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==Carter Page==

==Carter Page==

On March 11, 2016 Carlin and [[Preet Bharara]] of the Southern District of New York (SDNY) couldn't help but toot their own horn in a DOJ press release upon the conviction of Evgeny Buryakov, an [[SVR]] agent for the [[Russian Federation]]. Another SVR agent, Igor Sporyshev, fled the country. The press release noted, {{quotebox|The FBI obtained recordings after Sporyshev attempted to recruit an FBI undercover employee (“UCE-1”), who was posing as an analyst from a New York-based energy company.  In response to requests from Sporyshev, UCE-1 provided Sporyshev with binders containing purported industry analysis written by UCE-1 and supporting documentation relating to UCE-1’s reports, as well as covertly placed recording devices.  Sporyshev then took the binders to, among other places, the [[Rezident|Residentura]].<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/evgeny-buryakov-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-connection-conspiracy-work DOJ Press Release, Southern District of New York, March 11, 2016].</ref>}}

On March 11, 2016 Carlin and [[Preet Bharara]] of the Southern District of New York (SDNY) couldn't help but toot their own horn in a DOJ press release upon the conviction of Evgeny Buryakov, an [[SVR]] agent for the [[Russian Federation]]. Another SVR agent, Igor Sporyshev, fled the country. The press release noted, {{quotebox|The FBI obtained recordings after Sporyshev attempted to recruit an FBI undercover employee (“UCE-1”), who was posing as an analyst from a New York-based energy company.  In response to requests from Sporyshev, UCE-1 provided Sporyshev with binders containing purported industry analysis written by UCE-1 and supporting documentation relating to UCE-1’s reports, as well as covertly placed recording devices.  Sporyshev then took the binders to, among other places, the [[Rezident|Residentura]].<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/evgeny-buryakov-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-connection-conspiracy-work DOJ Press Release, Southern District of New York, March 11, 2016].</ref>}}

Government agents later identified "FBI undercover employee (“UCE-1”)" to the [[media]] as Carter Page.<ref>In a letter to Congress Page wrote "'''''Illegal leaking of my identity as “Male-1” [UCE-1 or FBI Undercover Employee-1 in court documents] in U.S.A. v. Evgeny Buryakov, Igor Sporyshev, and Victor Podobnyy''''' – On April 3, 2017, reporters at ABC News3 and BuzzFeed News4 requested to meet in order to inform me that U.S. government operatives had unlawfully disclosed my identity as Male-1 in this 2015 case." [https://www.scribd.com/document/347666260/Carter-Page-letter-to-Senate-Intel-Committee-May-7-2017 Carter Page letter to Senate Intel Committee], May 7, 2017, p. 2.</ref> In other words, John Carlin knew Carter Page ''was not'' a Russian agent, yet that did not stop Carlin from preparing a FISA warrant in October 2016 to present to the FISA court alleging that Carter Page was a Russian agent.

Government operatives later identified "FBI undercover employee (“UCE-1”)" to the [[media]] as Carter Page.<ref>In a letter to Congress Page wrote "'''''Illegal leaking of my identity as “Male-1” [UCE-1 or FBI Undercover Employee-1 in court documents] in U.S.A. v. Evgeny Buryakov, Igor Sporyshev, and Victor Podobnyy''''' – On April 3, 2017, reporters at ABC News3 and BuzzFeed News4 requested to meet in order to inform me that U.S. government operatives had unlawfully disclosed my identity as Male-1 in this 2015 case." [https://www.scribd.com/document/347666260/Carter-Page-letter-to-Senate-Intel-Committee-May-7-2017 Carter Page letter to Senate Intel Committee], May 7, 2017, p. 2.</ref> In other words, John Carlin knew Carter Page ''was not'' a Russian agent, yet that did not stop Carlin from preparing a FISA warrant in October 2016 to present to the FISA court alleging that Carter Page was a Russian agent.

==Career==

==Career==