Trump dossier claims have credibility, says former spy
Source: Raw Story
Newsweek
15 Dec 2017 at 07:56 ET
The controversial dossier compiled about President Donald Trump’s alleged business dealings in Russia and his campaign’s contacts with the Kremlin has some credibility, Britain’s former chief spy said Thursday.
“I think that there is probably some credibility to the content. I wouldn't put it any more forcefully than that,” said Sir Richard Dearlove, who ran Britain’s spy agency MI6 between 1999 and 2004, in an interview with BBC's Newsnight.
Talking about the heated debate around the document’s contents, which Trump has rejected, Dearlove said, “I'm reluctant to get drawn into it.” In part, the dossier alleged that Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort and other figures from his team worked with the Kremlin to spread damaging information about his rival Hillary Clinton.
Dearlove used to work with the dossier’s creator, former MI6 spy Christopher Steele, who was stationed in Russia in the early 1990s. Steele was heading the agency’s Russia Desk by 2006. His former colleagues have said he was a meticulous professional.
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