 12/16/2020 6:40:20 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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Tell us something we don’t know. Brennan has been scrambling to discredit this whole thing to keep himself out of prison. Looks like they were able to run out the clock. Let’s see..a group of people who seek to rule and control their population. Where have we seen that before?


10 posted on 12/16/2020 6:42:25 AM PST by Old Coach1 (Divisive and Dishonest became Sleazy and Corrupt. )
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To: nikos1121

They didn’t— DNI released this declassified on October 6th. This is a book promotion from National Pulse, linked to the Federalist.

Look up Congressional response to the declass it is available in public statements. Brennan went ape shite about his notes— in another msnbc “news” tirade guest on Sunday event.

All roads lead to obamaumao.


11 posted on 12/16/2020 6:42:28 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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Tell us something we don’t know. Brennan has been scrambling to discredit this whole thing to keep himself out of prison. Looks like they were able to run out the clock. Let’s see..a group of people who seek to rule and control their population. Where have we seen that before?


12 posted on 12/16/2020 6:42:51 AM PST by Old Coach1 (Divisive and Dishonest became Sleazy and Corrupt. )
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The traitor should be hanged


13 posted on 12/16/2020 7:06:36 AM PST by PGR88
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To: Red Badger

Declassify. An 80% redacted page is not declassifing. Sources and methods you say? We demand to know the sources and methods of the coup attempt.


14 posted on 12/16/2020 7:44:18 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: Red Badger

The Russian was not a source. Steele and Glenn Simpson creates the entire thing and shopped it around. There was no “source”.


15 posted on 12/16/2020 7:46:28 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: Red Badger

WTF wasn’t this brought out YEARS AGO???????


16 posted on 12/16/2020 9:28:41 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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It was debunked.................


17 posted on 12/16/2020 9:31:41 AM PST by Red Badger ( “The goal of socialism is communism.”... Vladimir Lenin)
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RATS!


18 posted on 12/16/2020 9:32:29 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Now it’s UN-debunked...........this week............


19 posted on 12/16/2020 9:33:09 AM PST by Red Badger ( “The goal of socialism is communism.”... Vladimir Lenin)
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WHAT???


20 posted on 12/16/2020 9:52:54 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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