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Line 1,865: + + + + + + + + − − Brennan provides assessment to Obama, claims Russia intervened in 2016 election to help Trump and impair Hillary Clinton’s chances.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.d12bb3f09dd9</ref> Obama orders a full review of Russian activities. Brennan hand-picked agents from both the CIA and the FBI to write the assessment, including Peter Strzok, who served as the liaison between Comey and Brennan.
→December 2016
*'''9 December.''' '''Russia collusion hoax narrative begins.'''
*'''9 December.''' '''Russia collusion hoax narrative begins.'''
:*The [[Obama]] [[White House]] gathers top cabinet officials for a [[National Security Council]] Principals Committee (PC) Meeting. [[James Clapper]], [[John Brennan]], [[Susan Rice]], [[John Kerry]], Brian McKeon, [[Loretta Lynch]], [[Andrew McCabe]], and [[Avril Haines]] are among those in attendance.
:*After the meeting, in an [[email]] titled "POTUS Tasking on Russia Election Meddling," [[Director of National Intelligence]] [[James Clapper]]'s assistant sends an email to [[ODNI]] leaders tasking them with the creation of an "assessment per the President’s request." ODNI leads the effort, along with [[CIA]], [[FBI]], [[NSA]], and [[DHS]].
:*Specifically, the assessment will address the following questions:
[[File:12-9-16 assessment will address the following questions per Obama.PNG|center|650px|thumb|]]
:*Obama orders a full review of Russian activities. Brennan hand-picked agents from both the CIA and the FBI to write the assessment, including Peter Strzok, who served as the liaison between Comey and Brennan.
:*That same day, [[Deep State]] officials in the [[IC]] begin [[leak]]ing blatantly [[false]] intelligence to the ''[[Washington Post]]'', as proven by the unpublished PDB and previous IC products, claiming that Russia used "cyber means" to influence "the outcome of the [[election]]."
:*Later that evening, another leak to the ''Washington Post'' falsely alleges that the [[CIA]] "concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened" in the election to help Trump and impair Hillary Clinton’s chances.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.d12bb3f09dd9</ref>
:*At this point, there is no official IC assessment that contains that conclusion.
:*Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann phoned CIA general counsel Caroline Krass while the agency was compiling the Intelligence Community Assessment<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/static/Tradecraft-Review-2016-ICA-on-Election-Interference-062625.pdf Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA)], Russia’s Influence Campaign Targeting the 2016 US Presidential Election, 30 December 2016. cia.gov</ref> and said he had information that may help. The review ended up including an annex with several unfounded and since-debunked allegations against Trump developed by the Clinton campaign.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2020-06-10%20ODNI%20to%20CEG,%20RJ%20-%20ICA%20Annex.pdf</ref> After Sussmann conveyed the information to Krass, an Obama appointee, she told him she would consider it for the intelligence review of Russian interference, which tracks with Sussmann’s 2017 closed-door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.<ref>https://www.dni.gov/files/HPSCI_Transcripts/2020-05-04-Michael_Sussman-MTR_Redacted.pdf</ref> (Krass’ name is blacked out in the declassified transcript, but sources familiar with Sussmann's testimony confirmed that he identified her as his CIA contact.)
:*Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann phoned CIA general counsel Caroline Krass while the agency was compiling the Intelligence Community Assessment<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/static/Tradecraft-Review-2016-ICA-on-Election-Interference-062625.pdf Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA)], Russia’s Influence Campaign Targeting the 2016 US Presidential Election, 30 December 2016. cia.gov</ref> and said he had information that may help. The review ended up including an annex with several unfounded and since-debunked allegations against Trump developed by the Clinton campaign.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2020-06-10%20ODNI%20to%20CEG,%20RJ%20-%20ICA%20Annex.pdf</ref> After Sussmann conveyed the information to Krass, an Obama appointee, she told him she would consider it for the intelligence review of Russian interference, which tracks with Sussmann’s 2017 closed-door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.<ref>https://www.dni.gov/files/HPSCI_Transcripts/2020-05-04-Michael_Sussman-MTR_Redacted.pdf</ref> (Krass’ name is blacked out in the declassified transcript, but sources familiar with Sussmann's testimony confirmed that he identified her as his CIA contact.)
:*Sussmann “stated falsely – as he previously had stated to the FBI general counsel – that he was ‘not representing a particular client,’ " according to Special Counsel John Durham's indictment, which cites a contemporaneous memo drafted by two agency officials with whom Sussmann met that memorializes their meeting. (The document refers to the CIA by the pseudonym “Agency-2.” Sources confirm Agency-2 is the CIA.)
:*Sussmann “stated falsely – as he previously had stated to the FBI general counsel – that he was ‘not representing a particular client,’ " according to Special Counsel John Durham's indictment, which cites a contemporaneous memo drafted by two agency officials with whom Sussmann met that memorializes their meeting. (The document refers to the CIA by the pseudonym “Agency-2.” Sources confirm Agency-2 is the CIA.)