Block, Siteadmin, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, delete, edit, move, nsTeam2RO, nsTeam2RW, nsTeam2_talkRO, nsTeam2_talkRW, protect, rollback, Administrators, template
296,573
edits
Changes
→January 2017
*'''31 January.''' Steele and Bruce Ohr exchange emails: {{quotebox|Steele: B, doubtless a sad and crazy day for you-SY [Sally Yates]. Just wanted to check you are OK, still in situ and able to help locally as discussed, along with your Bureau colleagues, with '''our guy [Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin, has faced credible accusations of extortion, bribery and murder<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/09/02/whats-in-store-for-trumps-week-300850</ref>]''' if the need arises? Many Thanks and Best as Always, C<br><br>Ohr: Yes, a crazy day. I’m still here and able to help as discussed. I’ll let you know if that changes. Thanks<br><br>Steele: Thanks. You have my sympathy and support. '''If you end up out though, I really need another (Bureau?) contact point/number who is briefed. We can’t allow our guy [Deripaska] to be forced to go back home. It would be disastrous all round''', though his position now looks stable. A million thanks. C<br><br>Ohr: Understood. I can certainly give you an FBI contact if it becomes necessary.}}
*'''31 January.''' Steele and Bruce Ohr exchange emails: {{quotebox|Steele: B, doubtless a sad and crazy day for you-SY [Sally Yates]. Just wanted to check you are OK, still in situ and able to help locally as discussed, along with your Bureau colleagues, with '''our guy [Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin, has faced credible accusations of extortion, bribery and murder<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/09/02/whats-in-store-for-trumps-week-300850</ref>]''' if the need arises? Many Thanks and Best as Always, C<br><br>Ohr: Yes, a crazy day. I’m still here and able to help as discussed. I’ll let you know if that changes. Thanks<br><br>Steele: Thanks. You have my sympathy and support. '''If you end up out though, I really need another (Bureau?) contact point/number who is briefed. We can’t allow our guy [Deripaska] to be forced to go back home. It would be disastrous all round''', though his position now looks stable. A million thanks. C<br><br>Ohr: Understood. I can certainly give you an FBI contact if it becomes necessary.}}
===February 2017===
*'''February.''' NSC staffers Eric Ciaramella and Sean Misko (who later joined Adam Schiff's congressional staff in 2019) openly discuss removing President Trump at a White House National Security Council meeting called by National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/01/22/whistleblower_was_overheard_in_17_discussing_with_ally_how_to_remove_trump_121701.html</ref>
*'''2 February.''' Both [[Australia]] and the White House deny they were behind the leak of a phone conversation between Trump and the Australian prime minister which received widespread media reporting that was critical of President Trump.<ref>https://thewest.com.au/politics/world-politics/who-leaked-donald-trump-malcolm-turnbull-call-details-ng-b88374967zn</ref>
*''Politico'' reports “Federal workers turn to encryption to thwart Trump...Whether inside the Environmental Protection Agency, within the Foreign Service, on the edges of the [[Labor Department]] or beyond, employees are using new technology … to organize letters, talk strategy, or contact media outlets and other groups to express their dissent...Fearing for their jobs, the employees began communicating incognito using the app Signal shortly after Trump’s inauguration...[T]he goal is to “create a network across the agency.” This may be an effort to evade Congressional oversight.
*''Politico'' reports 5 House IT staffers, including 3 brothers later identified as Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan, and two their wives were relieved of access to House computers and had been under criminal investigation since late 2016.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/house-staffers-investigation-equipment-234586</ref> While full details were not disclosed, subsequently it was learned they managed office information technology for Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee handling matters on war and [[terrorism]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/02/04/exclusive-house-intelligence-it-staffers-fired-in-computer-security-probe/#ixzz4b5enE6c9</ref> It was also learned later Imran Awan worked for ex-DNC Chair [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]],<ref>https://observer.com/2017/02/imran-awan-democrat-debbie-wasserman-schultz-criminal-investigation/</ref> had access to her iPad and password,<ref>
https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/suspect-in-house-it-security-probe-also-had-access-to-dnc-emails/n</ref> took $100,000 in cash from an Iraqi company,<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/02/20/exclusive-house-dem-it-guys-in-security-probe-secretly-took-100k-in-iraqi-money/</ref> and was a suspect in the leaking of DNC emails to Wikileaks. Despite verbose allegations of "Russian hacking," the DNC never allowed the FBI to examine its servers to determine whether the DNC had indeed been hacked, or if the leaks came from an inside source.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/suspect-in-house-it-security-probe-also-had-access-to-dnc-emails/</ref> The suspects may have been involved in a leak of information that lead to the ambush and death of Navy SEAL William Ryan Owen.<ref>
http://www.americanow.com/story/society/2017/02/06/muslim-spy-ring-linked-navy-seals-death</ref> Furthermore, because the suspects were [[Muslim]],<ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-01/house-democrats-delayed-dismissal-it-staff-hackers-because-they-were-muslim-american</ref> their activities were covered up, and they were not fired till after the death of Owen. Even then, they were initially relieved of duties without their names being released, two weeks later fired,<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/house-staff-criminal-investigation-234714</ref> and three weeks after that in a series of press leaks identified as prime suspects in what the media called the "Russian hacking" scandal.
[[File:Mifsud with Boris Johnson.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|'''FBI/CIA spy [[Joseph Mifsud]] (left) with [[UK]] prime minister [[Boris Johnson]] (center)''' two weeks after [[George Papadopoulos]]' plea agreement in the [[Mueller investigation]].<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-pictured-with-london-professor-from-fbi-russia-probe/amp/</ref> The enite Trump-Russia conspiracy hoax was hatched by [[Obama administration|Obama]] CIA director [[John Brennan]] on the false allegation that Mifsud was a Russian agent. Mifsud had been working for Brennan and [[Jimmy the Weasel]] Comey all along.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUZ8XI_ncas Why the Mifsud Story Matters], DECLASSIFIED with Gina Shakespeare,- ''The Epoch Times'', Aug 5, 2019.</ref>]]
*'''3 February.''' '''[[Adam Waldman]] meets with [[Bruce Ohr]] to discuss immunity safe passage deal for [[Julian Assange]].'''<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/382554805/OhrWaldman-Text-Messages</ref>
*Russian tech mogul named in the ''Steele dossier'' files defamation lawsuits against BuzzFeed in the U.S. and Christopher Steele in the U.K. over the dossier’s claims he interfered in U.S. elections.
*Paul Irving, the House’s top law enforcement officer in the [[Awan investigation]], wrote in a letter to the Committee on House Administration that soon after it became evidence, the Awan's external server went “missing." The letter continued:
{{Quotebox|“Based upon the evidence gathered to this point, we have concluded the employees are an ongoing and serious risk to the House of Representatives, possibly threatening the integrity of our information systems.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/07/02/awan-memo-server-vanished/</ref><ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/07/03/awan-cybersecurity-not-charged/?utm_medium=push&utm_source=daily_caller&utm_campaign=push</ref>}}
*'''6 February.''' Trump blames ‘Obama people’ for leaking details of calls with foreign leaders.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/02/06/trump-blames-obama-people-for-leaking-details-of-calls-with-foreign-leaders/</ref>
*Bruce Ohr's eighth interview with the FBI; FR-302 dated 2/8/27.
*'''8 February.''' '''[[Joseph Mifsud]] in Washington as a featured speaker for the U.S State Department''''s Office of International Visitors Global Ties program. Anatoli Samochornov, who attended the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr., [[Jared Kushner]], Paul Manafort, and acted as [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]]'s translator, was an officer for the Global Ties program.<ref>https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2010/nyfo021710-1.htm</ref> Samochornov has translated for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, [[Joe Biden]], and [[John Kerry]].<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/in/anatoli-samochornov-321556a6</ref><ref>https://thefederalist.com/2018/08/02/inspect-fisa-applications-closely-mysteries-arise-joseph-mifsud/</ref> Samochornov has also done work for the FBI when Mueller was director.<ref>https://truepundit.com/russian-at-donald-trump-jr-meeting-worked-with-fbi-while-special-counsel-robert-mueller-was-fbi-director/</ref> '''While in Washington Mifsud was interviewed by the FBI''' in relation to the Papadopoulos case. The '''FBI did not arrest Mifsud as a Russian spy, despite Mueller contention a few months later that he was.'''<ref>https://disobedientmedia.com/2018/04/a-conversation-with-chris-blackburn-on-the-contradictions-surrounding-mifsud/</ref>
*'''9 February.''' ''New York Times'' reports fake news narrative "''Flynn is Said to Have Talked to Russians About Sanctions Before Trump Took Office,''"<ref>
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/us/flynn-is-said-to-have-talked-to-russians-about-sanctions-before-trump-took-office.html</ref> based on illegal FISA surveillance.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/09/11/a_labyrinth_of_anti-trump_leaks_upon_anti-trump_leaks.html</ref>
[[File:800px-Defense.gov photo essay 120724-D-BW835-236.jpg|right|335px|thumb|National Security Advisor Gen. Mike Flynn, 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. An arms race or hot war with Russia, Iran, and North Korea is now a possibility, unless President Trump can "drain the swamp" of Obama holdovers among the 15,000 strong national security establishment and Intelligence Community (IC).]]
*'''11 February.''' National Security aide to National Security Advisor Michael Flynn is denied a security clearance, in effect, the '''CIA exercising [[veto]] power over the President's management of national security''' affairs. The action was unprecedented and without cause. Reports say the CIA did not like the aide's attitude toward the agency.<ref>The artcle continues: "Since no one can take part in the formulation or execution of foreign or defense policy without a high-level security clearance, vetoing the president’s people by denying them clearances trumps the president....the persons who thus took for themselves the prerogative that the American people had entrusted to [President Trump] at the ballot box, chances are 100 percent that they will use that prerogative ever more frequently with regard to anyone else whom they regard as standing in the way of their preferred policies, as a threat to their reputation, or simply as partisan opponents... undermin[ing] nothing less than the self-evident heart of the [[United States Constitution:Article II|Constitution’s Article II]]: The president is the executive branch. All of its employees draw their powers from him and answer to him, not the other way around." https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/15/cia-insults-trump/</ref> “They believe this is a hit job from inside the CIA on Flynn and the people close to him," because the aide "believes that the CIA doesn’t run the world.”<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/319073-top-flynn-aide-rejected-for-key-security-clearance-report</ref><ref>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/937741488645070849.html</ref>
*'''12 February.''' The ''Observer'' reports a Senior [[Department of Defense]] official saying since January 20, we’ve assumed that the Kremlin has ears inside the SITROOM".<ref>https://observer.com/2017/02/donald-trump-administration-mike-flynn-russian-embassy/</ref>
*'''13 February.''' '''Coup plotters oust Flynn, sabotage Trump's foreign policy agenda.''' Flynn resigns.
:*Reports say Sally Yates warned Don McGahan that Flynn was vulnerable to Russian blackmail;<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/online/report-acting-ag-told-wh-that-flynn-could-be-vulnerable-to-russian-blackmail/</ref> Yates states later, “We weren’t the only ones that knew all of this… the Russians also knew about what General Flynn had done, and the Russians also knew that General Flynn had misled the vice president and others… Not only did we believe that the Russians knew this, but that they likely had proof of this information, and that created a compromise situation––a situation where the national security advisor essentially could be blackmailed by the Russians.”<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/tv/sally-yates-we-believed-general-flynn-was-compromised-with-respect-to-the-russians/</ref>
:*Consortiumnews asks,
{{Quotebox|Senior Justice Department holdovers from the Obama administration concocted an argument that Flynn might be vulnerable to Russian blackmail. The argument is dubious because the Russians would know that the U.S. government knew exactly what the conversations entailed, so how would the blackmail work?}}
:*Consortiumnews reports, "Flynn’s real 'offense' appears to be that he favors ''[[détente]]'' with Russia rather than escalation of a new and dangerous [[Cold War]]. Trump’s idea of a ''rapprochement'' with Moscow – and a search for areas of cooperation and compromise – has been driving Official Washington’s foreign policy establishment crazy for months and [[Hillary Rodham Clinton#The neoconservatives return|the neocons, in particular]], have been determined to block it."<ref><small>The article continues, "as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency – he oversaw a prescient 2012 analysis that foresaw that their support for the Syrian insurgency would give rise to “a declared or undeclared [[Salafi]]st principality in eastern Syria [ISIS].”
The DIA report, which was partially declassified in a lawsuit over the [[Libyan War#Ambassador Stevens dispatched|2012 killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya]] and three other U.S. personnel in Benghazi, Libya, embarrassed the advocates for an escalation of the war in Syria and the ouster of secular President Bashar al-Assad.
Flynn even went further in a 2015 interview when he said the intelligence was “very clear” that the '''Obama administration made a [[Libyan Islamic Fighting Group|“willful decision” to back these jihad]]ists in league with Middle East allies, a choice that looked particularly stupid when Islamic State militants started beheading American hostages''' and capturing cities in Iraq....
<font color="blue">Key U.S. government neocons, such as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Victoria Nuland and Sen. John McCain, then began pushing for the violent right-wing coup that – in February 2014 – ousted Ukraine’s elected President Viktor Yanukovych and touched off the new Cold War with Russia.</font>
Amid these heightened tensions, the mainstream media in the United States and Europe joined in the full-scale Russia/Putin-bashing...
to enforce the new groupthink – holding Russia at fault for pretty much everything – a new McCarthyism emerged, deeming anyone who dared disagree a “Moscow stooge” or a “Russian propagandist.”
The ugliness penetrated into the U.S. presidential campaign because Democrat [[Hillary Clinton]] took a belligerent line toward Russia while Trump broke with the Republican establishment and called for improved ties between Washington and Moscow...
This hysteria over Russia gained added strength because Democrats were so angry over Trump’s election that liberal and progressive operatives saw a chance to build a movement and raise lots of money by pushing the Trump-Putin accusations.
This opportunism has turned much of the liberal/progressive community into a pro-New Cold War constituency willing to engage in a new breed of McCarthyism by demanding intensive investigations into alleged connections between Americans and Russians....
...since Trump’s inauguration, the focus has shifted to Flynn, as the personification of the effort to cool off the New Cold War, because he had phone conversations with the Russian ambassador that presumably were intercepted by U.S. intelligence.
Because Flynn supposedly misrepresented some details of the calls to Vice President Mike Pence, senior '''Justice Department holdovers from the Obama administration concocted an argument that Flynn might be vulnerable to Russian blackmail.'''
'''The argument is dubious because the Russians would know that the U.S. government knew exactly what the conversations entailed, so how would the blackmail work?''' But this “blackmail” argument is another throwback to the earlier McCarthy days when gays were barred from sensitive government jobs because of their alleged susceptibility to blackmail.
But the gambit to get Flynn worked. Amid frenzied coverage on CNN, [[MSNBC]], The ''Washington Post'', The ''New York Times'' and the rest of the mainstream media, Flynn and the Russia ''détente'' that he stood for were not expected to be long for this world of Official Washington." https://consortiumnews.com/2017/02/14/trump-caves-on-flynns-resignation/ </small></ref>
*'''14 February.''' '''Comey meeting with Trump in the Oval Office.'''<ref>https://clintonfoundationtimeline.com/february-14-2017-comeys-statement-for-the-record-on-his-oval-office-meeting-with-trump/</ref>
:*Comey alleges the President tried to obstruct justice in the Flynn case, when in fact the Department of Justice had cleared Flynn of allegations of being "an agent of Russia" two weeks earlier, on January 31, 2017.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXseNmo94BY</ref>
[[File:Strzok-Flynn-Text-2.png|right|350px|thumb]][[File:Strzok-Flynn-Text-3.png|right|350px|thumb]]
:*Strzok/Lisa Page texts on Flynn interview report:
{{Quotebox|Strzok - Also, is Andy [McCabe] good with F 302?<br>Lisa Page - Launch on f 302.<br>Strzok - K thank you.}}
:*''New York Times'' Michael S. Schmidt, Mark Mazzetti and Matt Apuzzo reported about supposed contacts between Trump campaign staff and “senior Russian intelligence officials.” Comey later testified “In the main, [the article] was not true."
:*[[Charles Krauthammer|Krauthammer]] on unmasking of Flynn, "When the conversation involves an American, there are extremely strict procedures to blur the identity, to hide the identity and to protect the information coming from the American. This is the exact opposite of that, and it is scary."<ref>
[http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/02/14/krauthammer_we_can_not_have_intel_agencies_eavesdrop_on_americans_and_release_it_to_press.html]</ref>
:*Bruce Ohr's ninth interview with Pientka of the FBI; FD-302 dated 2/15/17.
<!--:*Head of the [[Secret Service]], Joseph Clancy, announced his resignation.<ref>https://www.npr.org/2017/02/14/515225992/secret-service-director-announces-retirement</ref>-->
*'''15 February.''' First Flynn 302 completed; revised May 31, 2018 after Mueller appointment.<ref>https://t.co/c3tX2Rz8wf</ref> Within the case against Michael Flynn, prosecutor Brandon Van Grack later filed a cover letter attempting to explain the reason for the Flynn interview on January 24, 2017, and a delay in the official filing of the interview notes (FD-302) on February 15, 2017, and then another edit on May 31, 2017.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/mueller-cover-flynn-doc-1.jpg</ref> What the special counsel appeared to be obfuscating was a process of deliberation within the investigative unit, headed by FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, surrounding the specific wording of the 302 report on the Flynn interview. Likely how best to word the FBI notes for maximum damage.
:*In late 2018 Prosecutor Brandon Van Grack was attempting to hide the length of the small group deliberations within the FBI. It appears Van Grack did not want the court to know Andrew McCabe was involved in shaping how the Flynn-302 was written. To explain the FBI delay, Van Grack claimed the FD-302 report “inadvertently” had a header saying “DRAFT DOCUMENT/DELIBERATIVE MATERIAL.” However, there was a deliberative process in place, seemingly all about how to best position the narrative, as seen in the Feb. 14 Lisa Page and Peter Strzok text messages. The Michael Flynn FD-302 was officially entered into the record on February 15th, 2017, per the report.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/flynn-fbi-notes-2.jpg</ref> The interview took place on January 24th, 2017. The FD-302 was drafted on January 24th, and then later edited, shaped, and ultimately approved by McCabe, on February 14th, then entered into the official record on February 15th. It was a deliberative document from the outset. Thanks to the Strzok/Page text messages we know the cover letter from the Special Counsel is misleading. The Feb 15th, 2017, date was the day after McCabe approved it. May 17th, 2017, Robert Mueller was assigned as special Counsel. Then, the FD-302 report was re-entered on May 31st, 2017, removing the header; paving the way for Mueller’s team to use the content therein. Flynn didn’t lie; but the McCabe crew jumped on the opportunity to frame a lose/lose. Either Flynn accepts a version of the 302 report where he lied; or, Flynn has to take the position that Vice President Mike Pence lied to the nation in the CBS ''Face The Nation'' interview.
:*After Andrew Weissmann and Mueller enter the picture, they need to force Flynn to admit to the construct of the 302 as presented. The second scope memo was issued by Rod Rosenstein to Robert Mueller on October 20th, 2017. The transparent intent of the second scope memo was to provide Weissmann and Mueller with ammunition and authority to investigate specific targets, for specific purposes. One of those targets was General Michael Flynn’s son, Michael Flynn Jr.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/mueller-report-scope-memo-october-20-2017-flynn-jr.jpg</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/mueller-report-scope-memo-october-20-2017-flynn-jr-crop.jpg</ref> This second scope memo allowed Weissmann and Mueller to target tangentially related persons and entities bringing in Michael Cohen, Richard Gates, Roger Stone and Michael Flynn Jr. Additionally this memo established the authority to pursue “jointly undertaken activity“. The four identified targets within the original July 2016 investigation, “Operation Crossfire Hurricane”, were George Papadopoulos, Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort and Carter Page.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/hpsci-russian-active-measures-v2.jpg</ref> General Flynn was under investigation from the outset in mid-2016. The fraudulent FBI counterintelligence operation, established by CIA Director John Brennan, had Flynn as one of the early targets when Brennan handed the originating electronic communication “EC” to FBI Director James Comey on/around July 31st, 2016. The investigation of General Flynn never stopped throughout 2016 and led to the second investigative issue of his phone call with Russian Ambassador Kislyak.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/flynn-mueller-report-mary-mccord-and-james-comey.jpg</ref> In combination with the October 2017 timing, the addition of Flynn Jr to the target list relates to the ongoing 2016/2017 investigation of his father for: (1) possible conspiracy with a foreign government; (2) unregistered lobbying; (3) materially false statements and omissions on 2017 FARA documents; and (4) lying to the FBI. This October 20th, 2017, request from Weissmann and Mueller aligns with the time-frame were special counsel team lawyers Brandon L. Van Grack and Zainab N. Ahmad were prosecuting Michael Flynn and cornering him into a guilty plea. Getting Rosenstein to authorize adding Mike Flynn Jr. to the target list (scope memo #2) meant the special counsel could threaten General Flynn with the indictment of his son as a co-conspirator tied to the Turkish lobbying issue (which they did) if he doesn’t agree to a plea: “jointly undertaken activity“. Forcing a plea for ‘lying to investigators” by threatening prosecution for FARA violations was the identical strategy used against George Papadopoulos and Michael Flynn. The October 20th, 2017, expanded scope memo authorized Mueller to start demanding records, phones, electronic devices and other evidence from Mike Flynn Jr, and provided the leverage Weissmann wanted. After all, Mike Flynn Jr. had a four month old baby. The amount of twisted pressure from this corrupt team of prosecutors is sickening.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/28/sally-yates-vs-michael-flynn/</ref> A month later, General Flynn was signing a plea agreement.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/flynn-plea-1.jpg</ref>
----
[[File:C5cDeBQXQAAdPgD.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|FBI Dep. Dir. Andy McCabe tells WH Chief of Staff Reince Priebus "the story in the ''New York Times'' in regards to the FBI investigating Trump campaign people contacts and Russian intel is BS."]]
*Bruce Ohr 302 interview of the previous day is also dated February 15, 2017.
*'''Adam Waldman texts Mark Warner about Waldman's efforts to arrange immunity talks between the US government and Julian Assange; Assange is threatening to go public with what he knows about Russian hacking''', the [[Murder of Seth Rich]], and more releases on the CIA's Vault 7:
{{quotebox|Adam Waldman - Mark, I wanted to let you know that everyone I have spoken with in USG [United States Government] about this matter, each of whom I have also been entirely transparent with about my motives in trying to assist, has assured me that they understand and even as ppriciate my efforts. Perhaps that's wrong but I wanted to pass along to you. I told Assange just as I told the USG that I would end this pro bono role if I found that the objective (safe passage to discuss w USG the past and future leaks) could not be achieved. Br, adam}}
:*FBI Assistant Director Andrew McCabe tells Chief of Staff [[Reince Priebus]] at a one-on-one meeting the ''New York Times'' Russia and Trump campaign story was a “bunch of BS”.<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/attackerman/status/835140122119131136</ref> Priebus asks McCabe if McCabe would be able to say that publicly. McCabe said he would check. Later, McCabe calls back and said he couldn’t issue a statement about it.
[[File:Schindler_threat2.jpg|right|350px|thumb|After the sacking of Flynn, the IC spokesmen no longer were making threats against a candidate or president-elect's life, they were calling for open [[sedition]].]]
:*John Schindler tweets another threat against the President of the United State.<ref>https://tipolitics.com/cia-says-russia-tried-to-help-trump-win-election-then-trump-reportedly-names-rex-tillerson-831248e41ee4</ref>
*'''16 February.''' At a press conference Trump lashes out 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>}}
:*[[Glenn Greenwald]] says 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>}}
:*Adam Waldman texts Mark Warner, likely on the immunity deal for Julian Assange:
{{quotebox|"Just want to underscore my opinion and the reason I got involved – this guy is going to do something catastrophic for the dems, Obama, CIA and national security. I hope someone will consider getting him to the US to ameliorate the damage.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2018/08/08/julian-assange-our-guy/</ref>}}
:*''Politico'' falsely reports that the [[Pentagon]] had no record of Flynn's December 2015 visit to Moscow,<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/pentagon-responds-michael-flynn-2015-russia-visit-235090</ref> when in fact Flynn asked for permission, was briefed before hand, and was debriefed upon return.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2019/01/04/were-events-surrounding-flynns-moscow-visit-intentionally-misframed/</ref>
:*Ezra Klein interview with Evelyn Farkas published on [[Vox]]. Farkas goes on the record with some background on her participation in the [[conspiracy]].<ref>https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/2/16/14630856/evelyn-farkas-trump-russia-flynn</ref>
:*Obama-era Treasury official, Katherine Bauer, in written testimony to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, acknowledged that “under the Obama administration … these [ [[Project Cassandra]] Hezbollah-related ] investigations were tamped down for fear of rocking the boat with [[Iran]] and jeopardizing [[Iranian nuke deal]].”<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4329058-Katherine-Bauer-testimony-to-the-House-Committee.html</ref>
::*According to Katherine Bauer, some Hezbollah operatives were not pursued via arrests, indictments, or Treasury designations that would have blocked their access to U.S. financial markets. Bauer, a career Treasury official, served in its Office of Terrorist Financing as a senior policy adviser for Iran. Other “Hezbollah facilitators” arrested in France, Colombia, Lithuania have not been extradited — or indicted — in the U.S., Bauer testified.
[[File:Mifsud in DC.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Prof. Mifsud visited Washington as a featured speaker at a State Department conference.
While in DC Mifsud was interviewed by the FBI in the Papadopoulos case. He was not arrested as a Russian spy, despite Muller's contention months later that he was.]]
:*Follow up interview with Papadopoulos after the FBI interviewed Mifsud (''Papadopoulos Statement of Offense'' item 32). [[Kevin Clinesmith]] led the questioning. No questions on Mifsud.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/exclusive-in-closed-door-testimony-papadopoulos-identified-alleged-spy-in-trump-campaign_2766153.html</ref>
*'''17 February.''' Papadopoulos deactivates Facebook account (item 33).
----
:*Kucinich says Intelligence Community and the owner of the ''Washington Post'' are trying to influence US foreign policy.<ref>[http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2017/02/kucinich_intelligence_leaks_point_to_possible_trap_set_by_washington_post ]</ref>
*'''19 February.''' [[Breitbart]] reports Obama's Organizing for Action, formerly [[Organizing for America]], partners with the [[Soros]]-funded Indivisible Project to disrupt the Trump agenda.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/19/obamas-organizing-action-partners-soros-linked-indivisible-disrupt-trumps-agenda/</ref> Indivisible provides online training for the 'Resistance' movement.<ref>https://www.indivisibleguide.com/web/#header-chapter-four</ref> Indivisible claims to follow the Tea Party model rather than the [[Occupy Wall Street]] or [[Riots during the Obama Administration#Baltimore|Black Lives Matter]]; however the Tea Party is not known to have focused on rudeness and violence.
*'''20 February.''' ''Daily Caller'' reports in 2009 the Awan brothers operated a Northern Virginia car dealership, with Abid as its day-to-day manager. The dealership received a $100,000 loan that was never repaid from Dr. Ali Al-Attar, a former Iraqi politician who fled the US on tax charges and who reportedly has links to [[Hezbollah]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/02/21/congressional-computer-admins-in-criminal-probe-owed-money-to-hezbollah-connected-fugitive/</ref>
----
*'''21 February.''' '''John McCain 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 believe the senator has inside knowledge of a number of President Trump’s telephone conversations. Officials believe McCain is sharing this sensitive information with colleagues 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 transfers to jihadis who formed the Islamic State.
*<font color="blue">Ukrainian oligarch [[Dmyrto Firtash]] arrested on fabricated charges.</font><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/21/austria-grants-us-request-to-extradite-ukrainian-mogul-dmytro-firtash</ref>
*'''23 February.''' [[Kathryn Ruemmler]], attorney for Susan Rice and former White House Counsel to President Obama, sends letter to Sens. Gassley and Graham:
{{quotebox|The memorandum to file drafted by Ambassador Rice memorialized an important national security discussion between President Obama and the FBI Director and the Deputy Attorney General. President Obama and his national security team were justifiably concerned about potential risks to the Nation’s security from sharing highly classified information about Russia with certain members of the Trump transition team, particularly Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.<br>[…] While serving as National Security Advisor, Ambassador Rice was not briefed on the existence of any FBI investigation into allegations of collusion between Mr. Trump’s associates and Russia, and she later learned of the fact of this investigation from Director Comey’s subsequent public testimony.}}
:The letter implicates President Obama in FBI FISA abuse coverup and the Deep State coup 1.0 as the Gen Flynn had been cleared by FBI investigator of derogatory information as an agent of Russia on January 4, 2017 and Rice's memorandum to file implicating Obama, Biden, Rice, Yates, Clapper, Brennan and Comey in the [[criminal]] [[conspiracy]] against the newly elected Trump administration.
:*Papadopoulos changes cell phone numbers (item 34)
*'''28 February.''' Reports indicate author of the slanderous Steele dossier was paid.
:*Mike Cernovitch identifies [[David Laufman]] as source of national security leaks. Laufman is the DOJ's Chief of Counterintelligence. As chief, Laufman handles all classified information regarding espionage. Laufman is a donor to Barack Obama's campaigns. Laufman was in charge of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, and has the power to kill any investigation.<ref>https://www.dangerandplay.com/2017/02/28/source-of-national-security-breach-identified-leaker-is-david-laufman-of-doj/</ref>
==2018==
==2018==