*'''7 May.''' [[Carter Page]] responds to the Senate Seleect Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) request for documents; the committee's director of security James Wolfe leaked the Carter Page FISA application to BuzzFeed, the ''New York Times'' and ''Washington Post'' shortly after receiving it from the [[DOJ]]:
{{Quotebox|'''Related to the prior [[criminal]] activities by the Clinton/Obama regime last year which unsuccessfully sought to manipulate the [[2016 presidential election]]''' in their favor, please note that several preliminary [[felon]]ies have subsequently been revealed over the months since my first response in March. These recent developments have begun to turn the tables on last year’s deceitful perpetrators who helped lead your Committee and part of the American public astray. Today on [[CBS]]’s ''Face the Nation'', [[Senator Manchin]] offered a perfect characterization of '''the vain steps to rig the 2016 election: “They'll do anything they can to disrupt any type of a freedom, if you will, or a democracy or an involvement where there's an orderly transfer of power.''' That's not for them.”2<br><br>Although he was primarily referring to the unsubstantiated conspiracy theories suggested by the Clinton/Obama regime about Russia, '''the growing evidence surrounding their defeated regime’s own dishonest misinformation and influence campaign of 2016''' perfectly fits the Senator’s description. In case you and your colleagues are unaware of the multiple recent eye-openers which have further exposed these crimes and thus significantly changed the landscape in the subsequent period, I would like to explain some of the related details and direct relevance of each in turn:<br><br>'''Felony #1: 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]] [Ali Watkins] News4 requested to meet in order to inform me that U.S. government operatives [James Wolfe ''et al''] had unlawfully disclosed my identity as Male-1 in this 2015 case. This particular incident follows an increasing series of similar revelations about other politically-motivated unmaskings in 2016.5 It relates to my brief interactions in 2013 with Victor Podobnyy, a junior attaché assigned to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations.<br><br>During my meeting with U.S. agents at New York’s Plaza Hotel in June 2013 in support of their ongoing investigation, I spoke with them at length about my research on international political economy which I had been completing as a Fellow at the Center for National Policy in Washington. I brought this up because it seemed to me that the resources of the U.S. Government might be better allocated towards addressing real national security threats, particularly given the recent Boston Marathon bombing of April 15, 2013. Without question, the harsh retribution subsequently taken against me marked a direct retaliation against my dissenting position. Per an article I had recently written and discussed with the U.S. agents (see Appendix), the Clinton/Obama regime had been, “Reflecting the highest principles of [[cronyism]] rather than democracy,” in many of their policy decisions. In my writings, I had also cited a recent quote from Maya Angelou which seemed of particular relevance given a range of ineffective policy approaches by Washington at the time: “The philosophers tell us that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”6 This had marked an earlier instance of the corrupt influence campaign and related domestic political intelligence operations in support of failed policies, which would eventually blossom in full glory with the obnoxious civil rights violations based on complete lies displayed during the 2016 election.<br><br>With regards to the 2015 case where I agreed to provide support, the final scene of the movie ''The Big Short'' offers an instructive summary of the Clinton/Obama regime’s justice system, first led by their Attorney General from 2009 through 2015, [[Eric Holder]].7<br><br>After essentially achieving very little in his 6-years in office, it is understandable why Holder might want to target a token Russian banker during his final months in office8 since only Zurich-based Credit Suisse's Kareem Serageldin stood as another perfunctory accomplishment during his extended six-year term.<br><br>As the journalist Matt Taibbi has described his activities in a 2015 article, which has more recently proven to offer an accurate representation of the Clinton/Obama regime more generally: '''“Holder''' doesn't look it, but he was a revolutionary. He '''institutionalized a radical dualistic approach to criminal justice, essentially creating a system of indulgences wherein the world's richest companies paid cash for their sins and escaped the sterner punishments the law dictated'''.”<ref>Matt Taibbi, “[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/eric-holder-wall-street-double-agent-comes-in-from- the-cold-20150708 Eric Holder, Wall Street Double Agent, Comes in From the Cold: Barack Obama's former top cop cashes in after six years of letting banks run wild],” Rolling Stone, July 8, 2015.</ref><br><br>'''Felony #2: Illegal leaking of classified information surrounding the completely unjustified FISA warrant against me, which further enabled part of the Clinton/Obama regime’s domestic political intelligence operations and influence campaign in the 2016 election''' – On April 12, 2017, the ''Washington Post'' published an article explaining that unnamed '''sources had revealed the completely unjustified FISA warrant to intercept my communications throughout the final months of the reign of the Clinton/Obama regime.<ref>Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor- former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74- 3a742a6e93a7_story.html FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page" Washington Post, April 12, 2017.]</ref> Given a growing list of unanswered questions and apparent abuses regarding this nonsensical invasion of privacy, it seems readily apparent that more revelations about these misdeeds will continue to be learned''' in the period to come.11 As I explained to you last week, my legal team and I are currently busy working on further steps to get to the bottom of this abuse. Whether or not you choose to support these efforts, I am highly confident that this endeavor will prove far more relevant than anything which might be gained in the preposterous forced labor tasks you suggested in your request of April 28, 2017.<br><br>To put in context how outrageous your groundless comprehensive data requests would be, consider the case study of General Flynn. Frustrated in the wake of her failed attempt to circumvent the long-delayed introduction of effective [[immigration]] policies in the United States, ''de facto'' [[anarchist]] [[Sally Yates]] instead turned her attention to destroying the career of a distinguished American. Although I have never met [[Michael Flynn|General Flynn]], his recent experiences make clear that any minor variation between his memory of a conversation during a vacation on the beaches of the Dominican Republic vs. the in-depth transcript kept by the [[deep state]] is framing him for severe personal damage. Comparing that one relatively recent conversation by General Flynn to the two years of records and recollections you’re instead asking me for helps illustrate how illogical your proposition is.<br><br>Consistent with the suppression of dissent that this entire exercise has been from the start, [[Senator Feinstein]] admitted today: “…when I saw a three-star general in front of the Republican convention shouting ‘lock her up,’ I thought, oh my goodness. This would never happen, it never has happened before, this is a three-star general of the United States military doing this with no evidence. And it made a big impression on me.”12 Similar to my experiences, the retribution for this exercise of his [[First Amendment]] rights cuts to the core of the matter. In any event, the preponderance of evidence related to the cases General Flynn referred to during his speech in Cleveland greatly exceeds anything in ''':the 2016 [[Steele dossier|Dodgy Dossier]] which eventually became a cornerstone of the crooked initiative against me and other supporters of the Trump movement, first within the prior Administration and now amongst some actors in Congress'''. So it remains unclear to me on what basis you have assigned hundreds of hours of work with your request of April 28, based on literally nothing except lies from corrupt politicians.<br><br>“THREE DAYS AGO, CARTER PAGE TOLD FOX NEWS HE WAS COOPERATING WITH THE COMMITTEE’S INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING THE 2016 ELECTION. TODAY WE HAVE LEARNED THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE.<br><br>To the contrary, I would like to reconfirm for you that I am still cooperating with the Committee’s investigation in the form of a future open testimony. But given the time horizon you noted above, let’s consider a few additional developments which have changed over the course of that 72-hours following the [[Fox News]] report you cited from May 2, 2017.13<br><br>First, '''Mrs. Clinton gave a speech which dodged responsibility for her disastrous, tone-deaf campaign by instead pointing the finger at Director Comey and Russia.14 Further illustrating another related reason why I was originally targeted by the Clinton/Obama regime''', it is worth bearing in mind a political science concept I previously defined which explains this dysfunctional avoidance of responsibility that has cut across decades of U.S. history:<br><br>The Narcissistic Loony Tune School of Foreign Policy<br><br>An underlying cultural phenomenon that has served as a foundation for the counterproductive narrative in Russia and beyond may be observed in a domestic context. In discussions with her best friend Diane Blair, Hillary Clinton previously defended her husband by referring to his mistress, former White House intern [[Monica Lewinsky]], as a "'''Narcissistic loony tune'''. This personal example demonstrates a fundamental problem at the core of U.S. foreign policy that has been seen across party lines since well before her husband’s administration: '''the inclination to blame weaker parties for problems without examination of the decisions of top leaders that initiated these mistakes''' in the first place.<ref>Carter Page, “[http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/30/05/2014/alternative-courses-quadruple-dual- containment-president-obama’s-west-point-speech-a Alternative Courses to Quadruple Dual Containment: President Obama’s West Point Speech and Pathways Beyond],” Global Policy Journal, May 30, 2014.</ref><br><br>Not only did precisely that same continued pattern of abuse reflect her disparagement of Director Comey, it also underscores why I have remained a principal target of the Clinton/Obama regime’s surrogates including those in Congress. As a perceived weaker party, I have also been effectively and falsely characterized as a narcissistic loony tune amidst other far worse false accusations by the Clinton/Obama regime. In a revealing ''New York Times'' article based on illegal leaks, “The [Obama] Justice Department considered direct surveillance of anyone tied to a political campaign as a line it did not want to cross, the official added.”<ref>Matthew Rosenberg and Matt Apuzzo, “[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/us/politics/carter-page-fisa-warrant-russia-trump.html Court Approved Wiretap on Trump Campaign Aide Over Russia Ties,” New York Times, April 12, 2017.]</ref><br><br>In other words and consistent with the narcissistic loony tune school approach, they apparently decided it was fine to trample on human rights if someone is a low-level, junior, unpaid supporter rather than a fellow fat-cat career politician from the Washington swamp. Second, the real leadership shown by Senator Grassley, Senator Graham and others members of the Judiciary Committee last Wednesday in beginning to address the genuinely problematic interference in last year’s election offers new confidence that logic may now be restored in this overall process.<ref>Catherine Herridge, Pamela K. Browne and Cyd Upson, “[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/05/comey-pressed-for-anti-trump-dossier-in- classified-russia-report-sources-say.html Comey pressed for anti-Trump dossier in classified Russia report, sources say,” Fox News, May 05, 2017.]</ref><br><br>To help further illustrate how disgraceful both the spirit and substance of your original interrogation list is, the original source of a more precisely and carefully targeted question of this sort is worth bearing in mind: '''former [[Gang of Eight]] member [[Harry Reid]]. Characteristic of this ongoing investigation which he helped instigate and typical of his personal level of integrity, he has previously stated that making prior claims without any evidence in 2012 was “one of the best things I’ve ever done.”18 Although this is obviously the exact same thing which again happened against me and the Trump campaign last year, it is my hope that your Committee might restore its dignity by moving beyond the standards of such gangster tactics and the organized crime network that Reid supported during the Clinton/Obama regime'''.<ref>Precisely meeting the definition of Transnational Organized Crime: “Those self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnationally for the purpose of obtaining power, influence, and monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption…” “[https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/organized-crime Transnational Organized Crime: Glossary of Terms,” FBI website.]</ref><br><br>Related to your question #5 and in addition to his standing as one of the early promoters of the 2016 Dodgy Dossier, Harry Reid previously made a federal case out of complete nonsense by asking Director Comey to investigate my investments in Gazprom and supposed conflicts of interest this might create.20 In response to your question, please note that I purchased 200 American Depository Receipts of PJSC Gazprom in June 2008 for $5,909.00. In response to these gangster-style [[witch hunt]] tactics led in the U.S. Senate by Reid, I divested my stake in August 2016 for $798.98 – a net loss of $5,110.02. '''Given the complete disaster that the Clinton/Obama regime made of U.S.-Russia relations and the related problems they inflicted on private industry across the Russian economy, I held no other financial or real estate holdings related to Russia''' between June 16, 2015 and January 20, 2016.<br><br>In addition to my unanswered request from May 4, 2017 that we save time and hundreds of hours of forced labor by jointly corroborating the personal information illegally intercepted by the Obama Administration with the all-encompassing list of trivial questions you have posed to me, there is one other related question which I would like to ask. '''Whereas this bitter investigation based on false evidence on behalf of lying crooked politicians seems to be a nostalgic repeat of many of the corrupt Clinton/Obama regime’s practices of 2016, I am interested to learn if similar related information payoff propositions may be on offer in this instance. It has been reported that $50,000 was offered by the U.S. Government to the political research operatives of the Clinton campaign – apparently a special treat from the Obama Administration to supplement whatever undisclosed, presumably larger amount was already paid by Clinton associates''' for the 2016 Dodgy Dossier.<ref>Chuck Ross, “[https://dailycaller.com/2017/04/22/heres-how-much-the-fbi- planned-to-pay-trump-dossier-author/ Here’s How Much The FBI Planned To Pay Trump Dossier Author],” Chuck Ross, Daily Caller, April 22, 2017.</ref><br><br>In light of this outrageous payoff precedent which precipitated the primary genesis of our interaction in the first place, can you please clarify what level of remuneration for my assigned work is on offer in this instance? While '''the complete lies that the Dodgy Dossier hastily assembled might have carried potentially disastrous results for the integrity of the 2016 election had voters fallen for their dishonesty, factual information of some form might prove infinitely more valuable and relevant'''.<br><br>On one hand, Senator Dianne Feinstein has demonstrated admirable honesty by admitting that there has been no evidence of collusion between anyone associated with the Trump campaign and Russia following recent briefings with the U.S. [[intelligence community]] despite harshly invasive surveillance and millions of dollars wasted on this investigatory endeavor.<ref>Cameron Cawthorne, “[https://freebeacon.com/national- security/feinstein-no-evidence-collusion-between-trump-associates-russia/ Feinstein: No Evidence of Collusion Between Trump Associates and Russia],” Washington Free Beacon, May 4, 2017.</ref> Meanwhile, another California politician, Congressman [[Eric Swalwell]] has perpetuated more baseless innuendos and lies in loyal support of certain political allies.23 One would hope that SSCI follows Senator Feinstein’s lead by taking the high road in this instance.<br><br>As one person experienced in the workings of the [[DC swamp]] accurately summarized the laundry list of requests that you sent on April 28, 2017: “'''Tell us everything so we can have our snotty-nosed [[Ivy League]]rs pore over it and try to put you in the worst light possible. Oh, and you should count on minority staff leaking anything possible to embarrass you or the President'''.” This analysis and prediction would certainly parallel many of my experiences over the past year given the extreme transgressions of the Clinton/Obama regime. This accurate reference to the ongoing history of selective leaking for maximum personal damage of a private citizen (e.g. Felony #1 and Felony #2, above) is another reason making it essential that our future interaction be held in open session.<br><br>Since you have been praised as the bipartisan adults here24, it is my hope that your continued unity now helps to break through lame partisan-based excuses attempted earlier by those who have still consider themselves above the law.25<br><br>The urgency of getting to the bottom of '''the abysmal [[human rights]] record of those actions taken by the Clinton/Obama regime during the 2016 election is an immediate national priority. Finally moving beyond the dark cloud of the civil rights abuses which occurred last year''' might help encourage capable leaders and essential allies such as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to again feel safe in visiting the United States.26<br><br>'''“THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE ITS INQUIRY INTO ISSUES SURROUNDING RUSSIA’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; IT IS OUR EXPECTATION THAT MR. PAGE WILL LIVE UP TO HIS PUBLICLY-EXPRESSED COOPERATION WITH OUR EFFORT.”'''<br><br>I would close by reminding you of the excerpt from the 1976 report by the Church Committee that I quoted in my March 5, 2017 letter, the findings of which led to the founding of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence:<br><br>“'''Too many people have been spied upon by too many Government agencies and too much information has been illegally collected. The Government has often undertaken the secret surveillance of citizens on the basis of their political beliefs, even when those beliefs posed no threat of violence or illegal acts on behalf of a hostile foreign power…'''”<ref>U.S. Senate, "[https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/94755_II.pdf Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans]", Book II, Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with respect to Intelligence Activities United States Senate, April 26, 1976.</ref><br><br>While the earliest indications at the time had already hinted that '''the Church Committee’s conclusions might parallel the injustices committed against me and countless other American citizens last year, few public observers could have imagined way back in March 2017 the growing evidence of corrupt dealings by the Clinton/Obama regime which has subsequently been revealed surrounding their failed attempt to influence the 2016 election.''' Let us please move beyond the noise of last year’s pathetic lies by a bitter losing campaign as we jointly refocus our attention on substantive and relevant matters that can help fix the direction of your Committee and this country.<ref>{{Quotebox|<small>'''Related to the prior [[criminal]] activities by the Clinton/Obama regime last year which unsuccessfully sought to manipulate the [[2016 presidential election]]''' in their favor, please note that several preliminary [[felon]]ies have subsequently been revealed over the months since my first response in March. These recent developments have begun to turn the tables on last year’s deceitful perpetrators who helped lead your Committee and part of the American public astray. Today on [[CBS]]’s ''Face the Nation'', [[Senator Manchin]] offered a perfect characterization of '''the vain steps to rig the 2016 election: “They'll do anything they can to disrupt any type of a freedom, if you will, or a democracy or an involvement where there's an orderly transfer of power.''' That's not for them.”2<br><br>Although he was primarily referring to the unsubstantiated conspiracy theories suggested by the Clinton/Obama regime about Russia, '''the growing evidence surrounding their defeated regime’s own dishonest misinformation and influence campaign of 2016''' perfectly fits the Senator’s description. In case you and your colleagues are unaware of the multiple recent eye-openers which have further exposed these crimes and thus significantly changed the landscape in the subsequent period, I would like to explain some of the related details and direct relevance of each in turn:<br><br>'''Felony #1: 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]] [Ali Watkins] News4 requested to meet in order to inform me that U.S. government operatives [James Wolfe ''et al''] had unlawfully disclosed my identity as Male-1 in this 2015 case. This particular incident follows an increasing series of similar revelations about other politically-motivated unmaskings in 2016.5 It relates to my brief interactions in 2013 with Victor Podobnyy, a junior attaché assigned to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations.<br><br>During my meeting with U.S. agents at New York’s Plaza Hotel in June 2013 in support of their ongoing investigation, I spoke with them at length about my research on international political economy which I had been completing as a Fellow at the Center for National Policy in Washington. I brought this up because it seemed to me that the resources of the U.S. Government might be better allocated towards addressing real national security threats, particularly given the recent Boston Marathon bombing of April 15, 2013. Without question, the harsh retribution subsequently taken against me marked a direct retaliation against my dissenting position. Per an article I had recently written and discussed with the U.S. agents (see Appendix), the Clinton/Obama regime had been, “Reflecting the highest principles of [[cronyism]] rather than democracy,” in many of their policy decisions. In my writings, I had also cited a recent quote from Maya Angelou which seemed of particular relevance given a range of ineffective policy approaches by Washington at the time: “The philosophers tell us that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”6 This had marked an earlier instance of the corrupt influence campaign and related domestic political intelligence operations in support of failed policies, which would eventually blossom in full glory with the obnoxious civil rights violations based on complete lies displayed during the 2016 election.<br><br>With regards to the 2015 case where I agreed to provide support, the final scene of the movie ''The Big Short'' offers an instructive summary of the Clinton/Obama regime’s justice system, first led by their Attorney General from 2009 through 2015, [[Eric Holder]].7<br><br>After essentially achieving very little in his 6-years in office, it is understandable why Holder might want to target a token Russian banker during his final months in office8 since only Zurich-based Credit Suisse's Kareem Serageldin stood as another perfunctory accomplishment during his extended six-year term.<br><br>As the journalist Matt Taibbi has described his activities in a 2015 article, which has more recently proven to offer an accurate representation of the Clinton/Obama regime more generally: '''“Holder''' doesn't look it, but he was a revolutionary. He '''institutionalized a radical dualistic approach to criminal justice, essentially creating a system of indulgences wherein the world's richest companies paid cash for their sins and escaped the sterner punishments the law dictated'''.”<ref>Matt Taibbi, “[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/eric-holder-wall-street-double-agent-comes-in-from- the-cold-20150708 Eric Holder, Wall Street Double Agent, Comes in From the Cold: Barack Obama's former top cop cashes in after six years of letting banks run wild],” Rolling Stone, July 8, 2015.</ref><br><br>'''Felony #2: Illegal leaking of classified information surrounding the completely unjustified FISA warrant against me, which further enabled part of the Clinton/Obama regime’s domestic political intelligence operations and influence campaign in the 2016 election''' – On April 12, 2017, the ''Washington Post'' published an article explaining that unnamed '''sources had revealed the completely unjustified FISA warrant to intercept my communications throughout the final months of the reign of the Clinton/Obama regime.<ref>Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor- former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74- 3a742a6e93a7_story.html FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page" Washington Post, April 12, 2017.]</ref> Given a growing list of unanswered questions and apparent abuses regarding this nonsensical invasion of privacy, it seems readily apparent that more revelations about these misdeeds will continue to be learned''' in the period to come.11 As I explained to you last week, my legal team and I are currently busy working on further steps to get to the bottom of this abuse. Whether or not you choose to support these efforts, I am highly confident that this endeavor will prove far more relevant than anything which might be gained in the preposterous forced labor tasks you suggested in your request of April 28, 2017.<br><br>To put in context how outrageous your groundless comprehensive data requests would be, consider the case study of General Flynn. Frustrated in the wake of her failed attempt to circumvent the long-delayed introduction of effective [[immigration]] policies in the United States, ''de facto'' [[anarchist]] [[Sally Yates]] instead turned her attention to destroying the career of a distinguished American. Although I have never met [[Michael Flynn|General Flynn]], his recent experiences make clear that any minor variation between his memory of a conversation during a vacation on the beaches of the Dominican Republic vs. the in-depth transcript kept by the [[deep state]] is framing him for severe personal damage. Comparing that one relatively recent conversation by General Flynn to the two years of records and recollections you’re instead asking me for helps illustrate how illogical your proposition is.<br><br>Consistent with the suppression of dissent that this entire exercise has been from the start, [[Senator Feinstein]] admitted today: “…when I saw a three-star general in front of the Republican convention shouting ‘lock her up,’ I thought, oh my goodness. This would never happen, it never has happened before, this is a three-star general of the United States military doing this with no evidence. And it made a big impression on me.”12 Similar to my experiences, the retribution for this exercise of his [[First Amendment]] rights cuts to the core of the matter. In any event, the preponderance of evidence related to the cases General Flynn referred to during his speech in Cleveland greatly exceeds anything in ''':the 2016 [[Steele dossier|Dodgy Dossier]] which eventually became a cornerstone of the crooked initiative against me and other supporters of the Trump movement, first within the prior Administration and now amongst some actors in Congress'''. So it remains unclear to me on what basis you have assigned hundreds of hours of work with your request of April 28, based on literally nothing except lies from corrupt politicians.<br><br>“THREE DAYS AGO, CARTER PAGE TOLD FOX NEWS HE WAS COOPERATING WITH THE COMMITTEE’S INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING THE 2016 ELECTION. TODAY WE HAVE LEARNED THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE.<br><br>To the contrary, I would like to reconfirm for you that I am still cooperating with the Committee’s investigation in the form of a future open testimony. But given the time horizon you noted above, let’s consider a few additional developments which have changed over the course of that 72-hours following the [[Fox News]] report you cited from May 2, 2017.13<br><br>First, '''Mrs. Clinton gave a speech which dodged responsibility for her disastrous, tone-deaf campaign by instead pointing the finger at Director Comey and Russia.14 Further illustrating another related reason why I was originally targeted by the Clinton/Obama regime''', it is worth bearing in mind a political science concept I previously defined which explains this dysfunctional avoidance of responsibility that has cut across decades of U.S. history:<br><br>The Narcissistic Loony Tune School of Foreign Policy<br><br>An underlying cultural phenomenon that has served as a foundation for the counterproductive narrative in Russia and beyond may be observed in a domestic context. In discussions with her best friend Diane Blair, Hillary Clinton previously defended her husband by referring to his mistress, former White House intern [[Monica Lewinsky]], as a "'''Narcissistic loony tune'''. This personal example demonstrates a fundamental problem at the core of U.S. foreign policy that has been seen across party lines since well before her husband’s administration: '''the inclination to blame weaker parties for problems without examination of the decisions of top leaders that initiated these mistakes''' in the first place.<ref>Carter Page, “[http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/30/05/2014/alternative-courses-quadruple-dual- containment-president-obama’s-west-point-speech-a Alternative Courses to Quadruple Dual Containment: President Obama’s West Point Speech and Pathways Beyond],” Global Policy Journal, May 30, 2014.</ref><br><br>Not only did precisely that same continued pattern of abuse reflect her disparagement of Director Comey, it also underscores why I have remained a principal target of the Clinton/Obama regime’s surrogates including those in Congress. As a perceived weaker party, I have also been effectively and falsely characterized as a narcissistic loony tune amidst other far worse false accusations by the Clinton/Obama regime. In a revealing ''New York Times'' article based on illegal leaks, “The [Obama] Justice Department considered direct surveillance of anyone tied to a political campaign as a line it did not want to cross, the official added.”<ref>Matthew Rosenberg and Matt Apuzzo, “[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/us/politics/carter-page-fisa-warrant-russia-trump.html Court Approved Wiretap on Trump Campaign Aide Over Russia Ties,” New York Times, April 12, 2017.]</ref><br><br>In other words and consistent with the narcissistic loony tune school approach, they apparently decided it was fine to trample on human rights if someone is a low-level, junior, unpaid supporter rather than a fellow fat-cat career politician from the Washington swamp. Second, the real leadership shown by Senator Grassley, Senator Graham and others members of the Judiciary Committee last Wednesday in beginning to address the genuinely problematic interference in last year’s election offers new confidence that logic may now be restored in this overall process.<ref>Catherine Herridge, Pamela K. Browne and Cyd Upson, “[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/05/comey-pressed-for-anti-trump-dossier-in- classified-russia-report-sources-say.html Comey pressed for anti-Trump dossier in classified Russia report, sources say,” Fox News, May 05, 2017.]</ref><br><br>To help further illustrate how disgraceful both the spirit and substance of your original interrogation list is, the original source of a more precisely and carefully targeted question of this sort is worth bearing in mind: '''former [[Gang of Eight]] member [[Harry Reid]]. Characteristic of this ongoing investigation which he helped instigate and typical of his personal level of integrity, he has previously stated that making prior claims without any evidence in 2012 was “one of the best things I’ve ever done.”18 Although this is obviously the exact same thing which again happened against me and the Trump campaign last year, it is my hope that your Committee might restore its dignity by moving beyond the standards of such gangster tactics and the organized crime network that Reid supported during the Clinton/Obama regime'''.<ref>Precisely meeting the definition of Transnational Organized Crime: “Those self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnationally for the purpose of obtaining power, influence, and monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption…” “[https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/organized-crime Transnational Organized Crime: Glossary of Terms,” FBI website.]</ref><br><br>Related to your question #5 and in addition to his standing as one of the early promoters of the 2016 Dodgy Dossier, Harry Reid previously made a federal case out of complete nonsense by asking Director Comey to investigate my investments in Gazprom and supposed conflicts of interest this might create.20 In response to your question, please note that I purchased 200 American Depository Receipts of PJSC Gazprom in June 2008 for $5,909.00. In response to these gangster-style [[witch hunt]] tactics led in the U.S. Senate by Reid, I divested my stake in August 2016 for $798.98 – a net loss of $5,110.02. '''Given the complete disaster that the Clinton/Obama regime made of U.S.-Russia relations and the related problems they inflicted on private industry across the Russian economy, I held no other financial or real estate holdings related to Russia''' between June 16, 2015 and January 20, 2016.<br><br>In addition to my unanswered request from May 4, 2017 that we save time and hundreds of hours of forced labor by jointly corroborating the personal information illegally intercepted by the Obama Administration with the all-encompassing list of trivial questions you have posed to me, there is one other related question which I would like to ask. '''Whereas this bitter investigation based on false evidence on behalf of lying crooked politicians seems to be a nostalgic repeat of many of the corrupt Clinton/Obama regime’s practices of 2016, I am interested to learn if similar related information payoff propositions may be on offer in this instance. It has been reported that $50,000 was offered by the U.S. Government to the political research operatives of the Clinton campaign – apparently a special treat from the Obama Administration to supplement whatever undisclosed, presumably larger amount was already paid by Clinton associates''' for the 2016 Dodgy Dossier.<ref>Chuck Ross, “[https://dailycaller.com/2017/04/22/heres-how-much-the-fbi- planned-to-pay-trump-dossier-author/ Here’s How Much The FBI Planned To Pay Trump Dossier Author],” Chuck Ross, Daily Caller, April 22, 2017.</ref><br><br>In light of this outrageous payoff precedent which precipitated the primary genesis of our interaction in the first place, can you please clarify what level of remuneration for my assigned work is on offer in this instance? While '''the complete lies that the Dodgy Dossier hastily assembled might have carried potentially disastrous results for the integrity of the 2016 election had voters fallen for their dishonesty, factual information of some form might prove infinitely more valuable and relevant'''.<br><br>On one hand, Senator Dianne Feinstein has demonstrated admirable honesty by admitting that there has been no evidence of collusion between anyone associated with the Trump campaign and Russia following recent briefings with the U.S. [[intelligence community]] despite harshly invasive surveillance and millions of dollars wasted on this investigatory endeavor.<ref>Cameron Cawthorne, “[https://freebeacon.com/national- security/feinstein-no-evidence-collusion-between-trump-associates-russia/ Feinstein: No Evidence of Collusion Between Trump Associates and Russia],” Washington Free Beacon, May 4, 2017.</ref> Meanwhile, another California politician, Congressman [[Eric Swalwell]] has perpetuated more baseless innuendos and lies in loyal support of certain political allies.23 One would hope that SSCI follows Senator Feinstein’s lead by taking the high road in this instance.<br><br>As one person experienced in the workings of the [[DC swamp]] accurately summarized the laundry list of requests that you sent on April 28, 2017: “'''Tell us everything so we can have our snotty-nosed [[Ivy League]]rs pore over it and try to put you in the worst light possible. Oh, and you should count on minority staff leaking anything possible to embarrass you or the President'''.” This analysis and prediction would certainly parallel many of my experiences over the past year given the extreme transgressions of the Clinton/Obama regime. This accurate reference to the ongoing history of selective leaking for maximum personal damage of a private citizen (e.g. Felony #1 and Felony #2, above) is another reason making it essential that our future interaction be held in open session.<br><br>Since you have been praised as the bipartisan adults here24, it is my hope that your continued unity now helps to break through lame partisan-based excuses attempted earlier by those who have still consider themselves above the law.25<br><br>The urgency of getting to the bottom of '''the abysmal [[human rights]] record of those actions taken by the Clinton/Obama regime during the 2016 election is an immediate national priority. Finally moving beyond the dark cloud of the civil rights abuses which occurred last year''' might help encourage capable leaders and essential allies such as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to again feel safe in visiting the United States.26<br><br>'''“THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE ITS INQUIRY INTO ISSUES SURROUNDING RUSSIA’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; IT IS OUR EXPECTATION THAT MR. PAGE WILL LIVE UP TO HIS PUBLICLY-EXPRESSED COOPERATION WITH OUR EFFORT.”'''<br><br>I would close by reminding you of the excerpt from the 1976 report by the Church Committee that I quoted in my March 5, 2017 letter, the findings of which led to the founding of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence:<br><br>“'''Too many people have been spied upon by too many Government agencies and too much information has been illegally collected. The Government has often undertaken the secret surveillance of citizens on the basis of their political beliefs, even when those beliefs posed no threat of violence or illegal acts on behalf of a hostile foreign power…'''”<ref>U.S. Senate, "[https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/94755_II.pdf Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans]", Book II, Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with respect to Intelligence Activities United States Senate, April 26, 1976.</ref><br><br>While the earliest indications at the time had already hinted that '''the Church Committee’s conclusions might parallel the injustices committed against me and countless other American citizens last year, few public observers could have imagined way back in March 2017 the growing evidence of corrupt dealings by the Clinton/Obama regime which has subsequently been revealed surrounding their failed attempt to influence the 2016 election.''' Let us please move beyond the noise of last year’s pathetic lies by a bitter losing campaign as we jointly refocus our attention on substantive and relevant matters that can help fix the direction of your Committee and this country.<ref>
2 “Face the Nation transcript: Mulvaney, Manchin, Rice,” CBS News, May 7, 2017.
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-transcript-may-7-2017-mulvaney-manchin-rice/]
[https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/94755_II.pdf]
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*Yates cited for bias in Inspector General report.<ref>https://www.dcstatesman.com/sally-yates-cited-bias-inspector-general-report/</ref>
<!--:*McCabe also is implicated in the FBI's offer to pay Christopher Steele for more fabricated information in Hillary Clinton's opposition research ''Steele dossier''. Neither did McCabe recuse himself from the Russia investigation, despite failing to act on a FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) complaint against FusionGPS, Christopher Steele's employer, as an unregistered foreign agent of the Russian government.-->
:*McCabe visits Trump at the Oval Office that evening.
:*Within two hours of Comey's firing Strzok and Lisa Page exchange messages: {{quotebox|Strzok - “We need to open the case we’ve been waiting on now while Andy [McCabe] is acting [director].”<br>Lisa Page - "We need to lock in [redacted, likely Trump]. In a formal chargeable way. Soon."<br>Strzok - "I agree. I've been pushing and I'll reemphasize with Bill [ [[Priestap]] ]."}}
:*Lisa Page later told Congress there was was no evidence of Russia collusion with the Trump team at this time.<ref>www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/17/strzok-page-texts-calling-to-open-case-in-chargeable-way-under-fresh-scrutiny.html</ref>
:*Under questioning Lisa Page admitted by inference it was an obstruction of justice charge being discussed. The redacted name is likely President Trump.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/transcripts-of-lisa-pages-closed-door-testimonies-provide-new-revelations_2763452.html</ref>