The Cambridge Club started the ball rolling. Dearlove also vouched for Steele. He's been a friend of Stefan Halper for years.
Cambridge Club also has ties to Rome. Link Campus to be precise.
Christopher Andrew was a frequent guest at Link Campus. He was one of the founding members of the Cambridge Club.
David Ignatius was at this event with Andrew and Enzo Scotti in 2004. The CIA sponsored it.
Christopher Andrew is the official historian of MI5. He is also a Mitrokhin scholar.
The Mitrokhin Commission in Italy was used to harass journalists that were uncovering the CIA's Imam Rapito scandal and the Niger forgeries.
Steele involved.
Chris Steele and Boris Berezovsky allowed Alexander Litvinenko to travel to Rome to help with the Mitrokhin Commission.
Link Campus was often used to host meetings and plan strategy for the commission.
Link Campus was loved by Francesco Cossiga, the former Italian PM who was obsessed with secret societies and espionage.
Cossiga was one of Italy's main supporters of the Mitrokhin Commission.
Was Halper one of the CIA people who helped lead the strikes against Allende and then the coup?
Richard Fagen testified to Congress they had reached out out to him. The 40 Committee is believed to have been involved.
The 40 Committee was responsible for coordinating all covert US action around the world.
Was Halper's book on South America part of the covert action?
Chris Steele was Alexander Litvinenko's handler.
Litvinenko hung out with the Italians around Link Campus in Rome. Downer or Steele gave the OK for Litvinenko, who was working for MI6 at the time, to work for the Italians. The circle is complete.