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==Clinton client==

==Clinton client==

On March 15, 2016 FusionGPS's contract with the  Washington FreeBeacon terminated after [[Marco Rubio]] dropped out of the [[Republican]] primaries. FreeBeacon hired FusionGPS six months earlier on October 15, 2015 to perform opposition research on Donald Trump and other Republican candidates. None of the research done for FreeBeacon is related to the ''Steele dossier'' or Russia. Two weeks laters [[Hillary Clinton]] hired FusionGPS through various fronts, the Clinton presidential campaign and [[DNC]], whose financial affairs the Clinton campaign controlled.<ref>http://www.wbur.org/npr/561768006/book-reveals-clinton-campaign-effectively-controlled-dnc-as-early-as-2015</ref> Clinton designated [[Marc E. Elias]], her personal lawyer, through the law firm of Perkins Coie as payee. Additionally, Perkins Coie employed former Obama White House Chief Legal Counselor, Robert Bauer.<ref>Confessore, Scott Shane, Nicholas; Rosenberg, Matthew (11 January 2017). "How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump". The New York Times.</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.10bece00087f</ref> When Simpson was subpeaonaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee, Simpson claimed attorney-client privilege to cover-up the relationships. Perkins Coie paid FusionGPS a total of $1,024,408 on behalf of Hillary Clinton for the bogus ''Steele dossier''. The dossier was passed off to mainstream journalists as an authentic an [[KGB]] document and used by the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) to secure Foreign Intelligent Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against domestic opponents.

On March 15, 2016 FusionGPS's contract with the  Washington FreeBeacon terminated after [[Marco Rubio]] dropped out of the [[Republican]] primaries. FreeBeacon hired FusionGPS six months earlier on October 15, 2015 to perform opposition research on Donald Trump and other Republican candidates. None of the research done for FreeBeacon is related to the ''Steele dossier'' or Russia. Two weeks laters [[Hillary Clinton]] hired FusionGPS through various fronts, the Clinton presidential campaign and [[DNC]], whose financial affairs the Clinton campaign controlled.<ref>http://www.wbur.org/npr/561768006/book-reveals-clinton-campaign-effectively-controlled-dnc-as-early-as-2015</ref> Clinton designated [[Marc E. Elias]], her personal lawyer, through the law firm of [[Perkins Coie]] as payee. Additionally, Perkins Coie employed former Obama White House Chief Legal Counselor, Robert Bauer.<ref>Confessore, Scott Shane, Nicholas; Rosenberg, Matthew (11 January 2017). "How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump". The New York Times.</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.10bece00087f</ref> When Simpson was subpeaonaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee, Simpson claimed attorney-client privilege to cover-up the relationships. Perkins Coie paid FusionGPS a total of $1,024,408 on behalf of Hillary Clinton for the bogus ''Steele dossier''. The dossier was passed off to mainstream journalists as an authentic an [[KGB]] document and used by the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) to secure Foreign Intelligent Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against domestic opponents.

FusionGPS hired Christopher Steele, a former British Intelligence Officer, of Orbis Business Intelligence (Steele's London-based firm) to begin compiling anti-Trump "Dossier" showing ties between Trump and Russia. Steele disclosed this and his period of employment with FusionGPS (12 Jun 2016 through 30 Oct 2016) in later court filings stemming from a lawsuit against him and his "Dossier."<ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/how-the-explosive-russian-dossier-was-compiled-christopher-steele</ref> [[Nellie Ohr]], wife of Obama Deputy Attorney General [[Bruce Ohr]] and formerly of the [[CIA]]'s Open Source Works group,<ref>Open Source Works is described as "CIA's in-house open source analysis component, devoted to intelligence analysis of unclassified, open source information." The directive itself that established Open Source Works is classified, as is the charter of the organization. CIA says the existence of any such records is a classified fact. “The CIA can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your request,” wrote Susan Viscuso, CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator, in a November 29 response to a Freedom of Information Act request from Jeffrey Richelson of the National Security Archive for the Open Source Works directive and charter.<br>"The fact of the existence or nonexistence of requested records is currently and properly classified and is intelligence sources and methods information that is protected from disclosure,” Dr. Viscuso wrote. This is a surprising development since Open Source Works — by definition — does not engage in clandestine collection of intelligence. Rather, it performs analysis based on unclassified, open source materials. -FAS <br>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-12/mccabe-cancels-testimony-something-far-more-sinister-fusion-gps</ref> was hired by FusionGPS to work with Steele.  

FusionGPS hired Christopher Steele, a former British Intelligence Officer, of Orbis Business Intelligence (Steele's London-based firm) to begin compiling anti-Trump "Dossier" showing ties between Trump and Russia. Steele disclosed this and his period of employment with FusionGPS (12 Jun 2016 through 30 Oct 2016) in later court filings stemming from a lawsuit against him and his "Dossier."<ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/how-the-explosive-russian-dossier-was-compiled-christopher-steele</ref> [[Nellie Ohr]], wife of Obama Deputy Attorney General [[Bruce Ohr]] and formerly of the [[CIA]]'s Open Source Works group,<ref>Open Source Works is described as "CIA's in-house open source analysis component, devoted to intelligence analysis of unclassified, open source information." The directive itself that established Open Source Works is classified, as is the charter of the organization. CIA says the existence of any such records is a classified fact. “The CIA can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your request,” wrote Susan Viscuso, CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator, in a November 29 response to a Freedom of Information Act request from Jeffrey Richelson of the National Security Archive for the Open Source Works directive and charter.<br>"The fact of the existence or nonexistence of requested records is currently and properly classified and is intelligence sources and methods information that is protected from disclosure,” Dr. Viscuso wrote. This is a surprising development since Open Source Works — by definition — does not engage in clandestine collection of intelligence. Rather, it performs analysis based on unclassified, open source materials. -FAS <br>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-12/mccabe-cancels-testimony-something-far-more-sinister-fusion-gps</ref> was hired by FusionGPS to work with Steele.