Posted on 01/11/2017 1:45:38 PM PST by rface
A former British intelligence officer who prepared a dossier about President-elect Trumps ties to Russia has been identified, according to a new report.
Christopher Steele created the controversial document about the Russian governments alleged power over Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
The dossier, which alleges links between Trump's campaign and the Russian government, as well as the existence of compromising Russian-owned material on Trump, created a stir Tuesday. CNN reported that the dossier's contents came up in an intelligence meeting with Trump, and BuzzFeed later published the unverified document two reports Trump and his staff denounced in a press conference today.
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Steele is now a director at a private security and investigations firm in London, according to the Journal.
Steele, 52, is one of two directors at Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd.... Steele also devised a plan for disseminating the document to U.S. and European law enforcement officials, they added, including the FBI....etc.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Catch a nap later LS. talk w/ you then!
Thanks. Just did Mark Davis’s show.
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