Brennan used unofficial intelligence from unofficial channels and then fed this information repeatedly into the FBI as a tactic to push the FBI into starting a Counterintelligence Investigation.
"Sometime this summer, there was information that the CIA had that was shared with the Bureau. But it wasn’t the only period of time where such information was shared with the Bureau."
“The CIA and the Intelligence Community had collected a fair amount of information in the summer of 2016 about what the Russians were doing on multiple fronts. And we wanted to make sure that the FBI had full access to that.”
"We were uncovering information intelligence about interactions and contacts between U.S. persons and the Russians. And as we came upon that, we would share it with the bureau."
"I know that there was a sufficient basis of information and intelligence that required further investigation by the bureau to determine whether or not U.S. persons were actively conspiring, colluding with Russian officials."
“I made sure that anything that was involving U.S. persons, including anything involving the individuals involved in the Trump campaign was shared with the bureau [FBI].”
"Any time we would incidentally collect information on a U.S. person, we would hand that over to the FBI...we were picking things up that was of great relevance to the FBI, and we wanted to make sure that they were there..."
Maddow: “So, it’s an intelligence-sharing operation…”
Brennan: “Right. We put together a Fusion Center at CIA that brought NSA and FBI officers together with CIA to make sure that those proverbial dots would be connected.”
“I was aware of intelligence and information about contacts between Russian officials and U.S. persons…and it served as the basis for the FBI investigation.”
“Through the so-called Gang-of-Eight process we kept congress apprised of these issues...In consultation with the White House, I personally briefed the full details.”
"There was no intelligence that passed through the Five Eyes channels to our government...We now know that there was no official intelligence that was used to start this investigation."
Brennan: "I know that there were efforts made by the Bureau to try to understand whether or not any of the information in that was valid, but I don’t have any firsthand knowledge of it."
Brennan: “I had heard just snippets about it...I did not see it until later in that year. I think it was in December...it did not play any role whatsoever in the [ICA]"
Clapper: "Some of the substantive content of the dossier we were able to corroborate in our Intelligence Community assessment from other sources in which we had very high confidence."
Meadows: “We have documents that would suggest that in that briefing the dossier was mentioned to Harry Reid...Does that surprise you that Director Brennan would be aware of [dossier]?”
Notably, Admiral Mike Rogers of the NSA publicly dissented from the findings of the ICA, assigning only a moderate confidence level.
Gowdy: Have you ever requested that a U.S. person’s name be unmasked?
Brennan: Yes I have.
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Gowdy: Do you recall any U.S. ambassadors asking that names be unmasked?
Brennan: I don’t know. Maybe it’s ringing a vague bell…
Brennan: I do not believe I did.
Gowdy: You did not make any requests on the last day that you were employed?
Brennan: No, I was not in the agency on the last day I was employed.
End
"The CIA gave information over to the FBI In 2016. We now are laser-focused on that. We need to know exactly what did the CIA gave to the FBI in 2016. That's what our investigation is now focusing on."
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