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BOMBSHELL: FBI ‘Altered' Evidence That Falsely Cast Carter Page As Russian Spy, Report Says
2019-12-10
[Wire] Department of Justice Inspector General (IG) Michael Horowitz’s report on alleged FBI misconduct in surveilling the Trump campaign found that the FBI "altered" evidence that falsely cast former Trump presidential campaign adviser Carter Page as a Russian spy.

The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis and Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway wrote that the report "found that the FBI falsely claimed to the FISA Court not only that Carter Page was a Russian agent, but also falsely claimed that an unnamed intelligence agency had told the FBI that Page was ’not a source’ in their efforts to surveil and curtail Russian intelligence efforts."

"Page, who had previously been an informant and witness for the United States in a federal espionage case against a Russian intelligence official, was targeted by the Obama FBI as a Russian spy helping Putin to steal the election from Hillary Clinton in 2016," The Federalist reported. "According to the IG report, before the FBI and DOJ went to the FISA Court to apply for a warrant to spy on Page, an unnamed U.S. intelligence agency had told the FBI that Carter Page had previously assisted that agency’s efforts against Russian spies. Although exculpatory information about potential spy targets is required in spy warrant applications, Obama’s FBI and DOJ deliberately withheld that information from the spy court in order to paint Page in the worst possible light."

"Ahead of an application to renew the spy warrant in 2017, a top FBI lawyer doctored evidence from the unnamed agency which confirmed that contrary to FBI claims that he was a Russian spy, Page had in fact assisted the United States in its efforts to counter Russian operations," The Federalist added. "An e-mail from the agency that clearly stated Page was ’a source’ for them was doctored by Kevin Clinesmith, a top FBI national security lawyer, to give the opposite impression to the federal spy court."
Emphasis added at para #2.
Posted by:Besoeker

#9  No, grom. They'll get a sternly worded letter.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-12-10 12:55  

#8  SS Part 214
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-10 10:42  

#7  No one knows if any of those closet Trump supporters worked on Crossfire Hurricane.

No one know if the Trump Supporting FBI agents are still agents (and not in some remote shithole location). The left loves their purges.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2019-12-10 10:12  

#6  So, they are not criminals who must be charged but morons who must be fired?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-12-10 09:05  

#5  Bias? David Muir (ABC) observed that some FBI agents' text messages were supportive of Trump, and some even cheered his election!

Therefore, one supposes, the FBI was unbiased. No one knows if any of those closet Trump supporters worked on Crossfire Hurricane.

I only watched ABC New to get a sense of how they'd 'cover' the IG report. About as expected.
Posted by: Bobby   2019-12-10 08:42  

#4  "mistakes and sloppines"

Almost as effective defense as.... "Befehl ist Befehl" (an order is an order)
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-10 07:14  

#3  
No. Do not go there, AlanC.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-12-10 07:09  

#2  every single one of the mistakes and sloppiness found in the FBI was in the same direction

The IG should have said that. Then the 'not found bias' would be seen for what it is, basically a joke.
Posted by: lord garth   2019-12-10 06:36  

#1  Sort of explains why the FBI immediately suspended interest in Mr. Page when he resigned from the Trump campaign.

"BOMBSHELL 2.0"....Carter Page (USN Academy Top grad, Naval Intelligence officer, former FBI stringer, and carefree man about the beltway) was fully aware and complicit in his clandestine, 'Animal Factory - jailhouse plant' role.

....but also falsely claimed that an unnamed intelligence agency had told the FBI that Page was ’not a source’ in their efforts to surveil and curtail Russian intelligence efforts."

'What, Page again? Can't they find their own people? Ok, go ahead, go ahead. Make sure they send us their reporting.'

Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-10 04:28  

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