*FusionGPS, the firm which authored the ''Steele dossier'', refuses to answer the Senate Judiciary Committee's question as to who in the Clinton machine hired them. The ''Steele dossier'' formed much of the basis for the Obama administration's attacks on Donald Trump and its authorization to use the US Intelligence Community to harass domestic political opponents. "When political opposition research becomes the basis for law enforcement or intelligence efforts, it raises substantial questions about the independence of law enforcement and intelligence from politics.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/04/13/research-firm-behind-trump-dossier-is-refusing-to-answer-senate-committees-questions/#ixzz4eLwyp4Oe</ref> | *FusionGPS, the firm which authored the ''Steele dossier'', refuses to answer the Senate Judiciary Committee's question as to who in the Clinton machine hired them. The ''Steele dossier'' formed much of the basis for the Obama administration's attacks on Donald Trump and its authorization to use the US Intelligence Community to harass domestic political opponents. "When political opposition research becomes the basis for law enforcement or intelligence efforts, it raises substantial questions about the independence of law enforcement and intelligence from politics.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/04/13/research-firm-behind-trump-dossier-is-refusing-to-answer-senate-committees-questions/#ixzz4eLwyp4Oe</ref> |