Brennan lied
Brennan Lied About Not Including Steele Dossier In Intelligence Community Assessment On 2016 Russian Election Interference
DECEMBERÂ 9, 2019 ByÂ
Madeline Osburn
The new report from Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirmed former CIA Director John Brennan lied to Congress about whether the dossier authored by Christopher Steele was used in the Obama administrationâs Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA).
The ICA, a report conducted by intelligence officials in 2016 on Russian election interference, was used to brief President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump in January 2017. According to the IG report, there was significant discussion by top intelligence officials as to whether the unverified Steele dossier should be included in the main body of the ICA report, summarized in an appendix, or even included at all.
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said that âhe felt strongly that the Steele election reporting belonged in the body of the ICA, because he feared that placing it in an appendix was âtacking it onâ in a way that would âminimiz[e]â the information and prevent it from being properly considered.â
Ultimately, the ICA included a short summary and assessment of the dossier, which was incorporated in an appendix. âIn the appendix, the intelligence agencies explained that there was âonly limited corroboration of the sourceâs reportingâ and that Steeleâs election reports were not used âto reach analytic conclusions of the CIA/FBI/NSA assessment,ââ the IG report states.
A few months later, on May 23, 2017, when testifying before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Brennan categorically denied that the CIA relied on the Steele dossier for the ICA report. Here is the full exchange with former Rep. Trey Gowdy:
Mr. Gowdy:Â Do you know if the Bureau ever relied on the Steele dossier as any â as part of any court filings, applications, petitions, pleadings?
Mr. Brennan:Â I have no awareness.
Mr. Gowdy:Â Did the CIA rely on it?
Mr. Brennan:Â No.
Mr. Gowdy:Â Why not?
Mr. Brennan:Â Because we â we didnât. It wasnât part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had. It was not in any way used as a basis for the Intelligence Community assessment that was done. It was â it was not.
Brennan claimed the unverified dossier was not âpart of the corpus of intelligence information we had.â On page 179 of the IG report, IG investigators asked former FBI Director James Comey if he remembered discussions with Brennan on presenting the dossier to Obama. Comey said Brennan and other officials argued it was âimportantâ enough to include in the ICA â clearly part of the âcorpus of intelligence informationâ they had.
This makes me angry that people have such deep hatred for the president they are willing to lie, cheat and steal. Lock them up and throw away the key.Â
Thank you anon, đĽ°
