It's worth rewatching Jane Mayer's interview with Morning Joe about her Chris Steele profile from last year in light of the IG report which undercut the thesis of the whole article.
I'd forgotten this part -- Mayer wrote that Comey told Obama in a briefing about dossier that FBI was confident in it b/c FBI had worked in the past with Steele's sources and sub-sources.
“He’s proven credible in the past, and so has his network,” Comey said, per Mayer.
“He’s proven credible in the past, and so has his network,” Comey said, per Mayer.
That doesn't square with the IG report. By the time Comey briefed Obama, Steele had told the FBI several months earlier that he thought one of the dossier's main sub-sources was a "boaster" and "embellisher."
