*'''3 August.''' Strzok travels to London to interview Australian Amb. Alexander Downer, "a key witness" in the FBI's Russia investigation days after Strzok opened the probe.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/22/george-papadopoulos-trump-collusion/ </ref> Strzok and Lisa Page debate what would be shared with DOJ prosecutors when Strzok returns to Washington (investigators typically do not share information with prosecutors until an investigation is completed for fear of leaks which can compromise confidential informants. Additionally, unlike a criminal investigation, the Trump investigation is a [[counterintelligence]] investigation, which can be quite lengthy over years or decades, and rarely result in criminal indictments against the main targets. The object is to neutralize rather than convict. Hence the [[due process]] requirements can be much lower than [[probable cause]] necessary in criminal inquiries): {{quotebox|Strzok - I think we need to consider the lines of what we disclose to DOJ. For example, the last stipulation notes we will not disclose.}} | *'''3 August.''' Strzok travels to London to interview Australian Amb. Alexander Downer, "a key witness" in the FBI's Russia investigation days after Strzok opened the probe.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/22/george-papadopoulos-trump-collusion/ </ref> Strzok and Lisa Page debate what would be shared with DOJ prosecutors when Strzok returns to Washington (investigators typically do not share information with prosecutors until an investigation is completed for fear of leaks which can compromise confidential informants. Additionally, unlike a criminal investigation, the Trump investigation is a [[counterintelligence]] investigation, which can be quite lengthy over years or decades, and rarely result in criminal indictments against the main targets. The object is to neutralize rather than convict. Hence the [[due process]] requirements can be much lower than [[probable cause]] necessary in criminal inquiries): {{quotebox|Strzok - I think we need to consider the lines of what we disclose to DOJ. For example, the last stipulation notes we will not disclose.}} |