There were some interesting people meeting in the Obama White House in December 2014 at the same time this Steele stuff was being compiled.
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Anti-Israel PLO Ally Hosted for Meeting At White House
Washington Free Beacon ^ | 4/22/15 | Adam Kredo
Posted on 4/22/2015, 8:50:10 AM by markomalley
An anti-Israel activist who served as an expert witness on behalf of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in a recent terrorism trial was hosted for a meeting with senior White House officials, according to visitor logs released by the Obama administration and media reports.
Michael Sfard, an anti-Israel activist who has reportedly been paid by the PLO to serve as an expert witness in terrorism trials against it, met in December 2014 with a senior White House National Security Council (NSC) member for a meeting about the Middle East, according to the logs and reports.
Sfard, a lawyer, serves as the legal council for the left-wing Israeli group Yesh Din, which advocates lawfare, or the practice of trying Israeli officials for so-called war crimes when they travel abroad. Critics have dubbed the lawfare movement anti-Israel in nature.....
Kerry has long-standing ties to Iran (such as Hassan Nemazee) that fit Sfard’s agenda.