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THREAD🧵12 years ago, #FBI agents in Baltimore sought to wiretap former @BrookingsInst analyst Igor Danchenko on suspicions he was spying for #Russia. theepochtimes.com/how-the-fbi-lo…
The counterintelligence analyst they were assigned to work with told them he could not find their target… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The counterintelligence analyst they were assigned to work with told them he could not find their target… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Danchenko was living in the #WashingtonDC area.
In fact, he had been arrested in Maryland in 2013 by federal Park Police for being drunk and disorderly, something the FBI analyst could have easily discovered by searching federal law enforcement databases.
Clueless, the FBI… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In fact, he had been arrested in Maryland in 2013 by federal Park Police for being drunk and disorderly, something the FBI analyst could have easily discovered by searching federal law enforcement databases.
Clueless, the FBI… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Brian Auten, the counterintelligence analyst in question, would quickly rise to become the #FBI’s top Russian analyst.
In 2016 and 2017, he failed to properly vet the #SteeleDossier, a collection of salacious allegations created for @HillaryClinton’s campaign which sought to tie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
In 2016 and 2017, he failed to properly vet the #SteeleDossier, a collection of salacious allegations created for @HillaryClinton’s campaign which sought to tie… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Working out of headquarters as a supervisor, Auten knew Danchenko helped Christopher Steele compile the dossier while living in the area.
But instead of contacting the Baltimore agents, Auten secretly groomed him as an informant, arranging payments of $220,000 to target… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
But instead of contacting the Baltimore agents, Auten secretly groomed him as an informant, arranging payments of $220,000 to target… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
One result: Danchenko, the suspected Russian spy, falsely accused Page, a former US Navy officer who had previously helped the FBI, of being a Russian spy in the dossier.
Auten also never informed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court about the FBI’s longstanding concerns… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Auten also never informed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court about the FBI’s longstanding concerns… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Like the Baltimore agents, investigators at #FBI headquarters relied on Auten to build their counterintelligence cases on Page and 3 other Trump advisers. Auten provided the reports and memos they used to establish probable cause in each case. Auten also supported investigators… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Auten's earlier and deeper connections to Danchenko have only been more recently revealed in the report issued by Special Counsel John Durham.
His findings suggest that if Auten had done his job over a decade ago, chances are the now-discredited dossier never would have been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
His findings suggest that if Auten had done his job over a decade ago, chances are the now-discredited dossier never would have been… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
A Suspected Kremlin Agent ‘Hiding in Plain Sight’
The Baltimore agents were shocked to learn from Durham’s office that Danchenko had been signed up as a confidential FBI source. One of them interviewed by Durham’s investigators believed Danchenko was a Kremlin agent “hiding in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The Baltimore agents were shocked to learn from Durham’s office that Danchenko had been signed up as a confidential FBI source. One of them interviewed by Durham’s investigators believed Danchenko was a Kremlin agent “hiding in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“It is extremely concerning that the FBI failed to deal with the prior unresolved counterespionage case on Danchenko,” Durham concluded in his report.
“Given Danchenko’s known contacts with Russian intelligence officers and his documented prior pitch [to colleagues at Democratic… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“Given Danchenko’s known contacts with Russian intelligence officers and his documented prior pitch [to colleagues at Democratic… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Read the FULL article here: theepochtimes.com/how-the-fbi-lo…
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