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with [[George Papadopoulos]].  

with [[George Papadopoulos]].  

Downer's action was out of process - if there were any intelligence value to Downer's meeting with Papadopoulos, protocol calls for Downer to report the substance to [[Canberra]] and Australian intelligence for analysis. If the information had [[probative]] value, then Australian intelligence shares the information with the [[CIA]]. Rather Downer contacted the U.S. embassy in London, and Downer's musings were passed from the [[U.S State Department]] to the FBI which, according to the ''New York Times'' and anonymous FBI leaks, formed the basis of a [[counterintelligence]] investigation of the [[2016 Trump campaign]].

Downer's action was out of process - if there were any intelligence value to Downer's meeting with Papadopoulos, protocol calls for Downer to report the substance to [[Canberra]] and Australian intelligence for analysis. If the information had [[probative]] value, then Australian intelligence shares the information with the [[CIA]]. Rather Downer contacted the U.S. embassy in London, and Downer's musings were passed from the [[U.S. State Department]] to the FBI which, according to the ''[[New York Times]]'' and anonymous [[FBI]] leaks, formed the basis of a [[counterintelligence]] investigation of the [[2016 Trump campaign]].

==See also==

==See also==

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[[Category:Obama Administration]][[CATEGORY:Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax]]

[[Category:Obama Administration]][[Category:Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax]]