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*IC issues 2016 Transparency Report.<ref>https://www.dni.gov/files/icotr/ic_transparecy_report_cy2016_5_2_17.pdf </ref><ref>http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/05/intelligence-reports-raise-questions-about-obama-administration-surveillance.php </ref>

*IC issues 2016 Transparency Report.<ref>https://www.dni.gov/files/icotr/ic_transparecy_report_cy2016_5_2_17.pdf </ref><ref>http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/05/intelligence-reports-raise-questions-about-obama-administration-surveillance.php </ref>

*'''3 April.''' '''Ali Watkins of ''BuzzFeed'' reports  Carter Page met with Russian intelligence but neglects to say Comey's  FBI paid him to do so.''' The Carter Page FISA warrant application was leaked by James Wolfe from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI).<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/wolfe-indictment-4.jpg</ref><ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alimwatkins/a-former-trump-adviser-met-with-a-russian-spy</ref> Watkins appeared on [[Rachel Maddow]]'s television show to discuss Watkins' news article entitled,<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/former-trump-adviser-page-previously-targeted-by-russian-spies-913292867813</ref> “A Former Trump Advisor Met with a Russian Spy.” In the article she identified Page as “Male-1” in court documents relating to the Buryakov case: A former campaign adviser for Donald Trump met with and passed documents to a Russian intelligence operative in New York City in 2013. The article neglects to say Carter Page was paid by Comey's FBI to meet with the Russian agent and wore a wire. The leak is based on the original FISA warrant application which was composed to perpetrate a fraud upon the FISA court by leaving out exculpatory evidence - the fact Page was vetted for loyalty as an FBI paid informant (Undercover Employee-1, UCE-1).<ref>https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/evgeny-buryakov-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-connection-conspiracy-work</ref><ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisreeves/2018/02/05/doj-documents-show-carter-page-helped-fbi-catch-russian-spies-n2444651</ref><ref>http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/carter-page-setup-by-fbi-he-was-fbi-employee-fbi-told-fisa-court-he-was-a-russian-spy/</ref>

*'''3 April.''' '''Ali Watkins of ''BuzzFeed'' reports  Carter Page met with Russian intelligence but neglects to say Comey's  FBI paid him to do so.''' The Carter Page FISA warrant application was leaked to Watkins by James Wolfe from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI).<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/wolfe-indictment-4.jpg</ref><ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alimwatkins/a-former-trump-adviser-met-with-a-russian-spy</ref> Watkins appeared on [[Rachel Maddow]]'s television show to discuss Watkins' news article entitled,<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/former-trump-adviser-page-previously-targeted-by-russian-spies-913292867813</ref> “A Former Trump Advisor Met with a Russian Spy.” In the article she identified Page as “Male-1” in court documents relating to the Buryakov case: A former campaign adviser for Donald Trump met with and passed documents to a Russian intelligence operative in New York City in 2013. The article neglects to say Carter Page was paid by Comey's FBI to meet with the Russian agent and wore a wire. The leak is based on the original FISA warrant application which was composed to perpetrate a fraud upon the FISA court by leaving out exculpatory evidence - the fact Page was vetted for loyalty as an FBI paid informant (Undercover Employee-1, UCE-1).<ref>https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/evgeny-buryakov-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-connection-conspiracy-work</ref><ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisreeves/2018/02/05/doj-documents-show-carter-page-helped-fbi-catch-russian-spies-n2444651</ref><ref>http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/carter-page-setup-by-fbi-he-was-fbi-employee-fbi-told-fisa-court-he-was-a-russian-spy/</ref>

*'''4 April.''' ''NYT'' reports: {{Quotebox|Russian intelligence operatives tried in 2013 to recruit an American businessman and eventual foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign who is now part of the F.B.I. investigation into Russia’s interference into the American election, according to federal court documents and a statement issued by the businessman.<br>The businessman, Carter Page, met with one of three Russians who were eventually charged with being undeclared officers with Russia’s foreign intelligence service, known as the [[KGB|S.V.R]].<br>The F.B.I. interviewed Mr. Page in 2013 as part of an investigation into the spy ring, but decided that he had not known the man was a spy, and the bureau never accused Mr. Page of wrongdoing.<br>The court documents say that Mr. Page [UCE-1 or FBI undercover employee in court documents, Carter Page] who founded an investment company in New York called Global Energy Capital, provided documents about the energy business to one of the Russians. ... To record their conversations, the F.B.I. inserted a listening device into binders that were passed to the Russian intelligence operatives during an energy conference, according to a former United States intelligence official.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/us/politics/carter-page-trump-russia.html</ref>}}

*'''4 April.''' ''NYT'' reports: {{Quotebox|Russian intelligence operatives tried in 2013 to recruit an American businessman and eventual foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign who is now part of the F.B.I. investigation into Russia’s interference into the American election, according to federal court documents and a statement issued by the businessman.<br>The businessman, Carter Page, met with one of three Russians who were eventually charged with being undeclared officers with Russia’s foreign intelligence service, known as the [[KGB|S.V.R]].<br>The F.B.I. interviewed Mr. Page in 2013 as part of an investigation into the spy ring, but decided that he had not known the man was a spy, and the bureau never accused Mr. Page of wrongdoing.<br>The court documents say that Mr. Page [UCE-1 or FBI undercover employee in court documents, Carter Page] who founded an investment company in New York called Global Energy Capital, provided documents about the energy business to one of the Russians. ... To record their conversations, the F.B.I. inserted a listening device into binders that were passed to the Russian intelligence operatives during an energy conference, according to a former United States intelligence official.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/us/politics/carter-page-trump-russia.html</ref>}}