Christopher Steele was the launderer for the intelligence product pulled from the FISA system. Steele then washed the intelligence product and repackaged it into what became known as the ''Steele dossier''. The dossier then was passed back to the FBI ‘small group’ as evidence for use in their [[counterintelligence]] operation beginning in July 2016. | Christopher Steele was the launderer for the intelligence product pulled from the FISA system. Steele then washed the intelligence product and repackaged it into what became known as the ''Steele dossier''. The dossier then was passed back to the FBI ‘small group’ as evidence for use in their [[counterintelligence]] operation beginning in July 2016. |