Steele dossier declassified8/16/2023 ![]() ![]() Declassified footnotes from the December Inspector General's report into the four surveillance warrants for Carter Page showed that despite multiple warnings that about Russian targeting and the potential for disinformation, the FBI relied on the controversial dossier. Separately, other records released in spring 2020, cast doubt on the reliability of the dossier. ![]() The two-page memo states the case was not reopened, and there is no indication the FISA court was ever told that the dossier source was the subject of an earlier FBI probe. and was interviewed over a three-day period at the FBI's Washington Field Office in January 2017 where he described some dossier allegations as "rumor and speculation," and in other cases did not recognize the claims. ![]() The dossier's primary sub-source did return to the U.S. Significantly, the investigative team stated "that consideration would be given to re-opening the investigation in the event that the Primary sub-source returned to the United States." In 2010, the individual left the US, and the FBI withdrew a surveillance warrant application to the FISA court and closed the investigation. The preliminary case was converted to a full investigation after a review of FBI databases revealed the individual had contact in 20 with the "Russian embassy and known Russian intelligence officers." The memo states that the research fellow and co-worker questioned the possibility the individual might be a "Russian spy." According to the memo, the FBI opened a preliminary investigation in 2009 after receiving information that a "research fellow for an influential foreign policy advisor for the Obama administration" was approached by the individual, later identified as the dossier sub-source, who allegedly inquired about their future "access to classified information" and if they "wanted to "make a little extra money." ![]()
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