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FBI Counterintelligence Head Bill Priestap – A Cooperating Witness

February 11, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

There was a very telling interview with House Intelligence Member Chris Stewart on Judge Jeanine last night.

At 2:33 a simple question was asked:

PIRRO: Have you heard the name Bill Priestap – in the FBI – who’s Head of Counterintelligence and Strzok’s boss.

STEWART: Yeah. We’ve heard that name and you’re gonna hear more of that name.Continue Reading

Bob Goodlatte’s Letter to Presiding FISA Court Judge Rosemary Collyer

February 8, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

House Dems put out the following tweet:Continue Reading

Senator Ron Johnson’s Surprise Report

February 7, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

Senator Ron Johnson put out the following surprise release containing a report on the Clinton Email Investigation along with a vast supply of newly-released FBI texts:

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a majority staff report Wednesday titled “The Clinton Email Scandal And The FBI’s Investigation Of It,” along with text messages between two agents that shed light on the investigation.

The report details the congressional investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server and the oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s involvement with their investigation of Secretary Clinton’s private server.Continue Reading

The Grassley Memo

February 7, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

On February 6, 2018, Senator Chuck Grassley released an updated version of his Christopher Steele Criminal Referral – the Grassley Memo.

On January 4, 2018, Grassley referred Christopher Steele – the author of the Trump Dossier – to the DOJ in a letter containing the following:Continue Reading

The Surveillance of Carter Page

February 6, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

It started off simply enough:Continue Reading

A Detailed Rebuttal to Media Criticisms of the Nunes Memo

February 4, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

The MSM  has greeted the House Memo with a willful mixture of sneering criticism, casual dismissal and outright indifference.

To understand this response, its always worth remembering the entire media structure has been running the same collective story – twenty-four hours a day – for the last eighteen months.

Their cumulative level of investment in a unidirectional narrative is enormous.Continue Reading

Timelines, Paul Manafort, Fusion GPS & Illegal Surveillance

February 3, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

The release of the House Memo provided us with a wealth of new information – most of it damning.

In particular the inference that a likely Title I Request – or a Traditional FISA – was issued on Carter Page.

But the Memo also provided us with some important additions to our timeline. Which leads to some new conclusions.Continue Reading

The House Memo – An Examination & Some Implications

February 2, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

The House Memo was released today. An examination follows.

The pdf is here. A full copy of the House Memo is embedded below. A detailed timeline follows.

On October 21 2016, the FBI and DOJ obtained one initial FISA warrant targeting Carter Page and three FISA renewals from the FISC.Continue Reading

The House Memo – Even Worse Than Expected

February 2, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

The House Memo. It’s even worse than it was expected to be.

Full pdf here.Continue Reading

The House Memo’s True Objective

February 1, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA

The House Memo is likely to be released today.

There has been an incredible amount of obfuscation in front of the Memo’s release. There will be even more intense efforts following its release.

Which is why it’s important to keep one thought foremost:

The goal of the Memo is not the release of the Memo itself.

The goal of the Memo is to force release of all underlying documents.Continue Reading

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Jeff Carlson is a CFA® charterholder.

He worked for 20 years as an analyst and portfolio manager in the High Yield Bond Market. He holds degrees in finance and economics.

He can be found on X (Twitter) at @themarketswork or on Substack at Truth Over News

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