re-up: [John Brennan]: Steele dossier played no role in intelligence assessment on Russia's election interference thehill.com/homenews/sunda…
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quote: "I said the Russians allegedly had tapes involving him and prostitutes at the Presidential Suite at the Ritz Carlton in Moscow from about 2013,” Comey told Trump"
quote: "Comey continued. “I said it was important that we not give them the excuse to write that the FBI has the material or [redacted] and that we were keeping it very close-hold.”
quote: "In reality, it was the briefing of this attachment by intelligence chiefs that was quickly leaked to CNN and used to provide a veneer of legitimacy to the unverified and uncorroborated allegations."
quote: "The release of the ICA annex, specifically marked as “Annex A” in the 2017 document, also raises questions about whether former CIA director may have perjured himself before Congress when he denied under oath that the dossier was never part of the ICA...
..“Did the CIA rely on [the Steele dossier]?” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) asked Brennan on May 23, 2017.
“No,” Brennan replied.
“Why not?” Gowdy asked in response...
“No,” Brennan replied.
“Why not?” Gowdy asked in response...
..“Because we — we didn’t,” Brennan said. “It wasn’t part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had. It was not in any way used as a basis for the Intelligence Community assessment that was done.”
have to wonder... what was the "eyes only" intel Brennan passed to the White House in August 2016? snippets from the dossier? something else? #Rice #Haines #McDonough
