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Rand Paul: 'Source' says John Brennan pushed discredited Steele dossier

2019-03-28

[FOX] Citing a "high-level source," Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul charged in a bombshell Twitter post late Wednesday that anti-Trump ex-CIA Director John Brennan "insisted that the unverified and fake Steele dossier" be included in a classified intelligence community report on Russian interference in the 2016 elections -- a decision that ultimately lent credibility to the dossier and may have played a key role in fomenting unfounded fears of Russia collusion for two years.

Paul called on Brennan to testify under oath immediately, as Republicans continue to aggressively seek out the origins of the collusion narrative. Fox News had not independently verified Paul's source, and Brennan has not replied to Fox News' requests for comment.

Fox News is told Paul's tweet specifically accused Brennan of pushing to incorporate the dossier into the January 2017 official intelligence community assessment (ICA) from the FBI, CIA, and NSA that Russia worked to interfere in the 2016 election.

However, the dossier is not referenced in the unclassified summary of the ICA report that has been publicly released. Former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper previously testified that the dossier was not ultimately used in the ICA at all.

CNN reported on Jan. 12, 2017, based on anonymous sources, that intelligence officials briefed Trump on Jan. 6, 2017 with a "synopsis" of the contents of the dossier, which was written by ex-British spy Christopher Steele. Among the claims in the discredited dossier were that the Russian government had humiliating and compromising information concerning Trump.

Posted by:Besoeker

#9 A lot of my lefty Facebook friends have been very quiet lately.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2019-03-28 21:37

#8 So I'm guessing we still have a long way to go?

Posted by: gorb 2019-03-28 17:12

#7 This should not be news to anyone thats been on Rantburg for long. I've been telling you for almost a decade and a half that the CIA needs to be cleaned out with a flamethrower, or else forcefully disassembled and its functions be distributed to other agencies.

Posted by: OldSpook 2019-03-28 14:47

#6 Adam Shiff issue, so easily solved:

POTUS To Shiff: Hey Adam, you POS. You got something on me, no problem. Pull that smoke stick! You have ~~10 days~~ 48 hours to bundle it up and deliver it to AG Barr.

Until AG Barr gets it and sorts it out.... YOUR SECURITY CLEARANCE is SUSPENDED.

Oh, like Brennan, you were given bad info and don't have anything? No problem. Your CLEARANCE is now REVOKED !

Have a nice fok'ing day.

Posted by: Besoeker 2019-03-28 12:25

#5 Gotta wonder how Brennan would fare as the subject of a two-year, $35 million investigation.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-03-28 11:57

#4 Add to #2 the Bruce and Nellie Orr question. Nellie's Russian contacts and experience, her HAM radio hobby, her bedroom pillow pass-through ability, the Christopher Steele and likely MI6 connection, all just a little bit too coincidental.

Not to mention the Trump Towers monitoring and unsanctioned visit by NSA Director Mike Rogers to Trump Towers... accompanied by the move the very next day of the entire Trump campaign
team.

Anyone heard from Admiral Rogers lately? I thought not.

Posted by: Besoeker 2019-03-28 11:28

#3 If so, the klingon intel agency has to be disbanded.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-03-28 11:16

#2 He didn't just get bad information, he was the source of bad information. Moreover, Obama received that info in intel briefing and spread it around to other intel agencies.

Just as many here have suspected since Trump took office.

It will likely one day be discovered that the Clinton Foundation was a money laundering Klingon cutout. These intelligence community bigwigs have their collective panties in a wad over something. My guess is it's the Clinton Foundation with it's global outreach and contacts.

Wiring the Klingon's into the Foundation was a brilliant stroke by the Clinton's. The ultimate 'insurance policy'. Weaponizing the IC and FBI, what an effective method for also monitoring the Trump and Sander's campaigns. Tossing in a little political misinformation (Trump-Russian collusion) would have been second nature.

Posted by: Besoeker 2019-03-28 10:33

#1 So Brennan is still lying about what he knew. He didn't just get bad information, he was the source of bad information. Moreover, Obama received that info in intel briefing and spread it around to other intel agencies. A dark place in hell is waiting for these people...or ought to be. This has never, ever happened before. The American people have been manipulated and played by a corrupt POTUS, DOJ, CIA, Dem Congress (and some Pubs (McCain)), and FBI. FVEY was involved also. Trump has every right to be pissed as should ALL Americans!

Posted by: JohnQC 2019-03-28 10:32

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