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2021-10-19 Government Corruption
Christopher Steele, author of the infamous 'Trump pee-tape' dossier, stands by his ludicrous claims in a fawning ABC interview
[RT] Former MI6 man Christipher Steele is the subject of an obscenely vapid ABC documentary, with a contemptible interview by George Stephanopoulos that’s so deferential it’s like watching a first date that should be an interrogation.

Just as MI6 super spy James Bond is back in theatres with No Time to Die, former MI6 agent Remington Christopher Steele is back in the spotlight with the story that refuses to die, in an ABC ’documentary’ titledOut of the Shadows: The Man Behind the Steele Dossier, now streaming on Hulu.

Steele came to fame as the shadowy force behind the Steele Dossier, the document which was the spark that lit the Trump-Russia collusion fire that was doused in gasoline by obsessive partisan media coverage and numerous, spurious government investigations for the last five years. The dossier claimed that then-candidate Trump was "colluding with Moscow" and that those devious Russians had "kompromat" on Trump in the golden form of a "pee tape."

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Steele’s "coming out of the shadows" consists of him sitting down with George Stephanopoulos and having a cuddle session on fancy sofas in a posh apartment.

Stephanopoulos is the perfect choice for the softball interview since he and Steele have a lot in common — they’ve both worked for the Clintons. Stephanopoulos as adviser to President Bill Clinton
...former Democratic president of the U.S. Bill was the second U.S. president to be impeached, the first to deny that oral sex was sex, the first to have difficulty with the definition of the word is...
and Steele as de facto dirt-finder for Crooked Hillary Clinton
...former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away. Politix is not one of her talents, but it's something she keeps trying to do...
’s presidential campaign.

ABC tried to stretch the excruciatingly thin gruel of this supposed ’interview’ into an hour-long documentary by adding talking heads from their own newsroom. They failed, as the end result is a one-hour show that is hilariously shallow and vapid, even by ABC News standards.

Out of the Shadows spends considerably more time rehashing the "history" of Russia, Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
and Trump than it does actually talking to Steele. Russia is deemed "a rogue state virus spreading westward with its villainy," Putin a "KGB killer," and Trump a "threat to American democracy." In other words, it’s standard establishment media talking points.

Steele’s background is somewhat explored, but being the ever-diligent super spy that he is, Steele never explicitly states that he worked for MI6. I guess he doesn’t want to blow his cover.

What Steele actually says in this interview is of strikingly minimal impact. Thanks to Stephanopoulos’ anti-journalistic, anti-adversarial, deferential approach, no new ground is broken.

It’s well-known that Steele didn’t just compile the dossier, he actively pushed it to media outlets, in effect working to try and scupper Trump’s election campaign. The fact that he was ostensibly working for Democrats at the time certainly makes it appear as if he was a part of a wider disinformation/interference operation, but of course that’s a topic Stephanopoulos whistles past in this patty-cake chat.

Steele admits to no wrongdoing or error, despite the U.S. intelligence agencies "eviscerating" his findings after thorough investigation, and the FBI
...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time...
labelling him "untrustworthy."

The issue of the "sources" Steele uses doesn’t get the attention it deserves either, as it’s reported that he only used one "key collector," but Steele is quick to make clear it was "one collector" but not "one source." That seems like a distinction without a difference.
Posted by Fred 2021-10-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [26 views ]  Top

#1 Lying to the media, where is thy sting? Country estates and security are costly. Steele is running short on money. The Stephanopoulos interview paid handsomely. Perhaps a book? If there are no other questions ?
Posted by Besoeker 2021-10-19 01:51||   2021-10-19 01:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Christopher Steele ABC interview slammed by ex-Trump official: 'He's no James Bond'
Posted by Skidmark 2021-10-19 04:37||   2021-10-19 04:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Former MI6 operative Christopher Steele says his wife and business partner told him not to include the 'most salacious' allegations against Trump - even though he still can't say whether the 'golden showers' tape exists
Posted by Skidmark 2021-10-19 05:56||   2021-10-19 05:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Why is this despicable shit still roaming the earth? Why is he even alive?
Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-10-19 06:04||   2021-10-19 06:04|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Steele, Soros, Pelosi, Feinstein, Obama, Schumer, the Squad, the Clintons, OJ, Comey, McCabe, Brennan, Barr, Newsom, Wray, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov.

The downside of Herd Immunity.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-10-19 06:17||   2021-10-19 06:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Stephanopoulos is a shitty little guy but I guess that's what it takes to give air time to a weasel like Steel. Tells you all you need to know about ABC.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-10-19 13:25||   2021-10-19 13:25|| Front Page Top

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