A Random Collection of Thoughts

For John, BLUF:  This Russiagate thing and the "intelligence" behind it are a jumbles.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Here Are The 7 Biggest Bombshells In The House Intel Memo On FISA Abuses

From The Federalist, by Writer Bre Payton, 2 February 2018.

Here is the lede plus one:

Compiled by congressional Republicans.

1. FBI Used News Articled Sourced By Steele To Corroborate His Dossier
2. FBI Knew Steele Was Being Paid By DNC, Hillary Clinton, Chose Not To Tell The Court
3. Without The Steele Dossier, FBI Wouldn’t Have Sought the Warrant To Spy On Carter Page
4. FBI Spied On Trump’s Associate For Nearly a Year
5. FBI Dismissed Steele As a Source Soon After It Secured The Initial FISA Warrant
6. FBI Did Not Tell The Court It Had Dismissed Steele
7. DOJ Official’s Wife Was Getting Paid By Fusion GPS

I have two points to addd to what the author says:

1. The FBI spied on Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, for four years and it only stopped when Dr King was assassinated.
2. My understanding is that, notwithstanding his wife's form of employment, Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr is actually one of the good guys in all this.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff
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