U.S. Attorney John Durham, tasked to look into the origins of the FBI’s “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation, is now “investigating CIA resistance to sharing Russian secrets,” according to a Feb. 13 report in The New York Times.Continue Reading
21 Key Quotes From Inspector General’s Report, Testimony
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz in a nearly 500-page report—combined with a nearly seven-hour congressional testimony—provided an in-depth and damning portrayal of the FBI’s actions in its surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
While some media organizations have focused on statements revolving around Horowitz not having found political bias in the FBI’s opening of the probe, a fuller examination of Horowitz’s key statements portrays a more complete picture.Continue Reading
Why Did Foreign Intel Agencies Leak Info on Alleged Cohen Prague Visit Now?
Michael Cohen denies prague article, says “Mueller Knows Everything”
The narrative that President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, had visited Prague has proven to be spectacularly enduring.
Despite numerous previous failed attempts by media to prove that Cohen was in Prague, McClatchy reporters Peter Stone and Greg Gordon published a story on Dec. 27th saying that a cell phone signal placed Cohen outside of Prague in “late summer 2016.”Continue Reading
The Insurance Policy
Ever since the release of FBI text messages revealing the existence of an “insurance policy,” the term has been the subject of wide speculation.
Some have said that the insurance policy was the FISA spy warrant used to monitor Trump campaign adviser Carter Page—and, by extension, other members of the Trump campaign. This interpretation is too narrow and fails to capture the underlying meaning of the text.Continue Reading
A Partial Surveillance Timeline
The following timeline may prove useful to some. It primarily focuses on events during 2016. It represents a small segment of a far larger timeline being compiled offline over the last year. I will update periodically.
The intent behind this specific timeline is to allow for an overview of events with a balanced level of detail. It is not comprehensive by design.Continue Reading