Thread by @themarketswork

1) It's suddenly become conveniently fashionable for the same journalists who promoted Steele's Russia- Collusion nonsense to claim that:

1) They never did any such thing

2) Yes, the dossier was flawed but look at the ICA. Or [fill in blank here]...

https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/1461697613942636552

2) Or claim that:

1) "The notion that the media started questioning Trump’s ties to Russia because of the Steele dossier is even more preposterous."

Because

2) "The report was faulty, but Trump was very, very guilty."
nymag.com/intelligencer/…

3) The Steele dossier laid groundwork for claims of Russia-Collusion.

And the Intelligence Community Assessment was an attempt by Brennan, Clapper & Comey to fortify those claims - w/ridiculous reports of "Facebook something"

In some respects, the Steele dossier WAS the ICA.

4) Brennan & Clapper began creation of the ICA (three “reports” culminating in the ICA) - used to firmly establish the Russia-Collusion narrative - in Sept. 2016.

Obama "retroactively" ordered it in early December 2016.

5) The ICA was then used to push the Russia-Collusion narrative post-election, thereby serving to undermine and delegitimize Trump's actual presidency.

Worth remembering that the ICA was released on January 6th, 2017.

The day AFTER Steele deleted his files - per his testimony.

6) Also worth remembering that Comey attached a two-page summary of the Steele dossier to the ICA - thereby "legitimizing" the dossier in the eyes of the media.

They could now report on it w/impunity.

7) The ICA was widely touted as thoroughly vetted & valid. Despite the fact that Russia ALWAYS tries to interfere in our elections - just as we do in theirs.

Remember the "17 of our intelligence agencies agree..." nonsense?

8) The ICA was technically created by a joint effort between just THREE agencies:

CIA (former Director Brennan), FBI (former Director Comey) and the NSA (just-retired Director Rogers) – and assembled by the DNI (former Director James Clapper).

9) And one of these agencies - the NSA - said the ICA was nonsense.

"CIA and FBI have high confidence in this judgment; NSA has only moderate confidence."

"Moderate Confidence" being DC-speak for “the ICA is crap”

10) NSA Director Rogers was direct in Senate hearings:

"It didn’t have the same level of sourcing and the same level of multiple sources."

But it was used to push the Collusion Narrative we’ve been subjected to as a nation.

11) There are three versions of the ICA:

"a highly classified memorandum to the President completed on December 30, 2016"

"a Top Secret ICA published on January 5, 2017"

and the "unclassified ICA made publicly available on January 6, 2017."

12) Those Dec 30th & Jan 5th versions of the ICA need to be declassified.

And our Intelligence Community should be required to answer why they found Russia so “fascinating” that they lost all sight of the far bigger threat represented by China.

It was obvious to anyone that...

13) Russia didn't want a President who was promoting America-First — w/a stated goal of energy independence & exportation.

Russia is a big gas station w/nukes. Their entire economy depends on energy prices.

A big gas station never wants a bigger gas station driving down prices.

14) As these reporters attempt to distance themselves from the dossier they endlessly promoted - in one way or another - they should be called out & held to account for their reporting that did so much damage and divided our nation.

And their ongoing Russia-Collusion nonsense.

15) There was collusion.

But it wasn't between Trump & Russia.

It was the DNC, the Clinton Campaign, the Intelligence Community and members of the Corporate Media working to overturn the results of a presidential election.