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'''Christopher Steele''' is a [[UK]] citizen and the former head of British foreign intelligence ([[MI6]]) Russia desk. Steele retired from MI6 and founded his own private intelligence agency, Orbis Business Intelligence.  

'''Christopher Steele''' is a [[UK]] citizen and the former head of British foreign intelligence ([[MI6]]) Russia desk. Steele retired from MI6 and founded his own private intelligence agency, Orbis Business Intelligence.  

In June of 2016, Steele was subcontracted to [[Hillary Clinton]] through the American firm [[FusionGPS]] to spy on [[Republican]] presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]]. The Obama FBI had been conducting illegal FISA wiretaps on political opponents since at least 2012. Through FusionGPS's contacts in the [[Obama administration]], Steele received raw [[FISA]] surveillance information from the [[FBI]] and authored an opposition research document known as the [[Steele dossier]], with fanciful embellishments intended to impugn Trump and associates. The dossier was fed back to the Obama [[Department of Justice]] and FBI, and presented again to the FISA court as [[probable cause]] to extend illegal [[wiretap]]s against candidate, president-elect, and president Donald Trump and others.<ref>https://archive.is/0miO5 </ref>

In June 2016, Steele was subcontracted to [[Hillary Clinton]] through the American firm [[FusionGPS]] to spy on [[Republican]] presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]]. The Obama FBI had been conducting illegal FISA wiretaps on political opponents since at least 2012. Through FusionGPS's contacts in the [[Obama administration]], Steele received raw [[FISA]] surveillance information from the [[FBI]] and authored an opposition research document known as the [[Steele dossier]], with fanciful embellishments intended to impugn Trump and associates. The dossier was fed back to the Obama [[Department of Justice]] and FBI, and presented again to the FISA court as [[probable cause]] to extend illegal [[wiretap]]s against candidate, president-elect, and president Donald Trump and others.<ref>https://archive.is/0miO5</ref>

Steele was identified as a British spy in 1999, and was head of the Russia desk when Russian assassins killed [[KGB|FSB]] defector Alexander Litvinenko in a sushi restaurant in the [[London]]. Steele was hardly in a position to make discreet inquiries with the [[Kremlin]], which he claimed he did in the ''Steele dossier''. Steele had not been to [[Russia]] in twenty-five years.<ref>http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/251897/obama-steele-dossier-russiagate </ref>

Steele was identified as a British spy in 1999, and was head of the Russia desk when Russian assassins killed [[KGB|FSB]] defector Alexander Litvinenko in a sushi restaurant in the [[London]]. Steele was hardly in a position to make discreet inquiries with the [[Kremlin]], which he claimed he did in the ''Steele dossier''. Steele had not been to [[Russia]] in twenty-five years.<ref>http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/251897/obama-steele-dossier-russiagate</ref>

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[[Category: United States Political Scandals]]

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