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FBI Deputy Counterintelligence investigator [[Peter Strzok]] personally interviewed Hillary Clinton after Barack Obama directed the FBI to exonerate her. No oath, video, or transcript was made. Strzok then procured Hillary Clinton's ''[[Steele dossier]]'' for the FBI's Russia investigation. Strzok also conducted liaison with other [[intelligence community]] agencies, including the [[CIA]] led by Director [[John Brennan]].<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/03/mueller-aide-fired-for-anti-trump-texts-now-facing-review-for-role-in-clinton-email-probe.html</ref>
 
===CIA hacking===
On March 4, 2014 ''McClatchy'' reported on CIA spying on Congressional oversighters.<ref>https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article24764752.html</ref> Sen. Mark Udall wrote President Obama: "As you are aware, the CIA has recently taken unprecedented action against the committee in relation to the internal CIA review and I find these actions to be incredibly troubling for the committee's oversight responsibilities and for our democracy," he writes. "It is essential that the committee be able to do its oversight work – consistent with our constitutional principle of the [[separation of powers]] – without the CIA posing impediments or obstacles as it is today."<ref>https://www.scribd.com/doc/210597656/Udall-Challenges-White-House-to-Support-Fullest-Possible-Declassification-of-Intelligence-Committee-s-Torture-Study</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140627161317/http://www.markudall.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3536</ref>
 
The following week Senate [[Democrat]] Intelligence Committee Chair [[Diane Feinstein]] took to the Senate floor to accuse the Obama CIA of violating "the [[Fourth Amendment]], the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as Executive Order 12333, which prohibits the C.I.A. from conducting domestic searches or surveillance," and "breaching a constitutional boundary" of intimidation and spying on the US Senate.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/a-brief-history-of-the-cias-unpunished-spying-on-the-senate/384003/</ref> Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] backed the investigation into Obama CIA hacking of the Senate Intelligence Oversight Committee's computers,<ref name="theguardian.com/world">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/cia-admits-spying-senate-staffers</ref> and notifies Brennan and Attn. Gen. [[Eric Holder]] that the Capital Police will investigate charges that the CIA accessed the Intelligence Oversight Committee's computer network.
 
On July 31, 2014 the CIA admitted to hacking into the Senate Intelligence Oversight Committee's computers, and spying on the Senate.<ref>https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article24771274.html</ref> Brennan lied to Congress.<ref>https://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/world/senate-intelligence-commitee-cia-interrogation-report.html_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/</ref> Democratic Sen. [[Mark Udall]] called for John Brennan's resignation.<ref name="theguardian.com/world"/>
==Foreign Policy==
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