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The dossier is named after British MI6 officer [[Christopher Steele]].<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/christopher-steele-ex-british-intelligence-officer-said-to-have-prepared-dossier-on-trump-1484162553 Christopher Steele, Ex-British Intelligence Officer, Said to Have Prepared Dossier on Trump], [[Wall Street Journal]]</ref>
The dossier is named after British MI6 officer [[Christopher Steele]].<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/christopher-steele-ex-british-intelligence-officer-said-to-have-prepared-dossier-on-trump-1484162553 Christopher Steele, Ex-British Intelligence Officer, Said to Have Prepared Dossier on Trump], [[Wall Street Journal]]</ref>
==Timeline==
In August 2016 Christopher Steele went to Sir Andrew Wood to ask him to act as a go-between to reach Sen. [[John McCain]], to try to give his fake dossier credibility.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/11/inside-trump-dossier-handoff-mccains-go-between-speaks-out.html</ref>
In August 2016 Christopher Steele went to Sir Andrew Wood to ask him to act as a go-between to reach Sen. [[John McCain]], to try to give his fake dossier credibility.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/11/inside-trump-dossier-handoff-mccains-go-between-speaks-out.html</ref>
Throughout July, August and September 2016 [[FusionGPS]] paid [[journalist]]s from the ''[[New York Times]]'', Devlin Barrett of the ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[ABC News]], Ken Dilanian of [[NBC News]], David Corn of ''Mother Jones'', Michael Isikoff of Yahoo! News and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shop the ''Steele dossier'' narrative for mainstream publication. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref>
Throughout July, August and September 2016 [[FusionGPS]] paid [[journalist]]s from the ''[[New York Times]]'', Devlin Barrett of the ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[ABC News]], Ken Dilanian of [[NBC News]], David Corn of ''Mother Jones'', Michael Isikoff of Yahoo! News and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shop the ''Steele dossier'' narrative for mainstream publication. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref>
Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story from the joint Obama FBI/FusionGPS operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]. A story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress sourced to the FBI and not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele was based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref> Strzok offered to pay Steele to continue work on the fake dossier.
*'''Late 2015''' ''Washington Free Beacon'' hires Fusion GPS.
*'''Spring 2016''' ''Beacon'' ends relationship with Fusion. DNC, Hillary campaign hires Fusion.
*'''June 2016''' Fusion GPS hires Christopher Steele.
*'''June 20, 2017''' Steele completes the first of seventeen sections of the dossier.
*'''July 19''' Second section of dossier completed.
*'''July 26 to Sept. 14''' Dossier sections 3 to 13 completed
*'''Oct. 3 to Oct. 19''' Sections 14 to 17 completed.
*'''Oct. 21''' FISA court grants FBI warrant to surveil Trump adviser Carter Page.
*'''Nov. 8''' Donald Trump wins U.S. presidential election.
*'''Dec. 13''' Steele completes final version of dossier.
*'''Jan. 10''' ''Buzzfeed'' publishes dossier.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/politics/steele-timeline/?utm_term=.72a82985405e The making of the Steele dossier]," ''Washington Post'', Feb. 6, 2018.</ref>
==In the media==
Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story from the joint Obama FBI/FusionGPS operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]. A story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress sourced to the FBI and not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele was based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref> Strzok offered to pay Steele to continue work on the fake dossier.
On October 31, 2016 ''[[New York Times]]'' published a story with the headline, ''Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link To Russia;''<ref>later FBI Director. James Comey, the name entrusted to investigate government leaks, admits to being an anonymous source for the ''New York Times''.
On October 31, 2016 ''[[New York Times]]'' published a story with the headline, ''Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link To Russia;''<ref>later FBI Director. James Comey, the name entrusted to investigate government leaks, admits to being an anonymous source for the ''New York Times''.