[[File:Mifsud with Boris Johnson.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|'''FBI/CIA spy [[Joseph Mifsud]] (left) with [[UK]] prime minister [[Boris Johnson]] (center)'''. Brennan used Mifsud as a "lure" for '''[[George Papadopoulos]]''' to create the pretext for [[James Comey]] to open the [[Crossfire Hurricane]] counterintelligence investigation on Team Trump.]]
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''Main article:'' [[Trump-Russia]]
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:''Main article:'' [[Trump-Russia]]
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To embark on such a mission without direct presidential authority seems both a stretch of the imagination and particularly foolhardy.
To embark on such a mission without direct presidential authority seems both a stretch of the imagination and particularly foolhardy.
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The underpinnings of Brennan's [[fake news]] narrative read something like this:
The underpinnings of Brennan's [[fake news]] narrative read something like this:
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[[File:Mifsud with Boris Johnson.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|'''FBI/CIA spy [[Joseph Mifsud]] (left) with [[UK]] prime minister [[Boris Johnson]] (center)'''. Brennan used Mifsud as a "lure" for '''[[George Papadopoulos]]''' to create the pretext for [[James Comey]] to open the [[Crossfire Hurricane]] counterintelligence investigation on Team Trump.]]
{{quotebox-float|"CIA Dir. John Brennan received information from British GCHQ intelligence as part of an allegedly "routine" intelligence sharing agreement about Trump associates' business dealings in Russia.<ref>https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/interview-richard-dearlove-europe-intelligence-mi6</ref> The information is said to have originated with Estonian intelligence. [[Estonia]] is requesting a missile defence system at this time,<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/b9453544-228c-11e6-9d4d-c11776a5124d</ref><ref>http://linkis.com/atlanticcouncil.org/fAWKh</ref> while Trump adviser [[Newt Gingrich]] refers to the country of 1.3 million inhabitants as a 'suburb of St. Petersberg', which has 5.3 million inhabitants. Gingrich, rumoured to be on the short list for Secretary of State, says he doubts American leaders would risk [[nuclear war]] over [[Vladimir Putin|Putin]]'s actions in the region.<br>Allegedly, the information that triggered Brennan to act was a tape-recorded conversation that mentioned money from the Kremlin to the Trump Campaign."}} In actuality, John Brennan received nothing from UK intelligence.<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/04/22/nunes-interview-no-official-intelligence-used-problems-for-brennan/ </ref> Brennan's fake narrative became the basis of the [[Trump-Russia hoax]], taken as gospel by [[leftist]]s and the [[mainstream media]].
{{quotebox-float|"CIA Dir. John Brennan received information from British GCHQ intelligence as part of an allegedly "routine" intelligence sharing agreement about Trump associates' business dealings in Russia.<ref>https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/interview-richard-dearlove-europe-intelligence-mi6</ref> The information is said to have originated with Estonian intelligence. [[Estonia]] is requesting a missile defence system at this time,<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/b9453544-228c-11e6-9d4d-c11776a5124d</ref><ref>http://linkis.com/atlanticcouncil.org/fAWKh</ref> while Trump adviser [[Newt Gingrich]] refers to the country of 1.3 million inhabitants as a 'suburb of St. Petersberg', which has 5.3 million inhabitants. Gingrich, rumoured to be on the short list for Secretary of State, says he doubts American leaders would risk [[nuclear war]] over [[Vladimir Putin|Putin]]'s actions in the region.<br>Allegedly, the information that triggered Brennan to act was a tape-recorded conversation that mentioned money from the Kremlin to the Trump Campaign."}} In actuality, John Brennan received nothing from UK intelligence.<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/04/22/nunes-interview-no-official-intelligence-used-problems-for-brennan/ </ref> Brennan's fake narrative became the basis of the [[Trump-Russia hoax]], taken as gospel by [[leftist]]s and the [[mainstream media]].