[Breitbart] NEW YORK ‐ Documents released on Saturday related to the wiretapping of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page reveal information that contributed to the government’s application to monitor Page originated with the State Department under the Obama administration in October 2016.
That detail may be particularly relevant since numerous officials from John Kerry’s State Department have been fingered for playing roles in the distribution ‐ and in one case, possibly also the compilation ‐ of the largely discredited, 35-page anti-Trump dossier which focused in significant part on Page.
Much of the interaction between the State Department and the dossier author took place just prior to the October 2016 date mentioned in the newly released Page documents. Dossier author Christopher Steele, a former British spy, was commissioned to produce the questionable document by the controversial Fusion GPS opposition research firm, which was paid for its anti-Trump work by Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
State Department official Jonathan Winer admitted to exchanging documents and information with Steele, and passed the dossier contents to other officials at the State Department. Winer also admitted to receiving information from Clinton associate Sidney Blumenthal that originated with Cody Shearer, a shadowy former tabloid journalist who has long been closely associated with various Clinton scandals. Winer conceded that he passed Shearer’s anti-Trump material to Steele.
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I would also make the point that by October 2016, a month or less to the 2016 election, seems rather late in the game to be asking for a FISA surveillance application of someone suspected of working with the Russians "to undermine & influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S election"
Yes, rather "late" indeed. US Person (USP) Carger Page could have been tipped off by fellow USN Academy grad and intelligence officer, NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers. Around the same time, Admiral Rogers pays a visit (without Obama knowledge) to Trump Towers. Next day Trump moves entire election operation out of Trump Towers.
Cover Their Arse FISA warrant...signed off on by Dpty AG Rod Rosenstein.
Excerpt: Having interacted with members of the U.S. intelligence community including the FBI and CIA for many decades, I appreciate the limitations on your staff’s time and assets. Although I have not been contacted by any member of your team in recent months, I would eagerly await their call to discuss any final questions they might possibly have in the interest of helping them put these outrageous allegations to rest while allowing each of us to shift our attention to relevant matters. Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Looks like Page knew he was being set up, monitored, betrayed by his former pals in the Intelligence Community.
Anything ever come of the alleged Carter Page-Russian connection? Of course not.
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The pic represents a troika that would ruin a good Sunday morning...or a country.
Washington moves glacially when it comes to doing anything about this left-over mess. The time is overdue to clean it up. We'll all be dead at this rate before we see justice done.
Page statement in his letter to Comey: Having interacted with members of the U.S. intelligence community including the FBI and CIA for many decades,
Perhaps Page "interacted" (was recruited or became a 'walk-in') gov't source within the Trump campaign, but due to his previous international connections and DoJ/FBI/media treachery, (Clinton campaign goes south) he became a convenient target. When he finally became witting of the deception, he left the Trump campaign.
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[Breitbart] NEW YORK ‐ Documents released on Saturday related to the wiretapping of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page reveal information that contributed to the government’s application to monitor Page originated with the State Department under the Obama administration in October 2016.
