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Home Front: Politix
BBC Says it was Jeb Bush
2017-01-13
[ConstitutionalRightsPac] Remington Christopher Steele, who wrote reports on compromising material Russian operatives allegedly had collected on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, is a former officer in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, according to people familiar with his career.

Steele was initially hired by FusionGPS, a Washington, DC-based political research firm, to investigate Trump on behalf of unidentified Republicans who wanted to stop Trump's bid for the GOP nomination. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that Steele was initially hired by Jeb Bush, one of Trump's 16 opponents in the 2016 Republican primary. It was not immediately possible to verify the BBC's report.
Fusion GPS was hired by Planned Parenthood to prove the baby parts tapes were edited. Despite reporting they could not prove the tapes were edited they reported they were. Sleeze indeed.
As an aside, StemExpress, former Planned Parenthood partner, drops lawsuit against pro-life journalists
He was kept on assignment by FusionGPS after Trump won the nomination and his information was circulated to Democratic Party figures and members of the media.

Steele's dealings with the FBI on Trump, initially with the senior agent who had started the FIFA probe and then moved to a post in Europe, began in July. However, Steele cut off contact with the FBI about a month before the Nov. 8 election because he was frustrated by the bureau's slow progress.

The FBI opened preliminary investigations into Trump and his entourage's dealings with Russians that were based in part on Steele's reports, according to people familiar with the inquiries.

However, they said the Bureau shifted into low gear in the weeks before the election to avoid interfering in the vote. They said Steele grew frustrated and stopped dealing with the FBI after concluding it was not seriously investigating the material he had provided.
Posted by:Deacon Blues

#10  Using the good old A to F 1 to 6 rating system of intelligence sources, anyone with two brain cells to rub together would have classified this entire thing as a F-6 and it should never have seen the light of day.

I would propose that Trump is going to go through the CIA after this one like Sherman went through Atlanta.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2017-01-13 21:58  

#9  One thing these "intelligence" reports do is to undermine the basic plot lines of every Tom Clancy novel.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-01-13 17:32  

#8  I STILL say this would have been funny if it was in the Onion.

Imagine a story in National Lampoon about Trump tracking down Michelle Obumble's bed in a Moscow hotel and having two skanky prostitutes pee on it...I mean that would be funny.

In an intelligence report from an agency with a budget larger than many countries, it is NOT funny, it is sad, pathetic, and above all FRIGHTENING.

Do those clowns at Langley EVER do any serious work or do they sit around and wait from some blog to post something really silly? Or do they read all of those check out line expose papers for new intel?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2017-01-13 17:20  

#7  "Please clap"
Posted by: Frank G   2017-01-13 14:30  

#6  Fubbed duck?
Posted by: gorb   2017-01-13 14:09  

#5  It was not immediately possible to verify the BBC's report.

Isn't there a new name for such reporting. Starts with an 'F'... two words... right there on the tip of my tongue. Someone pls hlp me.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-01-13 12:59  

#4  Jeb is a member of the unified beltway party of which DJT is not a member. Any outsider is considered a threat to be dealt with. The bigger the threat the bigger the reaction.

Ted Cruz was only a minor threat since he was seen as still working on gaining true beltway status. DJT is a real outworld threat.
Posted by: AlanC   2017-01-13 12:55  

#3  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that Steele was initially hired by Jeb Bush, one of Trump's 16 opponents in the 2016 Republican primary. It was not immediately possible to verify the BBC's report.

Fails to pass the 'so what test.'

Clearly passes the 'BBC mouthpiece for the Ministry of Defense (MOD), MI6, and squirrel deflection test.


Posted by: Besoeker   2017-01-13 12:50  

#2  If so, Jeb! is politically done, with a capital 1.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2017-01-13 12:38  

#1  Kinda hard to seriously investigate stuff that makes you want to burst out laughing.

I mean if that report had been printed in the Onion, it would have been really funny stuff...wait a minute you don't suppose this was SUPPOSED to be in the onion and some how the brief cases got switched with Steele???
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2017-01-13 11:53  

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