this feedback loop looks important and understudied to me. Simpson got Fusion Brian Ross of ABC to write about and interview Millian in Jul 2016. More or less simultaneously, Steele memorandum framed Millian as Source E for key allegation of collusion betw Trump campaign, Russia
Steele claims that his information came from mysterious Primary Sub-Source, who (almost certainly) had no contact with Millian, later fabricating story to FBI about a single anonymous telephone call which he attributed to Millian for no obvious reason. Call prob imaginary.
This sequence of fabrications is a lot easier to pin down than equally fantastic stories purported to originate in dark alleys in Moscow, passed by tradecraft. On what basis is Primary Sub-Source entitled to confidentiality, while Flynn was unmasked to world for doing his job.
