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Whereas to obtain these warrants, [[FBI]] and [[DOJ]] officials submitted an unverified dossier prepared by [[Christopher Steele]] to the [[FISA Court]], failing to disclose that Christopher Steele was hired by the firm [[Fusion GPS]], which was hired by the [[Democratic National Committee]] and [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign]] to prepare this dossier and that the source was unreliable and was soon thereafter going to be terminated as a source;<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.458088f4d37c</ref><ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/10/24/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-russia-dossier/WfYqXZf9lvbL5ujqnpp2FJ/story.html</ref>

Whereas to obtain these warrants, [[FBI]] and [[DOJ]] officials submitted an unverified dossier prepared by [[Christopher Steele]] to the [[FISA Court]], failing to disclose that Christopher Steele was hired by the firm [[Fusion GPS]], which was hired by the [[Democratic National Committee]] and [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign]] to prepare this dossier and that the source was unreliable and was soon thereafter going to be terminated as a source;<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.458088f4d37c</ref><ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/10/24/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-russia-dossier/WfYqXZf9lvbL5ujqnpp2FJ/story.html</ref>

Whereas the FISA Court was not informed that Christopher Steele was actively opposed to the election of [[Donald Trump]],<ref>https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/heres-the-most-troubling-part-in-the-nunes-memo-and-why-it-matters-legally/ </ref> that he was the unnamed source cited in the media reports that the FBI used to corroborate his dossier, and that Fusion GPS had been hired to perform previous anti-Trump research efforts in 2015;

Whereas the FISA Court was not informed that Christopher Steele was actively opposed to the election of [[Donald Trump]], that he was the unnamed source cited in the media reports that the FBI used to corroborate his dossier, and that Fusion GPS had been hired to perform previous anti-Trump research efforts in 2015;<ref>https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/heres-the-most-troubling-part-in-the-nunes-memo-and-why-it-matters-legally/ </ref>

Whereas the Woods Procedures, which are the FBI’s mandatory vetting process required for all FISA warrant applications instituted to ensure that all the facts contained in an application are accurate and verified to clearly support [[probable cause]] for a [[warrant]],<ref>http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/372233-nunes-memo-raises-question-did-fbi-violate-woods-procedures </ref> were not followed;

Whereas the Woods Procedures, which are the FBI’s mandatory vetting process required for all FISA warrant applications instituted to ensure that all the facts contained in an application are accurate and verified to clearly support [[probable cause]] for a [[warrant]], were not followed; <ref>http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/372233-nunes-memo-raises-question-did-fbi-violate-woods-procedures </ref>  

Whereas former Director [[Comey]] admitted in sworn testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 8, 2017, that material contained in the [[Steele dossier]] was known to be both ‘‘salacious’’ and ‘‘unverified’’;<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/08/full-text-james-comey-trump-russia-testimony-239295 </ref>

Whereas former Director [[Comey]] admitted in sworn testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 8, 2017, that material contained in the [[Steele dossier]] was known to be both ‘‘salacious’’ and ‘‘unverified’’;<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/08/full-text-james-comey-trump-russia-testimony-239295 </ref>