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===The Democrat establishment and assorted lunatics===
 
===The Democrat establishment and assorted lunatics===
 
[[File:Schindler ultimatum.png|right|350px|thumb|Ultimatum sent to President-elect Donald Trump December 10, 2016 when Trump told CNN, on Adm. Rogers and Gen. Flynn's advice, that he did not trust Brennan and Obama's CIA after their use of Nazi tactics against domestic political opponents during the 2016 election.]]
 
[[File:Schindler ultimatum.png|right|350px|thumb|Ultimatum sent to President-elect Donald Trump December 10, 2016 when Trump told CNN, on Adm. Rogers and Gen. Flynn's advice, that he did not trust Brennan and Obama's CIA after their use of Nazi tactics against domestic political opponents during the 2016 election.]]
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The [[Washington DC]] federal civil service is dominated by Democrstic party, and [[Democratic Socialist]] operatives. These people are principally schooled in Marxist-Leninist theories of a professional career bureacracy. They have no respect for democracy or democratic rights.
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The [[Washington DC]] federal civil service is dominated by Democrstic party, and [[Democratic Socialist]] operatives. These people are principally schooled in Marxist–Leninist theories of a professional career bureacracy. They have no respect for democracy or democratic rights.
    
==The insurance policy==
 
==The insurance policy==
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On December 15, 2016 [[DNI]] Clapper signed off on a directive to expand circulation of the names of American citizens caught up in wiretapping foreign intelligence targets to create a cloud of innuendo. Attn. Gen. [[Loretta Lynch]]'s signed off on the new rules in early January.<ref>[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3283349-Raw-12333-surveillance-sharing-guidelines.html PROCEDURES FOR THE AVAILABILITY OR DISSEMINATION OF RAW SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY UNDER SECTION 2.3 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 12333 (RAW SIGINT AVAILABILITY PROCEDURES). OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. UNCLASSIFIED]</ref><ref>The ''New York Times'' reported {{Quotebox|"In its final days, the Obama administration has expanded the power of the National Security Agency to share globally intercepted personal communications with the government’s 16 other intelligence agencies before applying privacy protections,"}} basically, an authorization to circulate the Brennan, Clapper and Comey memo with the Clinton-Steele salacious allegations. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/nsa-gets-more-latitude-to-share-intercepted-communications.html ]</ref>  
 
On December 15, 2016 [[DNI]] Clapper signed off on a directive to expand circulation of the names of American citizens caught up in wiretapping foreign intelligence targets to create a cloud of innuendo. Attn. Gen. [[Loretta Lynch]]'s signed off on the new rules in early January.<ref>[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3283349-Raw-12333-surveillance-sharing-guidelines.html PROCEDURES FOR THE AVAILABILITY OR DISSEMINATION OF RAW SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY UNDER SECTION 2.3 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 12333 (RAW SIGINT AVAILABILITY PROCEDURES). OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. UNCLASSIFIED]</ref><ref>The ''New York Times'' reported {{Quotebox|"In its final days, the Obama administration has expanded the power of the National Security Agency to share globally intercepted personal communications with the government’s 16 other intelligence agencies before applying privacy protections,"}} basically, an authorization to circulate the Brennan, Clapper and Comey memo with the Clinton-Steele salacious allegations. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/nsa-gets-more-latitude-to-share-intercepted-communications.html ]</ref>  
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From December 29 until Trump’s inauguration, the White House aggressively pumped into the media two streams of information: one about Russian hacking; the other alleging a [[Trump-Russia]] connection. The two streams were then merged into one in the hands of reporters sympathetic to Democrats.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/01/01/washington-post-retracts-story-about-russian-hack-at-vermont-utility/</ref>
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From December 29 until Trump's inauguration, the White House aggressively pumped into the media two streams of information: one about Russian hacking; the other alleging a [[Trump-Russia]] connection. The two streams were then merged into one in the hands of reporters sympathetic to Democrats.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/01/01/washington-post-retracts-story-about-russian-hack-at-vermont-utility/</ref>
    
===Obama's Oval Office meeting===
 
===Obama's Oval Office meeting===
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During the transition Obama held a secret meeting with [[James Clapper]], [[John Brennan]], [[James Comey]], [[Sally Yates]], [[Susan Rice]] and [[Vice President Biden]] in the [[Oval Office]]. The ''[[Clinton-Steele dossier]]'' was discussed.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/152579d488a740b2a8d39fbe2f34506d</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/a82309544e9e465fa2ad4f83e5a48540</ref> Susan Rice made a note of the discussions. {{Quotebox|President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the intelligence and law enforcement communities "by the book". The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book.<br><br>From a national security perspective, however, President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia.<br><br>[Redacted section]<br><br>The President asked Comey to inform him if anything changes in the next few weeks that should affect how we share classified information with the incoming team. Comey said he would."<ref>https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-02-08%20CEG%20LG%20to%20Rice%20(Russia%20Investigation%20Email).pdf</ref>}}At the conclusion of the briefing, Obama held Yates and Comey aside. The 90-day surveillance period under the secret [[FISA]] warrant had just over two weeks remaining and was set to expire just as Trump was taking office. The [[Obama administration]] was facing a deadline if the secret FISA warrant was to be extended beyond Obama's term of office. They needed to figure out how the investigation could continue after Trump was sworn in as president. Rice’s “by the book” comment is transparent: Obama claimed to adhere to a book that forbade consultation between political officials and civil service investigators. But here they were consulting. So Rice tried to cover their tracks in her CYA email: She makes it appear that the consultation is a mere friendly reminder that Obama wanted everything done by the book.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/susan-rice-email-president-obama-russia-investigation/ </ref>  
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During the transition Obama held a secret meeting with [[James Clapper]], [[John Brennan]], [[James Comey]], [[Sally Yates]], [[Susan Rice]] and [[Vice President Biden]] in the [[Oval Office]]. The ''[[Clinton-Steele dossier]]'' was discussed.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/152579d488a740b2a8d39fbe2f34506d</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/a82309544e9e465fa2ad4f83e5a48540</ref> Susan Rice made a note of the discussions. {{Quotebox|President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the intelligence and law enforcement communities "by the book". The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book.<br><br>From a national security perspective, however, President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia.<br><br>[Redacted section]<br><br>The President asked Comey to inform him if anything changes in the next few weeks that should affect how we share classified information with the incoming team. Comey said he would."<ref>https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-02-08%20CEG%20LG%20to%20Rice%20(Russia%20Investigation%20Email).pdf</ref>}}At the conclusion of the briefing, Obama held Yates and Comey aside. The 90-day surveillance period under the secret [[FISA]] warrant had just over two weeks remaining and was set to expire just as Trump was taking office. The [[Obama administration]] was facing a deadline if the secret FISA warrant was to be extended beyond Obama's term of office. They needed to figure out how the investigation could continue after Trump was sworn in as president. Rice's “by the book” comment is transparent: Obama claimed to adhere to a book that forbade consultation between political officials and civil service investigators. But here they were consulting. So Rice tried to cover their tracks in her CYA email: She makes it appear that the consultation is a mere friendly reminder that Obama wanted everything done by the book.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/susan-rice-email-president-obama-russia-investigation/ </ref>  
    
The next morning Dir. Brennan released an unclassified version of the ''Joint Analysis Report'',<ref>also referred to as the ICA or ''Intelligence Community Assessment''</ref> a joint Comey, Clapper and Brennan document consisting of recycled reports on [[Russia Today]] (RT) with 2 pages of sexual innuendo from the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''. NSA Dir. [[Adm. Mike Rogers]] dissented from the report.<ref>[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf ]</ref> The ''[[Washington Post]]'' was assured that "the sources involved in the [Clinton-Steele dossier's] reporting were credible enough to warrant inclusion in the highly classified [presidential] report.”<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-allegations-20170110-story.html</ref> Brennan however in later public testimony said the dossier and its sources ''were not'' credible enough to incorporate in the ''Joint Analysis Report''. Brennan swore  that the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' did not “in any way” factor into the [[CIA]]'s assessment that Russia interfered in the election to help Trump. The classified version of Comey, Clapper and Brennan's  ''Joint Analysis Report'' congressional investigators found contradicted Brennan's sworn testimony. Furthermore, Brennan never received any intelligence reporting from allied intelligence bureaus as he repeatedly claimed, which he supposedly passed along to the FBI, which became the supposed "legal" basis of opening a foreign counterintelligence investigation on American citizens in July 2016.<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/04/22/nunes-interview-no-official-intelligence-used-problems-for-brennan/ </ref>
 
The next morning Dir. Brennan released an unclassified version of the ''Joint Analysis Report'',<ref>also referred to as the ICA or ''Intelligence Community Assessment''</ref> a joint Comey, Clapper and Brennan document consisting of recycled reports on [[Russia Today]] (RT) with 2 pages of sexual innuendo from the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''. NSA Dir. [[Adm. Mike Rogers]] dissented from the report.<ref>[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf ]</ref> The ''[[Washington Post]]'' was assured that "the sources involved in the [Clinton-Steele dossier's] reporting were credible enough to warrant inclusion in the highly classified [presidential] report.”<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-russia-allegations-20170110-story.html</ref> Brennan however in later public testimony said the dossier and its sources ''were not'' credible enough to incorporate in the ''Joint Analysis Report''. Brennan swore  that the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' did not “in any way” factor into the [[CIA]]'s assessment that Russia interfered in the election to help Trump. The classified version of Comey, Clapper and Brennan's  ''Joint Analysis Report'' congressional investigators found contradicted Brennan's sworn testimony. Furthermore, Brennan never received any intelligence reporting from allied intelligence bureaus as he repeatedly claimed, which he supposedly passed along to the FBI, which became the supposed "legal" basis of opening a foreign counterintelligence investigation on American citizens in July 2016.<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/04/22/nunes-interview-no-official-intelligence-used-problems-for-brennan/ </ref>
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Clapper then directed Comey to brief President-elect Trump on the dossier on January 6, 2017. From Comey’s memos: "I said there was something that Clapper wanted me to speak to the PE [President-Elect] about alone or in a very small group. I then executed the session exactly as I had planned." Comey specifically told President-elect Trump that “CNN had them and were looking for a news hook.” That CNN already had the dossier – and specifically wanted a rationale to publish – was Comey and Clapper's entire reasoning in briefing President-elect Trump. It was a set-up.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2018/04/20/comeys-memos-indicate-dossier-briefing-of-trump-was-a-setup/ </ref>
 
Clapper then directed Comey to brief President-elect Trump on the dossier on January 6, 2017. From Comey’s memos: "I said there was something that Clapper wanted me to speak to the PE [President-Elect] about alone or in a very small group. I then executed the session exactly as I had planned." Comey specifically told President-elect Trump that “CNN had them and were looking for a news hook.” That CNN already had the dossier – and specifically wanted a rationale to publish – was Comey and Clapper's entire reasoning in briefing President-elect Trump. It was a set-up.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2018/04/20/comeys-memos-indicate-dossier-briefing-of-trump-was-a-setup/ </ref>
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Clapper specifically instructed Comey to only brief President Trump on the “salacious details”. Comey’s briefing of President-elect Trump created the very excuse for CNN to run the story.  
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Clapper specifically instructed Comey to only brief President Trump on the “salacious details”. Comey's briefing of President-elect Trump created the very excuse for CNN to run the story.  
    
An hour later CNN linked to [[BuzzFeed]] making the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' public.<ref><small>4. One of the seventeen reports in the Dossier—CIR 112—accused the Plaintiffs of criminal conduct and participation in an alleged Trump-Russia scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election. Defendants knew that this Report was not verified, and that it defamed Plaintiffs on its face. Defendants could easily have removed that Report from the Dossier before they started peddling the Dossier to media and journalists in September and October 2016. They chose not to do so. Nor did they attempt to determine the veracity of that Report with the Plaintiffs themselves.
 
An hour later CNN linked to [[BuzzFeed]] making the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' public.<ref><small>4. One of the seventeen reports in the Dossier—CIR 112—accused the Plaintiffs of criminal conduct and participation in an alleged Trump-Russia scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election. Defendants knew that this Report was not verified, and that it defamed Plaintiffs on its face. Defendants could easily have removed that Report from the Dossier before they started peddling the Dossier to media and journalists in September and October 2016. They chose not to do so. Nor did they attempt to determine the veracity of that Report with the Plaintiffs themselves.
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Cohen's defence, that he has never been to Prague,<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/michael-cohen-it-is-fake-news-meant-to-malign-mr-trump/512762/ </ref> is bolstered by other government sources that state the ''Steele dossier'' references a different "Michael Cohen" which could only have come from an illegal [[FISA]] 702 "About" search query. Someone entered the terms "Michael Cohen Travel" into a FISA database, and the search query returned the wrong Michael Cohen with the same year of birth.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/jaketapper/status/819187673961287681 </ref>
 
Cohen's defence, that he has never been to Prague,<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/michael-cohen-it-is-fake-news-meant-to-malign-mr-trump/512762/ </ref> is bolstered by other government sources that state the ''Steele dossier'' references a different "Michael Cohen" which could only have come from an illegal [[FISA]] 702 "About" search query. Someone entered the terms "Michael Cohen Travel" into a FISA database, and the search query returned the wrong Michael Cohen with the same year of birth.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/jaketapper/status/819187673961287681 </ref>
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Proof of laundering the illegal surveillance “search query” results came from that query which was actually a mistake. That mistaken result was passed on to Christopher Steele, and it made its way into the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''. Absent of a FISA search, there’s no other way Christopher Steele could identify a random “Michael Cohen” traveling to Prague. The Cohen mistake created a trail from Christopher Steele to the FISA database. [[Robert S. Mueller|Mueller]] and [[Rod Rosenstein|Rosenstein]] later seized Cohen's evidence to cover-up FISA abuse.
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Proof of laundering the illegal surveillance “search query” results came from that query which was actually a mistake. That mistaken result was passed on to Christopher Steele, and it made its way into the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''. Absent of a FISA search, there's no other way Christopher Steele could identify a random “Michael Cohen” traveling to Prague. The Cohen mistake created a trail from Christopher Steele to the FISA database. [[Robert S. Mueller|Mueller]] and [[Rod Rosenstein|Rosenstein]] later seized Cohen's evidence to cover-up FISA abuse.
    
===Democrat collusion with Russia revealed===
 
===Democrat collusion with Russia revealed===
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Soon after his friend’s murder, Browder began lobbying American lawmakers — Maryland Sen. [[Ben Cardin]] and Arizona Sen. John McCain, in particular — to pass a law that would provide a mechanism to punish Kremlin-linked Russian criminals.
 
Soon after his friend’s murder, Browder began lobbying American lawmakers — Maryland Sen. [[Ben Cardin]] and Arizona Sen. John McCain, in particular — to pass a law that would provide a mechanism to punish Kremlin-linked Russian criminals.
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https://dailycaller.com/2017/01/16/think-tank-appears-to-cut-ties-with-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier/#ixzz4d5c0xHTC</ref><ref><small>FusionGPS was hired by [[BakerHostetler]] to investigate Bill Browder who helped push through the [[Magnitsky Act]], or Russia sanctions bill. [[Glenn Simpson]], a founding partner of Fusion GPS, compiled the research for the anti-Browder project. He worked closely with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer. Katsyv, a Russian businessman, and Prevezon sought to limit the impact of the Magnitsky Act sanctions. BakerHostetler, the law firm acting on behalf of Prevezon Holdings and its owner Denis Katsyv, made a payment to FusionGPS on March 7, 2016, court records show. Through October 31, 2016 BakerHostetler paid FusionGPS $523,651.</small></ref> Ross stated that part of Simpson’s work involved passing stories to his deep network of [[journalism]] contacts in order to undermine the [[law]].
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https://dailycaller.com/2017/01/16/think-tank-appears-to-cut-ties-with-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier/#ixzz4d5c0xHTC</ref><ref><small>FusionGPS was hired by [[BakerHostetler]] to investigate Bill Browder who helped push through the [[Magnitsky Act]], or Russia sanctions bill. [[Glenn Simpson]], a founding partner of Fusion GPS, compiled the research for the anti-Browder project. He worked closely with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer. Katsyv, a Russian businessman, and Prevezon sought to limit the impact of the Magnitsky Act sanctions. BakerHostetler, the law firm acting on behalf of Prevezon Holdings and its owner Denis Katsyv, made a payment to FusionGPS on March 7, 2016, court records show. Through October 31, 2016 BakerHostetler paid FusionGPS $523,651.</small></ref> Ross stated that part of Simpson's work involved passing stories to his deep network of [[journalism]] contacts in order to undermine the [[law]].
    
[[File:800px-Defense.gov photo essay 120724-D-BW835-236.jpg|right|335px|thumb|National Security Advisor Gen. Mike Flynn, Susan Rice's successor. Flynn was fired from the Obama administration because he saw the jihadis as an enemy rather than Russia. Trump brought him back. Flynn's civil rights were violated by Obama's spy apparatus and was an early victim of Obama's efforts to sabotage Donald Trump. With Flynn's resignation went hopes for a ''rapprochement'' with Russia.]]
 
[[File:800px-Defense.gov photo essay 120724-D-BW835-236.jpg|right|335px|thumb|National Security Advisor Gen. Mike Flynn, Susan Rice's successor. Flynn was fired from the Obama administration because he saw the jihadis as an enemy rather than Russia. Trump brought him back. Flynn's civil rights were violated by Obama's spy apparatus and was an early victim of Obama's efforts to sabotage Donald Trump. With Flynn's resignation went hopes for a ''rapprochement'' with Russia.]]
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On February 16 at a press conference, Trump lashed back at the tapping of his [[Oval Office]] phone conversations with other heads of government. Trump says, {{quotebox|"I called, as you know, [[Mexico]]. It was a very, very confidential, classified call... I spoke to the president of Mexico; I had a good call. '''All of a sudden, it's out there for the world to see. It's supposed to be secret. It's supposed to be either confidential or classified, in that case. Same thing with Australia. All of a sudden, people are finding out exactly what took place [in a presidential Oval Office phone call]. The same thing happened with respect to General Flynn. Everybody saw this. And I'm saying -- the first thing I thought of when I heard about it is: How does the press get this information that's classified? How do they do it?''' You know why? Because it's an illegal process and the press should be ashamed of themselves. But more importantly, the people that gave out the information to the press should be ashamed of themselves, really ashamed."<ref>http://time.com/4674061/donald-trump-press-conference-russia-transcript/</ref>}}
 
On February 16 at a press conference, Trump lashed back at the tapping of his [[Oval Office]] phone conversations with other heads of government. Trump says, {{quotebox|"I called, as you know, [[Mexico]]. It was a very, very confidential, classified call... I spoke to the president of Mexico; I had a good call. '''All of a sudden, it's out there for the world to see. It's supposed to be secret. It's supposed to be either confidential or classified, in that case. Same thing with Australia. All of a sudden, people are finding out exactly what took place [in a presidential Oval Office phone call]. The same thing happened with respect to General Flynn. Everybody saw this. And I'm saying -- the first thing I thought of when I heard about it is: How does the press get this information that's classified? How do they do it?''' You know why? Because it's an illegal process and the press should be ashamed of themselves. But more importantly, the people that gave out the information to the press should be ashamed of themselves, really ashamed."<ref>http://time.com/4674061/donald-trump-press-conference-russia-transcript/</ref>}}
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Sen. [[John McCain]] is suspected of having access to the content of President Trump’s private, classified telephone calls with world leaders. Analysis of McCain’s public statements by White House officials indicate the senator has inside knowledge of a number of President Trump’s telephone conversations. White House officials believe McCain is sharing this sensitive information with other senators and mainstream media journalists in a clandestine campaign to damage Trump’s presidency before it has a chance to succeed.<ref>http://truepundit.com/exclusive-white-house-fingers-john-mccain-as-media-leak-believes-u-s-senator-eavesdropped-on-trumps-classified-phone/</ref> McCain, like John Brennan, was deeply involved in weapons transfer to [[jihad]]is who formed the [[Islamic State]].
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Sen. [[John McCain]] is suspected of having access to the content of President Trump's private, classified telephone calls with world leaders. Analysis of McCain's public statements by White House officials indicate the senator has inside knowledge of a number of President Trump's telephone conversations. White House officials believe McCain is sharing this sensitive information with other senators and mainstream media journalists in a clandestine campaign to damage Trump's presidency before it has a chance to succeed.<ref>http://truepundit.com/exclusive-white-house-fingers-john-mccain-as-media-leak-believes-u-s-senator-eavesdropped-on-trumps-classified-phone/</ref> McCain, like John Brennan, was deeply involved in weapons transfer to [[jihad]]is who formed the [[Islamic State]].
    
Journalist [[Glenn Greenwald]] said on ''Democracy Now!'', {{quotebox|"to urge that the CIA and the intelligence community empower itself to undermine the elected branches of government is [[insanity]]. That is a prescription for destroying [[democracy]] overnight in the name of saving it. And yet that’s what so many, not just neocons, but the neocons’ allies in the Democratic Party, are now urging and cheering. And it’s incredibly warped and dangerous to watch them do that."<ref>https://youtu.be/25_iMRx5JBs</ref>}}
 
Journalist [[Glenn Greenwald]] said on ''Democracy Now!'', {{quotebox|"to urge that the CIA and the intelligence community empower itself to undermine the elected branches of government is [[insanity]]. That is a prescription for destroying [[democracy]] overnight in the name of saving it. And yet that’s what so many, not just neocons, but the neocons’ allies in the Democratic Party, are now urging and cheering. And it’s incredibly warped and dangerous to watch them do that."<ref>https://youtu.be/25_iMRx5JBs</ref>}}
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“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 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-12/mccabe-cancels-testimony-something-far-more-sinister-fusion-gps</ref>  
 
“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 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-12/mccabe-cancels-testimony-something-far-more-sinister-fusion-gps</ref>  
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After being shut out by the FISA Compliance Audit, and contracted by the Clinton campaign, FusionGPS still needed a back-door to access continued FISA information. FusionGPS hired Russian expert Nellie Ohr, wife of DOJ Dep. AG [[Bruce Ohr]].  Nellie could use Bruce’s high level DOJ-NSD access to continue gathering FISA-702 data; and Nellie, Bruce and Simpson collaborated on other projects in the past.<ref>[https://t.co/u5HPgJwvWd Expert Working Group Report on International Organized Crime, John T. Picarelli, Discussion Paper Document No.: 230846, National Institute of Justice, June 2010, p. 30 PDF. Published by the United States Dept. of Justice.]</ref>
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After being shut out by the FISA Compliance Audit, and contracted by the Clinton campaign, FusionGPS still needed a back-door to access continued FISA information. FusionGPS hired Russian expert Nellie Ohr, wife of DOJ Dep. AG [[Bruce Ohr]].  Nellie could use Bruce's high level DOJ-NSD access to continue gathering FISA-702 data; and Nellie, Bruce and Simpson collaborated on other projects in the past.<ref>[https://t.co/u5HPgJwvWd Expert Working Group Report on International Organized Crime, John T. Picarelli, Discussion Paper Document No.: 230846, National Institute of Justice, June 2010, p. 30 PDF. Published by the United States Dept. of Justice.]</ref>
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Nellie collaborated with MI6 agent [[Christopher Steele]] to write the ''[[Steele dossier]]''. In May 2016, Nellie Ohr’s husband Bruce inside the DOJ was working with FBI counterintelligence deputy [[Peter Strzok]]. In late May Nellie Ohr applied for a HAM radio license, a communication tool that would allow Nellie Ohr and Christopher Steele the ability to communicate outside the normal risk of communication intercepts.<ref>http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/LicArchive/license.jsp?archive=Y&licKey=12382876</ref> Steele filed his first report entitled ''Company Intelligence Report'' on June 20, 2016, the 'pee pee' memo. Days later Peter Strzok of the Obama FBI Counterintelligence  Division met with Christopher Steele and received a preliminary draft of Steele's memo.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref>
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Nellie collaborated with MI6 agent [[Christopher Steele]] to write the ''[[Steele dossier]]''. In May 2016, Nellie Ohr's husband Bruce inside the DOJ was working with FBI counterintelligence deputy [[Peter Strzok]]. In late May Nellie Ohr applied for a HAM radio license, a communication tool that would allow Nellie Ohr and Christopher Steele the ability to communicate outside the normal risk of communication intercepts.<ref>http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/LicArchive/license.jsp?archive=Y&licKey=12382876</ref> Steele filed his first report entitled ''Company Intelligence Report'' on June 20, 2016, the 'pee pee' memo. Days later Peter Strzok of the Obama FBI Counterintelligence  Division met with Christopher Steele and received a preliminary draft of Steele's memo.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref>
    
By June 2016 Peter Strzok, Bruce Ohr and DOJ Attorney Lisa Page applied for FISA approval against the Trump campaign, which was initially denied.
 
By June 2016 Peter Strzok, Bruce Ohr and DOJ Attorney Lisa Page applied for FISA approval against the Trump campaign, which was initially denied.
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[[Natalia Veselnitskaya]] was granted special immigration parole status by Obama Attn. General Loretta Lynch to represent Prevezon Holdings to settle an asset forfeiture agreement for $6 million with the U.S. government in a Russia money-laundering suit on May 12, 2016. Veselnitskaya overstayed her immigration parole status while working for FusionGPS to engage in illegal lobbying for repeal of Russian sanctions. Neither Veselnitskaya nor FusionGPS registered as Russian agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
 
[[Natalia Veselnitskaya]] was granted special immigration parole status by Obama Attn. General Loretta Lynch to represent Prevezon Holdings to settle an asset forfeiture agreement for $6 million with the U.S. government in a Russia money-laundering suit on May 12, 2016. Veselnitskaya overstayed her immigration parole status while working for FusionGPS to engage in illegal lobbying for repeal of Russian sanctions. Neither Veselnitskaya nor FusionGPS registered as Russian agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
 
[[File:PhotoEditor-20181005152829.jpg|right|350px|thumb|[[Glenn Simpson]] was working for both Natalia Veselnitskaya ''and'' Hillary Clinton at the time Simpson gave "dirt" on Clinton to Veselnitskaya which she carried into the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort.]]
 
[[File:PhotoEditor-20181005152829.jpg|right|350px|thumb|[[Glenn Simpson]] was working for both Natalia Veselnitskaya ''and'' Hillary Clinton at the time Simpson gave "dirt" on Clinton to Veselnitskaya which she carried into the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort.]]
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On June 9, 2026 [[Rinat Akhmetshin]]<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rinat-akhmetshin-who-russian-lobbyist-who-met-trump-team-n783161</ref> and Natalia Veselnitskaya,<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-seeks-more-information-pro-russia-lobbyist-present-trump-jr-meeting</ref> a Russian lawyer who hired FusionGPS, and Ike Kaveladze<ref>https://ru.linkedin.com/in/ikekaveladze</ref> met with Donald Trump Jr. and [[Jared Kushner]].<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/complaint-firm-behind-dossier-former-russian-intel-officer-joined-lobbying-effort</ref> Glenn Simpson briefed Veselnitskaya hours before the meeting, and Simpson’s research in the form of a four-page memo carried by Veselnitskaya was used in the meeting.<ref>She also shared Simpson’s work with Yuri Chaika, the prosecutor general of Russia. Prevezon Holdings and its Russian owner Denis Katsyv hired BakerHostetler to investigate Browder. Katsyv and Prevezon sought to limit the impact of the Magnitsky Act sanctions.</ref> Veselnitskaya met again with Simpson immediately after the meeting.
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On June 9, 2026 [[Rinat Akhmetshin]]<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rinat-akhmetshin-who-russian-lobbyist-who-met-trump-team-n783161</ref> and Natalia Veselnitskaya,<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-seeks-more-information-pro-russia-lobbyist-present-trump-jr-meeting</ref> a Russian lawyer who hired FusionGPS, and Ike Kaveladze<ref>https://ru.linkedin.com/in/ikekaveladze</ref> met with Donald Trump Jr. and [[Jared Kushner]].<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/complaint-firm-behind-dossier-former-russian-intel-officer-joined-lobbying-effort</ref> Glenn Simpson briefed Veselnitskaya hours before the meeting, and Simpson's research in the form of a four-page memo carried by Veselnitskaya was used in the meeting.<ref>She also shared Simpson’s work with Yuri Chaika, the prosecutor general of Russia. Prevezon Holdings and its Russian owner Denis Katsyv hired BakerHostetler to investigate Browder. Katsyv and Prevezon sought to limit the impact of the Magnitsky Act sanctions.</ref> Veselnitskaya met again with Simpson immediately after the meeting.
    
In Simpson's Senate Intelligence Committee testimony, Simpson admitted that he was hired by  Natalia Veselnitskaya. Simpson acknowledged that he either worked with or knows of four attendees at the Trump Tower meeting: Irakle Kaveladze, Veselnitskaya, Rinat Akhmetshin, and Anatoli Samochornov. Samochornov also worked on the Prevezon case.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/11/dianne-feinstein-partially-blames-bad-cold-for-rel/</ref><ref>https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/3/9/3974a291-ddbe-4525-9ed1-22bab43c05ae/934A3562824CACA7BB4D915E97709D2F.simpson-transcript-redacted.pdf</ref>
 
In Simpson's Senate Intelligence Committee testimony, Simpson admitted that he was hired by  Natalia Veselnitskaya. Simpson acknowledged that he either worked with or knows of four attendees at the Trump Tower meeting: Irakle Kaveladze, Veselnitskaya, Rinat Akhmetshin, and Anatoli Samochornov. Samochornov also worked on the Prevezon case.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/11/dianne-feinstein-partially-blames-bad-cold-for-rel/</ref><ref>https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/3/9/3974a291-ddbe-4525-9ed1-22bab43c05ae/934A3562824CACA7BB4D915E97709D2F.simpson-transcript-redacted.pdf</ref>
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===2017 investigations===
 
===2017 investigations===
 
[[File:Mueller and Yanu.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Special Counsel Robert Mueller [[colluding]] with Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. The Mueller investigation was always just a cover for Obama DOJ wrongdoing, to thwart Congressional investigations. The corrupt DOJ constantly cited "ongoing investigations" to ignore Congressional subpoenas.]]
 
[[File:Mueller and Yanu.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Special Counsel Robert Mueller [[colluding]] with Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. The Mueller investigation was always just a cover for Obama DOJ wrongdoing, to thwart Congressional investigations. The corrupt DOJ constantly cited "ongoing investigations" to ignore Congressional subpoenas.]]
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By late July 2017 there were calls all around for he appointment of a Special Prosecutor to look into Comey’s and the FBI’s reliance on FusionGPS in its investigation of the Trump campaign, including the creation of the ''Steele dossier'' about Donald Trump, that dossier’s commission and dissemination in the months before and after the [[2016 presidential election]], whether the FBI paid anyone connected to the dossier, and the intelligence sources of FusionGPS or any person or company working for FusionGPS and its affiliates.<ref>https://goodlatte.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=939</ref>
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By late July 2017 there were calls all around for he appointment of a Special Prosecutor to look into Comey's and the FBI's reliance on FusionGPS in its investigation of the Trump campaign, including the creation of the ''Steele dossier'' about Donald Trump, that dossier's commission and dissemination in the months before and after the [[2016 presidential election]], whether the FBI paid anyone connected to the dossier, and the intelligence sources of FusionGPS or any person or company working for FusionGPS and its affiliates.<ref>https://goodlatte.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=939</ref>
    
On October 18, 2017 Peter Fritsch and Thomas Catan, co-founders of FusionGPS, refused to identify the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC as the sponsors of ''Steele dossier''. The FusionGPS founders plead the [[Fifth Amendment]] right against self-incrimination “to every question asked of them" in House Intelligence Committee investigation.<ref>http://www.dailywire.com/news/22445/firm-connected-russia-and-democrats-made-trump-ryan-saavedra</ref> The ''Washington Post'' finally admitted on October 24 that the "Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee  funded the research that resulted in a now-infamous dossier containing allegations about President Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the [[Kremlin]]...The Clinton campaign paid Perkins Coie $5.6 million in legal fees from June 2015 to December 2016, according to campaign finance records, and the DNC paid the firm $3.6 million in “legal and compliance consulting’’ since November 2015.<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=.458088f4d37c</ref><ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/10/24/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-russia-dossier/WfYqXZf9lvbL5ujqnpp2FJ/story.html</ref> ''WaPo'' published an Oped claiming the "Steele's dossier does include information it says was obtained from "a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure and a former top level Russian intelligence officer still active inside the Kremlin." In other words, the Clinton camp and the DNC colluded with the Russian government."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/25/the-clinton-camp-and-the-dnc-helped-pay-for-that-trump-russia-dossier-heres-what-it-means/?utm_term=.44ba2d3fe34b</ref>  
 
On October 18, 2017 Peter Fritsch and Thomas Catan, co-founders of FusionGPS, refused to identify the Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC as the sponsors of ''Steele dossier''. The FusionGPS founders plead the [[Fifth Amendment]] right against self-incrimination “to every question asked of them" in House Intelligence Committee investigation.<ref>http://www.dailywire.com/news/22445/firm-connected-russia-and-democrats-made-trump-ryan-saavedra</ref> The ''Washington Post'' finally admitted on October 24 that the "Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee  funded the research that resulted in a now-infamous dossier containing allegations about President Trump’s connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the [[Kremlin]]...The Clinton campaign paid Perkins Coie $5.6 million in legal fees from June 2015 to December 2016, according to campaign finance records, and the DNC paid the firm $3.6 million in “legal and compliance consulting’’ since November 2015.<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=.458088f4d37c</ref><ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/10/24/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-russia-dossier/WfYqXZf9lvbL5ujqnpp2FJ/story.html</ref> ''WaPo'' published an Oped claiming the "Steele's dossier does include information it says was obtained from "a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure and a former top level Russian intelligence officer still active inside the Kremlin." In other words, the Clinton camp and the DNC colluded with the Russian government."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/25/the-clinton-camp-and-the-dnc-helped-pay-for-that-trump-russia-dossier-heres-what-it-means/?utm_term=.44ba2d3fe34b</ref>  
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In November 2017 FusionGPS payments to mainstream journalists<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/5/journalist-pay-questioned-in-russian-dossier-court/</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20171117203451/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/democratic-mega-donor-mostyn-dies-amid-mental-health-51199029</ref> and Russian sources became public.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/21/unsealed-fusion-gps-bank-records-show-russia-related-payments/?utm_source=site-share</ref>
 
In November 2017 FusionGPS payments to mainstream journalists<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/5/journalist-pay-questioned-in-russian-dossier-court/</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20171117203451/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/democratic-mega-donor-mostyn-dies-amid-mental-health-51199029</ref> and Russian sources became public.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/21/unsealed-fusion-gps-bank-records-show-russia-related-payments/?utm_source=site-share</ref>
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The ''Washington Times'' questioned the motives of the Obama appointees' coup attempt: "It was a watershed moment: the CIA, National Security Agency and FBI challenging the legitimacy of a U.S. presidential victory. The conclusions in the Jan. 6 document were sharp, but the findings unraveled 10 months later, raising questions about the basis for the evidence and the motives of the Obama appointees leading the nation’s [[intelligence community|intelligence and law enforcement]] agencies.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/8/russia-meddling-report-to-trump-raises-questions-o/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWWprM1pqbGhNamRsTkdKaSIsInQiOiJnZlJcL1poc3J4UFZqbHRSWGVDbHdNU1c3TGlqVjFYczBlV3UxSVNLYjlYYkljSmxQaFNvOXNkc2wrQ0x1M0lwXC9UWXAwT1lRXC85NzBLME9qalwvMXkyMXNybE1cL0laUE5jU3BZSExpeWxmUlViYmZKWUxEYzE2aTFvaEtsQWQxWTMwIn0%3D]</ref>
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The ''Washington Times'' questioned the motives of the Obama appointees' coup attempt: "It was a watershed moment: the CIA, National Security Agency and FBI challenging the legitimacy of a U.S. presidential victory. The conclusions in the Jan. 6 document were sharp, but the findings unraveled 10 months later, raising questions about the basis for the evidence and the motives of the Obama appointees leading the nation's [[intelligence community|intelligence and law enforcement]] agencies.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/8/russia-meddling-report-to-trump-raises-questions-o/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWWprM1pqbGhNamRsTkdKaSIsInQiOiJnZlJcL1poc3J4UFZqbHRSWGVDbHdNU1c3TGlqVjFYczBlV3UxSVNLYjlYYkljSmxQaFNvOXNkc2wrQ0x1M0lwXC9UWXAwT1lRXC85NzBLME9qalwvMXkyMXNybE1cL0laUE5jU3BZSExpeWxmUlViYmZKWUxEYzE2aTFvaEtsQWQxWTMwIn0%3D]</ref>
    
The ''Atlantic'' reported during the Obama administration Russian oligarchs owned 5% of [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]].<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/yuri-milner-paradise-papers/545483/</ref> Prof. [[Mifsud]], an alleged Christopher Steele contact, disappeared.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/08/politics/joseph-mifsud-trump-russia-investigation/index.html</ref> Steve Mostyn,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121021154712/https://www.tlrpac.com/files/DemSteveMostynBig.pdf</ref> Democrat mega donor to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head. Mostyn was a co-founder of the Ready for Hillary PAC and the 10th largest donor in the United States.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20171117203451/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/democratic-mega-donor-mostyn-dies-amid-mental-health-51199029</ref><ref>http://rebrn.com/re/long-time-clinton-donor-multimillionaire-dead-by-suicide-3718228/</ref> Calls for the appointment of a Special Prosecutor mounted.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/11/05/graham-calls-for-special-counsel-to-prove-clinton-on-russia-ties/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=twitter</ref><ref>http://nypost.com/2017/11/05/graham-calls-for-special-counsel-to-prove-clinton-on-russia-ties/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=twitter</ref><ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/13/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-considers-appointment-of-new-special-counsel.html</ref><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/14/jim-jordan-special-counsel-needs-to-investigate-do/</ref><ref>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/11/15/rep-mark-meadows-special-counsel-must-investigate-russia-dossier-explain-why-obamas-fbi-was-involved.html</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-the-clintons-should-be-investigated/2017/11/19/d88bb652-cb15-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html?utm_term=.f31ee84c1d43</ref><ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454133/russia-investigation-robert-mueller-special-counsel-needs-oversight-prevent-abuse</ref>
 
The ''Atlantic'' reported during the Obama administration Russian oligarchs owned 5% of [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]].<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/yuri-milner-paradise-papers/545483/</ref> Prof. [[Mifsud]], an alleged Christopher Steele contact, disappeared.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/08/politics/joseph-mifsud-trump-russia-investigation/index.html</ref> Steve Mostyn,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20121021154712/https://www.tlrpac.com/files/DemSteveMostynBig.pdf</ref> Democrat mega donor to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head. Mostyn was a co-founder of the Ready for Hillary PAC and the 10th largest donor in the United States.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20171117203451/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/democratic-mega-donor-mostyn-dies-amid-mental-health-51199029</ref><ref>http://rebrn.com/re/long-time-clinton-donor-multimillionaire-dead-by-suicide-3718228/</ref> Calls for the appointment of a Special Prosecutor mounted.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/11/05/graham-calls-for-special-counsel-to-prove-clinton-on-russia-ties/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=twitter</ref><ref>http://nypost.com/2017/11/05/graham-calls-for-special-counsel-to-prove-clinton-on-russia-ties/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=twitter</ref><ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/13/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-considers-appointment-of-new-special-counsel.html</ref><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/14/jim-jordan-special-counsel-needs-to-investigate-do/</ref><ref>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/11/15/rep-mark-meadows-special-counsel-must-investigate-russia-dossier-explain-why-obamas-fbi-was-involved.html</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-the-clintons-should-be-investigated/2017/11/19/d88bb652-cb15-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html?utm_term=.f31ee84c1d43</ref><ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454133/russia-investigation-robert-mueller-special-counsel-needs-oversight-prevent-abuse</ref>
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In January 2018 Ohr was stripped of his directorship of OCDETF as well. Ohr was directly involved with [[Project Cassandra]], the interagency investigation spearheaded by the [[DEA]] that tracked a massive international [[narcotic]]s and [[money laundering]] scheme allegedly run by [[Hezbollah]]. The project and its potential prosecutions were sidelined by senior [[Obama administration]] officials who didn't want to upset [[Iran]] in the lead-up to the Iran nuclear deal in 2015. Attorney General [[Jeff Sessions]] said in a statement: "While I am hopeful that there were no barriers constructed by the last admission to allowing DEA agents to fully bring all appropriate cases under Project Cassandra, this is a significant issue for the protection of Americans. We will review these matters and give full support to investigations of violent drug trafficking organizations."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/08/doj-official-who-concealed-meetings-with-trump-dossier-figures-loses-another-job-title.html</ref>
 
In January 2018 Ohr was stripped of his directorship of OCDETF as well. Ohr was directly involved with [[Project Cassandra]], the interagency investigation spearheaded by the [[DEA]] that tracked a massive international [[narcotic]]s and [[money laundering]] scheme allegedly run by [[Hezbollah]]. The project and its potential prosecutions were sidelined by senior [[Obama administration]] officials who didn't want to upset [[Iran]] in the lead-up to the Iran nuclear deal in 2015. Attorney General [[Jeff Sessions]] said in a statement: "While I am hopeful that there were no barriers constructed by the last admission to allowing DEA agents to fully bring all appropriate cases under Project Cassandra, this is a significant issue for the protection of Americans. We will review these matters and give full support to investigations of violent drug trafficking organizations."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/08/doj-official-who-concealed-meetings-with-trump-dossier-figures-loses-another-job-title.html</ref>
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Bruce Ohr was the lynchpin between the [[Attorney General]], the FBI and FusionGPS. Ohr’s wife Nellie worked for FusionGPS on the ''Clinton-Steele Dossier''.  
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Bruce Ohr was the lynchpin between the [[Attorney General]], the FBI and FusionGPS. Ohr's wife Nellie worked for FusionGPS on the ''Clinton-Steele Dossier''.  
    
On October 26, 2016 the FISA court issued a decision that revealed that the upper echelon of the FBI and others deliberately gave unlimited and unsupervised access to the most private raw FISA data to FusionGPS. NSA Dir. [[Mike Rogers]] personally informed the FISA court of the Obama administration's violations of Sec. 702(17) of the FISA Act (electronic surveillance of US citizens) after he suspected DOJ/FBI abuses and ordered a compliance audit. The FISA court noted that on March 9, 2016 {{quotebox|“DOJ oversight personnel conducting a minimization review of the FBI’s *** [redacted] learned that the FBI had disclosed raw FISA information, including but not limited to Section 702-acquired information....certain *** [redacted] contractors had access to raw FISA information on FBI storage systems. ***[redacted] the ***[redacted] contractors had access to raw FISA information that went well beyond what was necessary to respond to the FBI’s requests.”}} According to the court, the {{quotebox|“FBI discontinued the above-described access to raw FISA information as of April 18, 2016.”}} The court continued, noting {{quotebox|“Restrictions were not in place with regard to the *** [redacted] contractors; their access was not limited to raw information for which the FBI sought assistance and access continued even after they had completed their work in response to an FBI request."}}  
 
On October 26, 2016 the FISA court issued a decision that revealed that the upper echelon of the FBI and others deliberately gave unlimited and unsupervised access to the most private raw FISA data to FusionGPS. NSA Dir. [[Mike Rogers]] personally informed the FISA court of the Obama administration's violations of Sec. 702(17) of the FISA Act (electronic surveillance of US citizens) after he suspected DOJ/FBI abuses and ordered a compliance audit. The FISA court noted that on March 9, 2016 {{quotebox|“DOJ oversight personnel conducting a minimization review of the FBI’s *** [redacted] learned that the FBI had disclosed raw FISA information, including but not limited to Section 702-acquired information....certain *** [redacted] contractors had access to raw FISA information on FBI storage systems. ***[redacted] the ***[redacted] contractors had access to raw FISA information that went well beyond what was necessary to respond to the FBI’s requests.”}} According to the court, the {{quotebox|“FBI discontinued the above-described access to raw FISA information as of April 18, 2016.”}} The court continued, noting {{quotebox|“Restrictions were not in place with regard to the *** [redacted] contractors; their access was not limited to raw information for which the FBI sought assistance and access continued even after they had completed their work in response to an FBI request."}}  
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Page 83 of the court ruling read, the {{quotebox|"FBI gave raw Section 702–acquired information to a private entity [FusionGPS] that was not a federal agency and whose personnel [Simpson, Steele, Nellie Ohr] were not sufficiently supervised by a federal agency for compliance minimization procedures [protecting the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of US persons]."}}
 
Page 83 of the court ruling read, the {{quotebox|"FBI gave raw Section 702–acquired information to a private entity [FusionGPS] that was not a federal agency and whose personnel [Simpson, Steele, Nellie Ohr] were not sufficiently supervised by a federal agency for compliance minimization procedures [protecting the [[Fourth Amendment]] rights of US persons]."}}
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Footnote 68 of the court’s decision includes the statement that {{quotebox|“the government acknowledges that those disclosures were improper for other reasons.”}} In Footnote 69 the decision reads that {{quotebox|“'''improper access granted to the * * *[redacted] contractors . . . * * *[redacted] . . . seems to have been the result of deliberate decision-making'''. * * *[redacted] access to FBI systems was the subject of an interagency memorandum of understanding (presumably prepared or reviewed by FBI lawyers), no notice of this practice was given to the FISC until 2016.”<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/document/349542716/Top-Secret-FISA-Court-Order-President-Obama-Spying-on-Political-Enemies?irgwc=1&content=10079&campaign=Skimbit%2C%20Ltd.&ad_group=725X700959X1f9f116a5537f6a9a28958a63ea180de&keyword=ft750noi&source=impactradius&medium=affiliate]</ref>}}
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Footnote 68 of the court's decision includes the statement that {{quotebox|“the government acknowledges that those disclosures were improper for other reasons.”}} In Footnote 69 the decision reads that {{quotebox|“'''improper access granted to the * * *[redacted] contractors . . . * * *[redacted] . . . seems to have been the result of deliberate decision-making'''. * * *[redacted] access to FBI systems was the subject of an interagency memorandum of understanding (presumably prepared or reviewed by FBI lawyers), no notice of this practice was given to the FISC until 2016.”<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/document/349542716/Top-Secret-FISA-Court-Order-President-Obama-Spying-on-Political-Enemies?irgwc=1&content=10079&campaign=Skimbit%2C%20Ltd.&ad_group=725X700959X1f9f116a5537f6a9a28958a63ea180de&keyword=ft750noi&source=impactradius&medium=affiliate]</ref>}}
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In the closed door hearing before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Obama administration lawyers admitted to routinely violating American citizens' privacy protections for the past five years. More than 5 percent, or one out of every 20 searches seeking upstream Internet data on Americans inside the NSA’s so-called Section 702 database violated the safeguards Obama and his intelligence chiefs vowed to follow in 2011.<ref>https://www.circa.com/story/2017/05/23/politics/obama-intel-agency-secretly-conducted-illegal-searches-on-americans-for-years</ref>  
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In the closed door hearing before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Obama administration lawyers admitted to routinely violating American citizens' privacy protections for the past five years. More than 5 percent, or one out of every 20 searches seeking upstream Internet data on Americans inside the NSA's so-called Section 702 database violated the safeguards Obama and his intelligence chiefs vowed to follow in 2011.<ref>https://www.circa.com/story/2017/05/23/politics/obama-intel-agency-secretly-conducted-illegal-searches-on-americans-for-years</ref>  
    
Simultaneously with the October 2016 FISA court ruling Perkins Coie, the surrogate law firm acting on behalf of Hillary Clinton campaign and [[DNC]], made a payment of $365,275.33 to FusionGPS.
 
Simultaneously with the October 2016 FISA court ruling Perkins Coie, the surrogate law firm acting on behalf of Hillary Clinton campaign and [[DNC]], made a payment of $365,275.33 to FusionGPS.
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Strzok quoting Trump, "what the FBI did is disgraceful" related to Comey, Strzok, [[Priestap]] and others in the DOJ and FBI  [[obstruction of justice]] in the [[Hillary Clinton email scandal]].
 
Strzok quoting Trump, "what the FBI did is disgraceful" related to Comey, Strzok, [[Priestap]] and others in the DOJ and FBI  [[obstruction of justice]] in the [[Hillary Clinton email scandal]].
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Glenn Simpson of FusionGPS and Bruce Ohr met while President-elect Trump is in the process of selecting his cabinet, and discussed the Clinton  campaign's ''Steele dossier'', the Russia meddling investigation, and what Simpson considered the distressing development of Trump’s victory. The ''Steele dossier'' had been in the hands of the FBI for some five months, and the surveillance on Carter Page had started more than two months prior. Attn Gen. Loretta Lynch used the opposition research paid for by [[Hillary Clinton]] to justify a foreign surveillance warrant (FISA) against Page.
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Glenn Simpson of FusionGPS and Bruce Ohr met while President-elect Trump is in the process of selecting his cabinet, and discussed the Clinton  campaign's ''Steele dossier'', the Russia meddling investigation, and what Simpson considered the distressing development of Trump's victory. The ''Steele dossier'' had been in the hands of the FBI for some five months, and the surveillance on Carter Page had started more than two months prior. Attn Gen. Loretta Lynch used the opposition research paid for by [[Hillary Clinton]] to justify a foreign surveillance warrant (FISA) against Page.
    
==John Brennan==
 
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[[Samantha Power]] is the wife of Obama’s initial regulatory Czar, Cass Sunstein. Power is the author of the Obama Doctrine, referred to as R2P (Responsibility to Protect) through "humanitarian interventionism".<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/corner/president-reticent-stanley-kurtz/</ref> Power has advocated a U.S. military invasion of [[Israel]] under her theories to "protect" Palestinian terrorists.<ref>https://youtu.be/2oFkmcZt4OQ</ref> After spending Obama’s first term in the White House as a foreign policy adviser and the key architect behind [[Libyan war|collapsing the nation of Libya]] with ensuing chaos, Obama rewarded Power with the post of U.N. Ambassador.  
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[[Samantha Power]] is the wife of Obama's initial regulatory Czar, Cass Sunstein. Power is the author of the Obama Doctrine, referred to as R2P (Responsibility to Protect) through "humanitarian interventionism".<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/corner/president-reticent-stanley-kurtz/</ref> Power has advocated a U.S. military invasion of [[Israel]] under her theories to "protect" Palestinian terrorists.<ref>https://youtu.be/2oFkmcZt4OQ</ref> After spending Obama's first term in the White House as a foreign policy adviser and the key architect behind [[Libyan war|collapsing the nation of Libya]] with ensuing chaos, Obama rewarded Power with the post of U.N. Ambassador.  
 
Samantha Power was the primary decision maker behind Obama's interventionist entry into the Libya war. It was Power, along with [[Susan Rice]] and Hillary Clinton, who led the framework of the Libyan uprising, specifically Obama's military aid and support for [[al-Qaeda]] in [[Benghazi]].
 
Samantha Power was the primary decision maker behind Obama's interventionist entry into the Libya war. It was Power, along with [[Susan Rice]] and Hillary Clinton, who led the framework of the Libyan uprising, specifically Obama's military aid and support for [[al-Qaeda]] in [[Benghazi]].
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Throughout election year 2016 Samantha Power, via her State Department office, was unmasking names from the DOJ/FBI conspiracy team’s FISA(702) searches, and FISA(Title-1) surveillance results.  After discovery, she claimed in 2017 someone else was using her database access.
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Throughout election year 2016 Samantha Power, via her State Department office, was unmasking names from the DOJ/FBI conspiracy team's FISA(702) searches, and FISA(Title-1) surveillance results.  After discovery, she claimed in 2017 someone else was using her database access.
    
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On April 22 the ''New York Times'' reported that the FBI offered to pay Christopher Steel $50,000 if Steele could corroborate anything in the ''Steele dossier.''<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/us/politics/james-comey-election.html</ref> A document revealed that Attn. Gen. Loretta Lynch instructed FBI Dir. Comey to cover-up the Hillary Clinton investigation.<ref>http://consjournal.com/document-reveals-lynch-instructed-comey-to-cover-up-hillary-investigation/</ref>
 
On April 22 the ''New York Times'' reported that the FBI offered to pay Christopher Steel $50,000 if Steele could corroborate anything in the ''Steele dossier.''<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/us/politics/james-comey-election.html</ref> A document revealed that Attn. Gen. Loretta Lynch instructed FBI Dir. Comey to cover-up the Hillary Clinton investigation.<ref>http://consjournal.com/document-reveals-lynch-instructed-comey-to-cover-up-hillary-investigation/</ref>
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By April 23 it was obvious CIA Director John Brennen was indeed the first Obama administration official to handle the bogus evidence produced by Democrats to sick the US intelligence gathering apparatus on Trump with the intention to defeat him.  The side that actually colluded with foreign powers was that of Hillary Clinton. Brennan’s goal was obvious, to retain his position as CIA director under Hillary Clinton. Brennan utilized false intelligence as an excuse to set up a multi-agency investigation into Donald Trump. This led the FBI to conduct a search on a computer server connected to Trump Tower, giving Susan Rice and other Clinton supporters a shield in order to spy on Trump’s people. CIA acting under John Brennan leaked to the press that this investigation would be happening. His hope was to cause as much political damage to Trump’s campaign as possible. An official within the intelligence community explained that Brennan’s entourage of radicals didn’t even try to hide what they were doing.
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By April 23 it was obvious CIA Director John Brennen was indeed the first Obama administration official to handle the bogus evidence produced by Democrats to sick the US intelligence gathering apparatus on Trump with the intention to defeat him.  The side that actually colluded with foreign powers was that of Hillary Clinton. Brennan's goal was obvious, to retain his position as CIA director under Hillary Clinton. Brennan utilized false intelligence as an excuse to set up a multi-agency investigation into Donald Trump. This led the FBI to conduct a search on a computer server connected to Trump Tower, giving Susan Rice and other Clinton supporters a shield in order to spy on Trump's people. CIA acting under John Brennan leaked to the press that this investigation would be happening. His hope was to cause as much political damage to Trump's campaign as possible. An official within the intelligence community explained that Brennan's entourage of radicals didn't even try to hide what they were doing.
    
On April 28 the NSA press release announced suspension of President Obama's illegal [[4th Amendment]] civil rights violations of American citizens.<ref>https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/press-room/press-releases/2017/nsa-stops-certain-702-activites.shtml</ref>
 
On April 28 the NSA press release announced suspension of President Obama's illegal [[4th Amendment]] civil rights violations of American citizens.<ref>https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/press-room/press-releases/2017/nsa-stops-certain-702-activites.shtml</ref>
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In June 2018, [[James A. Wolfe]], a 30-year Senior staffer as Director of Security of the Senate Intelligence Committee, was arrested and charged with leaking to three reporters on multiple occasions between December 2015 and December 2017.<ref>Wolfe evidently was caught in a leak hunt, and the copy given to him in March 2017 included a specific, and intentionally wrong, internal date using October 19, 2017 as the origination date for FISA application approval. The actual date was October 21. The October 19 date then shows up in subsequent media reports which were based on the leak.  The New York Times and Washington Post used the wrong date; the concentric reporting of the NYT and WaPo spread the wrong date like a virus. The same countermeasure technique was used in the December 2017 leak from [[Adam Schiff]] to Manu Raju of [[CNN]] regarding an email Donald Trump, Jr. received about [[WikiLeaks]], when in fact the original document was dated 10 days later, ''after'' Wikileaks released DNC emails. Schiff and CNN took the bait, alleging a smoking gun for the collusion narrative, only to retract later in an embarrassing episode that exposed Schiff as a leaker and shoddy reporting by CNN for failing to a qualify sources properly.</ref>  Wolfe leaked the Carter Page FISA application and identity of Carter Page in March 2017 to reporter Ali Watkins.
 
In June 2018, [[James A. Wolfe]], a 30-year Senior staffer as Director of Security of the Senate Intelligence Committee, was arrested and charged with leaking to three reporters on multiple occasions between December 2015 and December 2017.<ref>Wolfe evidently was caught in a leak hunt, and the copy given to him in March 2017 included a specific, and intentionally wrong, internal date using October 19, 2017 as the origination date for FISA application approval. The actual date was October 21. The October 19 date then shows up in subsequent media reports which were based on the leak.  The New York Times and Washington Post used the wrong date; the concentric reporting of the NYT and WaPo spread the wrong date like a virus. The same countermeasure technique was used in the December 2017 leak from [[Adam Schiff]] to Manu Raju of [[CNN]] regarding an email Donald Trump, Jr. received about [[WikiLeaks]], when in fact the original document was dated 10 days later, ''after'' Wikileaks released DNC emails. Schiff and CNN took the bait, alleging a smoking gun for the collusion narrative, only to retract later in an embarrassing episode that exposed Schiff as a leaker and shoddy reporting by CNN for failing to a qualify sources properly.</ref>  Wolfe leaked the Carter Page FISA application and identity of Carter Page in March 2017 to reporter Ali Watkins.
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Attorneys for Wolfe sent letters to all 15 senators on the Committee, notifying them that their testimony may be sought as part of Wolfe’s defense.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-intelligence-committee-aides-lawyers-want-testimony-from-senators-1532692801?mod=e2tw</ref> Wolfe, who faces the lesser charge of lying to the FBI rather than the more serious charge of leaking classified national security information, may have told the FBI he was acting on instructions of Senators when he leaked the Carter Page FISA application in March 2017.  
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Attorneys for Wolfe sent letters to all 15 senators on the Committee, notifying them that their testimony may be sought as part of Wolfe's defense.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-intelligence-committee-aides-lawyers-want-testimony-from-senators-1532692801?mod=e2tw</ref> Wolfe, who faces the lesser charge of lying to the FBI rather than the more serious charge of leaking classified national security information, may have told the FBI he was acting on instructions of Senators when he leaked the Carter Page FISA application in March 2017.  
    
The FISA application includes the false allegation that Page had been recruited by Russian intelligence in 2013. In fact, Page reported the recruitment attempt to the FBI and worked as a paid informant for the FBI to secure convictions of the Russian spies.<ref>https://caucus99percent.com/content/wsj-confirms-carter-page-was-cooperating-fbi-he-entered-campaign</ref> The Obama Justice Department lied to the FISA court in October 2016 alleging Page was an "an agent of a foreign power," and hid Page's past work for the FBI in helping secure convictions of Russian spies.<ref>http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/carter-page-setup-by-fbi-he-was-fbi-employee-fbi-told-fisa-court-he-was-a-russian-spy/</ref>  
 
The FISA application includes the false allegation that Page had been recruited by Russian intelligence in 2013. In fact, Page reported the recruitment attempt to the FBI and worked as a paid informant for the FBI to secure convictions of the Russian spies.<ref>https://caucus99percent.com/content/wsj-confirms-carter-page-was-cooperating-fbi-he-entered-campaign</ref> The Obama Justice Department lied to the FISA court in October 2016 alleging Page was an "an agent of a foreign power," and hid Page's past work for the FBI in helping secure convictions of Russian spies.<ref>http://www.investmentwatchblog.com/carter-page-setup-by-fbi-he-was-fbi-employee-fbi-told-fisa-court-he-was-a-russian-spy/</ref>  
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:*While serving a senior [[foreign policy]] advisor for Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, both Farkas and Clinton still held security clearances outside government. https://youtu.be/xfSES06rlIU
 
:*While serving a senior [[foreign policy]] advisor for Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, both Farkas and Clinton still held security clearances outside government. https://youtu.be/xfSES06rlIU
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:*Farkas' use of "people on the hill" refers to Congressional staff which numbers into the tens of thousands, some of which have press contacts and are the source of leaks. Once the materials fell into their hands, many partisan staffers then became armchair counter-intelligence sleuths, combing  through the leaked material, feeding their mainstream sources with their latest pet theories on Donald Trump being in the pay of the KGB, and taking to Tw</itter threads with extended narratives to document their speculation.
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:*Farkas' use of "people on the hill" refers to Congressional staff which numbers into the tens of thousands, some of which have press contacts and are the source of leaks. Once the materials fell into their hands, many partisan staffers then became armchair counter-intelligence sleuths, combing  through the leaked material, feeding their mainstream sources with their latest pet theories on Donald Trump being in the pay of the KGB, and taking to Twitter threads with extended narratives to document their speculation.
    
:*As Dep. Asst. Sec. of Defense, Farkas had daily access to Obama's ''Presidential Daily Briefing'', which includes SCIF.</ref>
 
:*As Dep. Asst. Sec. of Defense, Farkas had daily access to Obama's ''Presidential Daily Briefing'', which includes SCIF.</ref>
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*'''3 March.''' [[Adam Lovinger]] noted, {{quotebox|“There has never been an external review of these contractors’ [e.g. [[Stefan Halper]] ] research products…It is now clear that over several decades the office [ONA] transferred millions of dollars to inexperienced and unqualified contractors.”<refI>https://dailycaller.com/2017/09/27/exclusive-chelsea-clintons-best-friends-defense-company-got-11-mil-in-contracts-but-doesnt-have-federal-security-clearance/</ref>}}
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*'''3 March.''' [[Adam Lovinger]] noted, {{quotebox|“There has never been an external review of these contractors’ [e.g. [[Stefan Halper]] ] research products…It is now clear that over several decades the office [ONA] transferred millions of dollars to inexperienced and unqualified contractors.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/09/27/exclusive-chelsea-clintons-best-friends-defense-company-got-11-mil-in-contracts-but-doesnt-have-federal-security-clearance/</ref>}}
 
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*Wikileaks releases list of Obama wiretaping targets.<ref><small>The list includes: [[UN]] Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]; the Chief of Staff of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Director of the Rules Division of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Johann Human; [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and [[Italian]] Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]]; [[European Union]] and [[Japan]]ese trade ministers at the WTO Doha rounds (the talks subsequently collapsed); five top EU economic officials including their [[French]], [[Austria]]n and [[Belgium]] phones; Italy’s ambassador to [[NATO]] and other top Italian officials for long term interception; French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]].</small></ref>
 
*Wikileaks releases list of Obama wiretaping targets.<ref><small>The list includes: [[UN]] Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]; the Chief of Staff of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); Director of the Rules Division of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Johann Human; [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and [[Italian]] Prime Minister [[Silvio Berlusconi]]; [[European Union]] and [[Japan]]ese trade ministers at the WTO Doha rounds (the talks subsequently collapsed); five top EU economic officials including their [[French]], [[Austria]]n and [[Belgium]] phones; Italy’s ambassador to [[NATO]] and other top Italian officials for long term interception; French president [[Nicolas Sarkozy]].</small></ref>
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*'''6 March.''' Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. '''Grassley inquires of the FBI's plan to pay FusionGPS''' operative for spying on Trump during the campaign, sparking questions of Obama administration’s use of federal authorities for political gain.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/fbi-plan-pay-ex-spy-trump-intel-during-campaign-sparks-questions-obama-admin’s</ref><ref>https://nobsopus.blogspot.com/2017/05/fbi-plan-to-pay-ex-spy-for-trump-intel.html</ref>
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*'''6 March.''' Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. '''Grassley inquires of the FBI's plan to pay FusionGPS''' operative for spying on Trump during the campaign, sparking questions of Obama administration's use of federal authorities for political gain.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/fbi-plan-pay-ex-spy-trump-intel-during-campaign-sparks-questions-obama-admin’s</ref><ref>https://nobsopus.blogspot.com/2017/05/fbi-plan-to-pay-ex-spy-for-trump-intel.html</ref>
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*''Daily Caller'' reports Tony Podesta was paid $170,000 over a six-month period in 2016 to represent Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, seeking to end one of the Obama administration’s sanctions against that country. Podesta, founder and chairman of the Podesta Group, is listed as a key lobbyist on behalf of Sberbank, according to Senate lobbying disclosure forms. His firm received more than $24 million in fees in 2016, much of it coming from foreign governments, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.[[Robby Mook]], [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 Presidential election]] campaign manager told [[Fox News]] he knew of electronic surveillance on Trump during the campaign and was told by US intelligence. Mook is not a government employee and had no right to access of that information.<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/07/robby-mook-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-campaign-talking-russians-wiretapping</ref><ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/06/exclusive-dem-super-lobbyist-podesta-got-170k-to-end-us-sanctions-on-russian-bank/</ref>
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*''Daily Caller'' reports Tony Podesta was paid $170,000 over a six-month period in 2016 to represent Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, seeking to end one of the Obama administration's sanctions against that country. Podesta, founder and chairman of the Podesta Group, is listed as a key lobbyist on behalf of Sberbank, according to Senate lobbying disclosure forms. His firm received more than $24 million in fees in 2016, much of it coming from foreign governments, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.[[Robby Mook]], [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 Presidential election]] campaign manager told [[Fox News]] he knew of electronic surveillance on Trump during the campaign and was told by US intelligence. Mook is not a government employee and had no right to access of that information.<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/07/robby-mook-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-campaign-talking-russians-wiretapping</ref><ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/06/exclusive-dem-super-lobbyist-podesta-got-170k-to-end-us-sanctions-on-russian-bank/</ref>
    
*'''7 March.''' Steele and Bruce Ohr exchange emails: {{quotebox|Steele: Would it be possible to speak later today please? We’re very concerned by the Grassley letter and it’s possible implications for us, our operations and our sources. We need some reassurance. Many thanks<br>Ohr: Sure: Would 130 today, DC time. work?<br>Steele: Yes thanks it would. Sorry to bother you so early but I know you’ll appreciate why we are concerned.}}
 
*'''7 March.''' Steele and Bruce Ohr exchange emails: {{quotebox|Steele: Would it be possible to speak later today please? We’re very concerned by the Grassley letter and it’s possible implications for us, our operations and our sources. We need some reassurance. Many thanks<br>Ohr: Sure: Would 130 today, DC time. work?<br>Steele: Yes thanks it would. Sorry to bother you so early but I know you’ll appreciate why we are concerned.}}
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*Two days after Dir. Comey's extraordinary testimony, Chairman Nunes reveals the FBI and other agencies are stonewalling Congressional investigation of illegal Obama administrations leaks.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/03/22/intel_committee_chairman_nunes_fbi_not_cooperating_with_trump_surveillance_investigation.html</ref>
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*'''23 March.''' '''Devin Nunes revealed that some of the Trump Team's conversations had been spied upon'''.<ref>Derespina, Cody (March 23, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/23/trump-basks-in-nunes-surveillance-news-so-that-means-im-right.html Trump basks in Nunes surveillance news: 'So that means I'm right']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.</ref> National Security expert and journalist Bill Gertz who has lectured on defense, national security, and media issues at the Defense Department’s National Security Leadership Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, the FBI National Academy, the National Defense University, and the CIA reported it is possible "Nunes himself was among those whose communications were improperly monitored."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/intelligence-reports-reveal-improper-political-surveillance-trump-transition-team/</ref>  
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*Mark Warner texts Adam Waldman: {{quotebox|Mark Warner - Need to coordinate date for trip can u talk with my scheduler also want to discuss Paul [Manafort?]
 
*Mark Warner texts Adam Waldman: {{quotebox|Mark Warner - Need to coordinate date for trip can u talk with my scheduler also want to discuss Paul [Manafort?]
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*'''11 April.''' ''Washington Post'' published an article, ''FBI Obtained FISA Warrant to Monitor Former Trump Adviser Carter Page'' by Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous. It reads in part, {{quotebox|"The FBI obtained a secret court order in October 2016 to monitor the communications of a former adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, part by of an investigation into possible links between Russia and the campaign, law enforcement and other U.S. officials said.<br>The FBI and the Justice Department obtained the warrant targeting Carter Page’s communications after convincing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge that there was probable cause to believe Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power, in this case Russia, according to the officials.<br>The court documents in that spy case only identify Page as “Male 1.’’ Officials familiar with the case said that “Male 1’’ is Page."}} It is the '''first disclosure of the October 2016 Carter Page FISA warrant'''.  
 
*'''11 April.''' ''Washington Post'' published an article, ''FBI Obtained FISA Warrant to Monitor Former Trump Adviser Carter Page'' by Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous. It reads in part, {{quotebox|"The FBI obtained a secret court order in October 2016 to monitor the communications of a former adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, part by of an investigation into possible links between Russia and the campaign, law enforcement and other U.S. officials said.<br>The FBI and the Justice Department obtained the warrant targeting Carter Page’s communications after convincing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge that there was probable cause to believe Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power, in this case Russia, according to the officials.<br>The court documents in that spy case only identify Page as “Male 1.’’ Officials familiar with the case said that “Male 1’’ is Page."}} It is the '''first disclosure of the October 2016 Carter Page FISA warrant'''.  
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*'''12 April.''' Strzok congratulates Lisa Page on a job well done while referring to two derogatory articles about Carter Page. In the text, Strzok warns Page two articles are coming out, one which is “worse” than the other about Lisa’s “namesake" (Carter Page).  
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*'''12 April.''' Strzok congratulates Lisa Page on a job well done while referring to two derogatory articles about Carter Page. In the text, Strzok warns Page two articles are coming out, one which is “worse” than the other about Lisa's “namesake" (Carter Page).  
    
*'''Podesta Group'''<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?priv=Podesta+Group</ref> '''discloses unregistered lobbying for the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECMU) - the same group Manafort is associated with.''' Podesta Group lobbied from 2012 through 2014 on behalf of a [[Brussels]]-based non-profit, the ECMU, a Ukrainian front. U.S. lobbying laws require reporting payments from a foreign government. The lobbying firm run by Tony Podesta, brother of Hillary for America campaign chairman John Podesta, reported in its filing that it was paid more than $1.2 million.<ref>http://bertdohmen.com/what-is-fake-news/</ref>
 
*'''Podesta Group'''<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?priv=Podesta+Group</ref> '''discloses unregistered lobbying for the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECMU) - the same group Manafort is associated with.''' Podesta Group lobbied from 2012 through 2014 on behalf of a [[Brussels]]-based non-profit, the ECMU, a Ukrainian front. U.S. lobbying laws require reporting payments from a foreign government. The lobbying firm run by Tony Podesta, brother of Hillary for America campaign chairman John Podesta, reported in its filing that it was paid more than $1.2 million.<ref>http://bertdohmen.com/what-is-fake-news/</ref>
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*'''25 April.''' '''Russian lobbyist colludes with Democrat  Senator to impede key witness testimony in Russia investigation.''' Adam Waldman texts Sen. Mark Warner: {{quotebox|“I spoke w Steele. He repeated the same position which is that he wants to be helpful but is fearful of the triumvirate of cost, time suck and reputation.<br>He asked me what your concern was about a letter first and I explained it but he would still like as a first protective step from you and [Sen. Richard] Burr asking him and his partner to assist w the investigation by answering questions. He said he will also speak w [[Dan Jones]] whom he says is talking to you.<br>I pointed out there is no privilege in that discussion although Dan [Jones] is a good guy and very trustworthy guy. I encouraged him again to engage with you for the sake of the truth and of vindication of the dossier."}} Waldman represents Russian oligarch [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Dan Jones is an ex-Dianne Feinstein staffer who currently is employing Christopher Steele and FusionGPS  to keep the Trump-Russia narrative alive.
 
*'''25 April.''' '''Russian lobbyist colludes with Democrat  Senator to impede key witness testimony in Russia investigation.''' Adam Waldman texts Sen. Mark Warner: {{quotebox|“I spoke w Steele. He repeated the same position which is that he wants to be helpful but is fearful of the triumvirate of cost, time suck and reputation.<br>He asked me what your concern was about a letter first and I explained it but he would still like as a first protective step from you and [Sen. Richard] Burr asking him and his partner to assist w the investigation by answering questions. He said he will also speak w [[Dan Jones]] whom he says is talking to you.<br>I pointed out there is no privilege in that discussion although Dan [Jones] is a good guy and very trustworthy guy. I encouraged him again to engage with you for the sake of the truth and of vindication of the dossier."}} Waldman represents Russian oligarch [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Dan Jones is an ex-Dianne Feinstein staffer who currently is employing Christopher Steele and FusionGPS  to keep the Trump-Russia narrative alive.
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*'''26 April.''' '''October 2016 FISA court ruling released.''' DNI [[Dan Coats]] declassifies the October 2016 FISA Court Ruling exposing a number of criminal activities that Barack Obama’s FBI and DOJ participated in during his time in office.  The FISA Court Ruling shows widespread abuse of the FISA mandate. According to the report, Obama’s FBI and DOJ performed searches on Americans that were against their 4th Amendment rights.  This went on for years.  One paragraph in the report states that 85% of the Section 704 and 705(b) FISA searches made during this time were non-compliant with applicable laws and therefore criminal. FISA 705 warrants deal with US citizens outside of the country.<ref>https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/icotr/51117/2016_Cert_FISC_Memo_Opin_Order_Apr_2017.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/01/unsealed-fisa-court-ruling-shows-85-obamas-fbi-doj-704-5-fisa-searches-illegal-illegally-provided-government-outsiders/</ref>
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*'''26 April.''' '''October 2016 FISA court ruling released.''' DNI [[Dan Coats]] declassifies the October 2016 FISA Court Ruling exposing a number of criminal activities that Barack Obama's FBI and DOJ participated in during his time in office.  The FISA Court Ruling shows widespread abuse of the FISA mandate. According to the report, Obama's FBI and DOJ performed searches on Americans that were against their 4th Amendment rights.  This went on for years.  One paragraph in the report states that 85% of the Section 704 and 705(b) FISA searches made during this time were non-compliant with applicable laws and therefore criminal. FISA 705 warrants deal with US citizens outside of the country.<ref>https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/icotr/51117/2016_Cert_FISC_Memo_Opin_Order_Apr_2017.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/01/unsealed-fisa-court-ruling-shows-85-obamas-fbi-doj-704-5-fisa-searches-illegal-illegally-provided-government-outsiders/</ref>
    
*'''28 April.''' NSA press release announces suspension of President Obama's illegal [[4th Amendment]] civil rights violations of American citizens.<ref>https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/press-room/press-releases/2017/nsa-stops-certain-702-activites.shtml</ref>
 
*'''28 April.''' NSA press release announces suspension of President Obama's illegal [[4th Amendment]] civil rights violations of American citizens.<ref>https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/press-room/press-releases/2017/nsa-stops-certain-702-activites.shtml</ref>
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