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Recent revelations of Trump campaign connections to Russia have revived interest in the so-called Steele Dossier. The dossier is composed of a batch of short reports produced between June and December 2016 by Orbis Business Intelligence, a London-based firm specializing in commercial intelligence for government and private-sector clients. The collection of Orbis reports caused an uproar when it was published online by the US website BuzzFeed, just ten days before Donald Trumps inauguration. Taken together, the series of reports painted a picture of active collusion between the Kremlin and key Trump campaign officials based on years of Russian intelligence work against Trump and some of his associates. This seemed to complement general statements from US intelligence officials about Russias active efforts to undermine the US election. The greatest attention was paid to the first report, which conveyed salacious claims about Trump consorting with prostitutes in Moscow in 2013. Trump himself publicly refuted the story, while Trump associates denied reported details about their engagement with Russian officials. A lot of ink and pixels were also spent on the question whether it was appropriate for the media to publish the dossier. The furor quickly passed, the next news cycle came, and the American media has been largely reluctant to revisit the report over the months since.
For professional investigators, however, the dossier is by no means a useless document. Although the reports were produced episodically, almost erratically, over a five-month period, they present a coherent narrative of collusion between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign. As a result, they offer an overarching framework for what might have happened based on individuals on the Russian side who claimed to have insight into Moscows goals and operational tactics. Until we have another more credible narrative, we should do all we can to examine closely and confirm or dispute the reports.
https://www.justsecurity.org/44697/steele-dossier-knowing/
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)It is sinful, evil, illegal & foul to betray the United States by going into darkside moneybucks league with the evil empire* as it wages ACTS OF WAR** against America.
* per ronald reagan
* per dick freaking cheney and all 17 US Intelligence Agencies.
calimary
(81,322 posts)It certainly fits.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,007 posts)unc70
(6,115 posts)Gothmog
(145,321 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)leftstreet
(36,109 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)testified for 10 hours to the Judicial Committee about the validity of the report. Hatch said he would support the release of the transcripts of the testimony. I already called the GOP members of the committee and am waiting for them to be released.
spanone
(135,844 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)The Steele dossier launched the FBI investigations, FISA warrants, #TrumpRussia, hearings, ..... plus, the furor is only just beginning.