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Brennan formed a joint counterintelligence task force based on the Estonian report, and continued intelligence sharing with GCHQ. The CIA cannot act domestically against American citizens. Allegedly, the information that triggered Brennan to act was a tape recorded conversation that mentioned money from the Kremlin to the Trump Campaign. The FBI began an investigation into Paul Manafort's associations.<ref>''NYT'', 1/19/17</ref>
Brennan formed a joint counterintelligence task force based on the Estonian report, and continued intelligence sharing with GCHQ. The CIA cannot act domestically against American citizens. Allegedly, the information that triggered Brennan to act was a tape recorded conversation that mentioned money from the Kremlin to the Trump Campaign. The FBI began an investigation into Paul Manafort's associations.<ref>''NYT'', 1/19/17</ref>
On January 3, 2017 Attn. Gen. Loretta Lynch signed off on new rules permitting the [[NSA]] to disseminate “raw signals intelligence information.”<ref>[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3283349-Raw-12333-surveillance-sharing-guidelines.html PROCEDURES FOR THE AVAILABILITY OR DISSEMINATION OF RAW SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY UNDER SECTION 2.3 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 12333 (RAW SIGINT AVAILABILITY PROCEDURES). OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. UNCLASSIFIED]</ref> This constitutes Obama's amending Executive Order 12333.<ref>http://circa.com/politics/some-us-intelligence-officials-want-trump-to-rescind-obamas-expansion-of-nsa-data</ref> DNI James Clapper previously signed off on 15 December 2016.
Three days later Brennan issued his scathing attack on Donald Trump.<ref>[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf ]</ref><ref>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46546.htm</ref> Simultaneously, FBI Dir. Comey asked for one-on-one meeting with Trump Tower to alert him to the ''Steele dossier'', which which the Obama administration already leaked.<ref>https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-jcomey-060817.pdf</ref>
The ''New York Times'' reported "In its final days, the [[Obama administration]] has expanded the power of the [[National Security Agency]] to share globally intercepted personal communications with the government’s 16 other intelligence agencies before applying privacy protections," basically, an authorization to circulate Brennan's memo, a rehash of old reports on [[RT]] with a few pages of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/nsa-gets-more-latitude-to-share-intercepted-communications.html ]</ref> The expansion of the order makes it difficult to narrow in on leaks.