Thread by @BusterUSMC

"The British Fusion GPS"
1. Is a mysterious British private spy firm linked to a series of “collusion” stings on the @realDonaldTrump team?

2. The British end of the 2016 "sting" campaign against @realDonaldTrump is unlikely to get a mention in the 1st @JusticeOIG reprt from IG Horowitz, due out soon. @DevinNunes reprts haven't focused on this potentially huge story much either.

3. Alexander Downer's 2016 "chat" w/GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS at the Kensington Wine Rooms abt Cypriot JOSEPH MIFSUD & "Hilary emails" allegedly sparked FBI's July 2016 counterintel investigation.
DOWNER initiated that chat & @nytimes concedes he was"fishing"

4. Who is ALEXANDER DOWNER?
Hakluyt Advisory Brd mbr 08-14, shareholder &still attending corporate mtgs as recently as late 2015
• Secured $25m for Clinton Fndtn while Australian Foreign Minister (96-07)
• Also UN Envoy to MIFSUD’s native Cyprus 08-14

5. In the '16 campaign there were a LOT of mtgs like this, initiated by outsiders reaching out to ppl in the @realDonaldTrump camp, looking to gossip abt "Russia" & "Clinton emails."
But it isn’t just DOWNER.
Many can be traced back to "Hakluyt"
(even the Clinton's themselves)

6. So, who are Hakluyt?
~A private corp spy/intel firm
~Founded in 1995, mostly by ex MI6 officers
~Set up w."blessing" of the then head of MI6
~Clients worldwide
~Very secretive
~72 Staff
~HQ in very expensive part of London (Kensington)
~US office in NY

7. The name Hakluyt is derived fr British writer & explorer RICHARD HAKLUYT (1553-1616) who promoted colonization of N America &publshd detailed cartographical maps of "NOVUS ORBIS" (Latin for "New World"): en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H…

8. When Christopher Steele left MI6 &set up his own priv intel firm (ltr hired by FusionGPS 2look 4dirt on @realDonaldTrump) he called it ORBIS Bsn Intel Ltd. Either a huge coincidence or he was similarly influenced by Hakluyt: catalogue.swanngalleries.com/asp/fullCatalo…

9. The real life inspiration for James Bond was even 1of 3original founders of Hakluyt (FITZROY MACLEAN; died '96). The other 2were CHRISTOPHER JAMES & MIKE REYNOLDS. Both longtime undercover sr MI6 officers & well connected in the political & spying world

10. CHRISTOPHER JAMES
~MI6 1975-1998 (ran MI6 "business liaison")
~Founder & ran Hakluyt from 1998-2006
~One of James' first clients was MACK MCLARTY
*fmr WH Chf of Staff to "oldest friend" B CLINTON (&childhood friend of HILARY) spearswms.com/hakluyts-chris…

11. MIKE REYNOLDS
~Set up MI6's cntr-terrorism branch
~MI6 Head of Station Berlin
~Founder & dir at Hakluyt 1998-2004
~Apparently "a close friend" of SIR RICHARD DEARLOVE (fmr head of MI6 &fmr boss of CHRIS STEELE who has vouched for Steele's credibility)

12. Hakluyt's links to British intel even extend beyond MI6.
The day after @realDonaldTrump announced his candidacy (Jun 16 '15)
Hakluyt created a mutual firm: "Hakluyt Cyber Ltd"
A 29-yr vet of GCHQ joined it Sep 15.
The ex Dir of GCHQ also joined mgmt.

13. Hakluyt also have contacts high in the British gov. e.g. in recent yrs, staff seen dining wSIR JEREMY HEYWOOD (Cabinet Secretary, the top civil servant) & mtg w/the then Natnl Security Advisor KIM DARROCH
A peer of CHARLES FARR:

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14. Hakluyt are well connected to British intelligence & the political establishment.
But what makes them similar to Fusion GPS?
1. Secretive
2. Produced "intel" in similar way to Steele dossier
3. Possibly corrupt relationship with the msmedia
4. 2016-17 Lots of Money

15. An early Hakluyt director (and member of the media for 8 years), MICHAEL MACLAY, said in 2001: corpwatch.org/article/uk-mi6…
"We don't ever talk about anything we do.
We never go into any details of what we may or what we may not be doing"

16. In 2000, founder MIKE REYNOLDS & Hakluyt were paid to "dig up dirt" agnst a client's corporate rivals (1of them based in the Czech Republic). Hakluyt prodcd a doc of BULLET PNTS w/grave allegations, inc. corruption &even murder bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/…

17. To add authenticity-like Steele's dossier 16yrs ltr-the allegations were filtered through a UK Ambassador (to Prague). But the corp rivals sued Hakluyt's client for DEFAMATION in High Crt. Nobody defended the claims, so judge presumed them "untrue"

18. So that’s being secretive & dossier claims that don’t stand up to scrutiny. What about Hakluyt's links to journalists?
• Targeted journalists as sources (likely paying $)
• Recruited journalists onto payroll
• A Hakluyt leader even IMPERSONATED a journalist, wFAKE stories

19. Hakluyt tried to recruit Australian health journalist MELISSA SWEET in 2008. The recruiter even admitted in an email that many other journalists were ALREADY acting as confidential (possibly paid) go-betwns for Hakluyt: webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache…

20. As well as MACLAY, Hakluyt recruited MARK HUBAND, left wing Security/Intel Correspondent for the Financial Times (also at The Guardian) & had him on staff from 2005-2008: intelligenceonline.com/business-intel… HUBAND would later set up his own Hakluyt-style firm: markhuband.com/mark-huband-pr

21. KEITH CRAIG is 1 of Hakluyt's top ldrs(CEO 02-16; paid £1.5m)
An xMI6 undercvr offcr, 94' he posed as a journalist in Bosnia, writing FAKE stories under FAKE name, in UK's prestigious & longest running magazine, The Spectator: theguardian.com/media/2000/jun…

22. Did you notice who DOWNER was a Hakluyt sharehldr with until recently? Yep, KEITH CRAIG, ex MI6, fake journalist.
Nothing 2c here folks, everything DOWNER says 2the press (or FBI) is on the up &up, just look at the stand up guys he assocs hmslf w!

23. That covers a brief overview of Hakluyt & their similarity to Fusion GPS.

But it isn’t just ALEXANDER DOWNER reaching out to the @realDonaldTrump team who Hakluyt has strong links to.
A person by the name of DR STEFAN HALPER did too.

24. STEFAN HALPER
~Cambridge Fellow
~Set up "Cambridge Intel Forum" w/SIR RICHARD DEARLOVE
(*quit due to Russian influence*)
ft.com/content/d43cd5…
~CIA Father-in-Law (RAY KLINE)
~Various roles at WH, DOJ
~Supported Crooked H: sputniknews.com/politics/20161…

25. Like DOWNER, HALPER INITIATED a London mtg w/PAPADOPOULOS, picking up his flight+hotel expenses, mtg at the up-market Connaught & paying him $3K for a never published energy paper.
HALPER was 1st to mention CLINTON emails:
dailycaller.com/2018/03/25/geo…

26. HALPER also has strong links to Hakluyt:
1. Co-wrote a book ('America Alone') w/Jonathan Clarke,
(Hakluyt Dir of US operations)
2. Used other Hakluyt Dirs as book sources (eg SIR ROBIN RENWICK)
3. Shared academic panel w/DOWNER: talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/267…

27. Why did HALPER pick the Connaught Hotel to try & establish a client/financial relationship with PAPADOPOULOS?

Well, its only 5 min walk away from
Hakluyt’s London HQ AND
*literally around the corner*
(Must be just another coincidence)

28. HALPER didn’t stop at PAPADOPOULOS.
He invited CARTER PAGE to a seminar in London July 16, which PAGE attended.

Who else was there?
SIR RICHARD DEARLOVE, Christopher STEELE's MI6 boss, who vouches4 &met 2discuss dossier w/in Sep.

nothing 2c

29. SIR ROBIN RENWICK, a source for HALPER’S book w/Hakluyt Dir of US Ops CLARKE, was a long time dir at Hakluyt & replaced by DOWNER in 2008.

That’s how pervasive these connections are.
RENWICK is also connected to DEARLOVE &
possibly even JOSEPH MIFSUD himself!

30. SIR ROBIN RENWICK
UK Ambassador to South Africa 87-91
UK Ambassador to USA 91-95*
Hakluyt Advisory Board Director & Banker 00-08
Lord for Kensington, London until 2018
*SIR RICHARD DEARLOVE was Head of DC Station at same time, based in same building

31. While RENWICK was UK Amb to S Africa, an undercover MI6 officer, CHARLES CRAWFORD worked in embassy
CRAWFORD now teaches at "London Academy of Diplomacy" w/JOSEPH MIFSUD, *the "Professor" GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS told DOWNER had offered him Clinton emails

32. CRAWFORD, a Professor has given seminars called
"Dealing w/the Media" alongside MIFSUD & GIANNI PITTELLA
archive.today/V8AAy
PITTELLA, a socialist European politician, spoke at 2016 DNC, calling @realDonaldTrump a "virus'

archive.is/4jyO1#selectio…

33. CRAWFORD can also speak Russian, and may have been posted to Moscow during CHRISTOPHER STEELE’s final yr there (1993).

Does Crawford personally know STEELE?
Because he definitely knows & works with MIFSUD.

*Yet one more coincidence

34. Seriously, to quote a federal judge in the Muller/Manafort case:
“Come on, man!”

How is it possible ALL these ppl know ea other, ALL initiate conversations w/@realDonaldTrump team AND they ALL have long standing links to British/private intelligence?

35. AND almost all the conversations happen within a few square metres of ea other in a small part of London?

What are the chances random ppl are trying to set up mtgs to discuss "Russia" & "Clinton emails" with CARTER PAGE & PAPADOPOULOS all in the same place?

36. Now,I don't think only having mtgs or existing professional relationships PROVES anything nefarious abt Hakluyt on its own.
But when you have this many coincidences,

ALL at the same time & ALL negative for @realDonaldTrump surely we need a good explanation, not "no comment"

37. You have to follow the money-how did any1 find out Hilary/DNC were paying FusionGPS &STEELE?
BANK RECRDS
Well, there are abt *10 MILLN reasons* to look closely into Hakluyt’s finances during the @POTUS campgn: they had a HUGE spike, likely US based biz

38. Acc to financial sttmnts, Hakluyt's controlling company had a massive 22% or 10m increase in revenue during key periods of the @POTUS Campaign (Jun 16-17; 46.1m-56.4m). This compares to just +3.1% the year before: beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/034813…

39. The filings imply significant inflows from US.
Theres a unique incr in revenue due to "currency translation"
Given EU Brexit vote of Jun 16 resulted in a large fall in £/$ exch rate, this suggests US clients, likely paying literally millions of $!

40. Something very interesting to note:
@HouseIntelComm has NOT interviewed GEORGE POPODOPOLOUS, STEFAN HALPER, or so far as we know, ALEXANDER DOWNER
& its unlikely @JusticeOIG will either...at least anytime soon.

41. If nobody's looking in2 Hakluyt, myb there's nothing there?
Perhaps, but ALMOST NOBODY knew fmr Dianne Feinstein staffer Dan Jones was running a *50m campaign* to keep the Steele dossier & “collusion” alive either thefederalist.com/2018/02/20/is-…

42. So what else is out there if you turn over a few rocks?
take a hard look at Hakluyt.

I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

43. HAKLUYT SUMMARY
•Deeply connected to MI6/GCHQ
•Senior staff linked to CLINTONS
•Undeclared/corrupt ties to media/journalists (Fusion GPS)
•Ties to DOWNER, HALPER, MIFSUD: ALL initiate contact with DJT team
•£10m extra business?

Who/where from?
Follow The Money

44. Follow another interesting connection for Halper here
twitter.com/CJBdingo25/sta

45. I'll leave you with this....

This here is @JohnBrennan in the New York City Offices of Hakluyt and Company, Jan 2018: twitter.com/The_War_Econom

Another Coincidence?
Yeah....I Don't Believe In Coincidences Either.

~End.

PS (If You Read It All, The Mole Is Identified)

46. CONFIRMED: It is indeed John Brennan and Hakluyt & Company. business.facebook.com/pg/VetsinGL/co…

47. Evidence that the "Hakluyt" referenced -the same
"Hakluyt and Company.'

It was hosted by the Veterans In Global Leadership,
and John Brennan attended it.
vetsgl.org/john-brennan-2…

48. Andrew Exum worked as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy from May 2015-Jan 2017, then became a contributing editor for "The Atlantic" before joining "Hakluyt and Company" in New York in June 2017.