{"id":36854,"date":"2019-08-21T14:37:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T18:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36854"},"modified":"2019-08-21T14:37:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T18:37:25","slug":"knowing-where-the-bodies-are-buried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36854","title":{"rendered":"Knowing Where The Bodies Are Buried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Insiders in Washington who are honest have a pretty good idea what went into the framing of candidate Trump (and President Trump) as a Russian agent. Many of them have remained relatively quiet for various reasons&#8211;not wanting to leak classified information, not wanting to get ahead of the story, and waiting for more information to come out. Well, it seems as if we may finally getting near some of that information.<\/p>\n<p>John Solomon posted an article at <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/campaign\/458173-10-declassified-russia-collusion-revelations-that-could-rock-washington-this\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a> yesterday listing ten items that should be declassified that will turn what we have heard from the mainstream media on its head.<\/p>\n<p>This is the list:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/person\/christopher-steele\">Christopher Steele<\/a>\u2019s confidential human source reports at the FBI.\u00a0These documents, known in bureau parlance as 1023 reports,\u00a0show exactly what transpired each time Steele and his FBI handlers met in the summer and fall of 2016 to discuss his anti-Trump dossier. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The 53 House Intel interviews.\u00a0House Intelligence interviewed many key players in the Russia probe and asked the DNI to declassify those interviews nearly a year ago, after sending the transcripts for review last November.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Stefan Halper documents.\u00a0It has been widely reported that European-based American academic Stefan Halper and a young assistant, Azra Turk,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/05\/19\/cambridge-professor-outed-as-fbi-informant-inside-trump-campaign\/\">worked as FBI sources<\/a>. We know for sure that one or both had contact with targeted Trump aides like Carter Page and <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/george-papadopoulos\" data-nid=\"366054\">George Papadopoulos<\/a><\/span> at the end of the election.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The October 2016 FBI email chain.\u00a0This is a key document identified by Rep. Nunes and his investigators. My sources say it will show exactly what concerns the FBI knew about and discussed with DOJ about using Steele\u2019s dossier and other evidence to support a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant targeting the Trump campaign in October 2016.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Page\/Papadopoulos exculpatory statements.\u00a0Another of Nunes\u2019s five buckets, these documents purport to show what the two Trump aides were recorded telling undercover assets or captured in intercepts insisting on their innocence. Papadopoulos told me he told an FBI undercover source in September 2016 that the Trump campaign was not trying to obtain hacked Clinton documents from Russia and considered doing so to be treason.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The &#8216;Gang of Eight&#8217; briefing materials.\u00a0These were a series of classified briefings and briefing books the FBI and DOJ provided key leaders in Congress in the summer of 2018 that identify shortcomings in the Russia collusion narrative.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Steele spreadsheet.\u00a0I\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/453384-fbis-spreadsheet-puts-a-stake-through-the-heart-of-steeles-dossier\">wrote recently that the FBI kept a spreadsheet<\/a><\/u>\u00a0on the accuracy and reliability of every claim in the Steele dossier. According to my sources, it showed as much as 90 percent of the claims could not be corroborated, were debunked or turned out to be open-source internet rumors.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Steele interview.\u00a0It has been\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/doj-inspector-general-interviewed-ex-spy-christopher-steele\">reported, and confirmed, that the DOJ&#8217;s inspector general interviewed the former British intelligence operative<\/a><\/u>\u00a0for as long as 16 hours about his contacts with the FBI while working with Clinton\u2019s opposition research firm, Fusion GPS.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The redacted sections of the third FISA renewal application.\u00a0This was the last of four FISA warrants targeting the Trump campaign; it was renewed in June 2017 after special counsel <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/robert-mueller\" data-nid=\"364882\">Robert Mueller<\/a><\/span>\u2019s probe had started and signed by then-Deputy Attorney General <span class=\"rollover-people\" data-behavior=\"rolloverpeople\"><a class=\"rollover-people-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/rod-rosenstein\" data-nid=\"365107\">Rod Rosenstein<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Records of allies\u2019 assistance.\u00a0Multiple sources have said a handful of U.S. allies overseas \u2014 possibly Great Britain, Australia and Italy\u00a0\u2014 were asked to assist FBI efforts to check on Trump connections to Russia. Members of Congress have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/446050-did-brits-warn-about-steeles-credibility-before-muellers-probe-congress\">searched recently for some key contact documents with British intelligence<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If what went on here were not so serious, it would be a major get-out-the-popcorn moment. However, the biggest questions is, &#8220;How much of this will the major media report when it is released?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insiders in Washington who are honest have a pretty good idea what went into the framing of candidate Trump (and President Trump) as a Russian agent. 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