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Bill Gertz on FBI Counterintelligence as “Focus of Trump Campaign Spying Probe” – 6:14 AM 8/17/2019 Practically, it looks like the FBI part of the US Counterintelligence Service was beheaded, and it became disoriented, for some time.
This really looks like a Counterintelligence nightmare: Bill Gertz on FBI Counterintelligence as “Focus of Trump Campaign Spying Probe” – 6:14 AM 8/17/2019
Practically, it looks like the FBI part of the US Counterintelligence Service was beheaded, and it became disoriented, for some time.
This really looks like a Counterintelligence nightmare: Bill Gertz on FBI Counterintelligence as “Focus of Trump Campaign Spying Probe” – 6:14 AM 8/17/2019
Practically, it looks like the FBI part of the US Counterintelligence Service was beheaded, and it became disoriented, for some time.
Michael Novakhov – SharedNewsLinks℠ – In BriefInvestigations News In Brief – http://feed.informer.com/share/CGD4YTZW07
Practically, it looks like the FBI part of the US Counterintelligence Service was beheaded, and it became disoriented, for some time.
Michael Novakhov – SharedNewsLinks℠ – In BriefInvestigations News In Brief – http://feed.informer.com/share/CGD4YTZW07
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| FBI swallowed the Steele dossier hook, line and sinker – Google Search |
| FBI swallowed the Steele dossier hook, line and sinker – Google Search |
“Ken deGraffenreid, a counterintelligence expert, said the problem with FBI counterintelligence is that it lacks qualified personnel and a strategic approach to countering foreign spies.
Of Crossfire Hurricane, deGraffenreid said the operation was poorly run and demonstrated a lack of seriousness. “If this was the best they could do in counterintelligence, it’s pretty poor,” he said, noting that seasoned counterspies would have recognized a lack of Russian collusion with the campaign from the start.
DeGraffenreid believes the FBI, spurred on by the liberal news media, probably reacted to Trump’s half-joking comment that if Russia had intercepted Clinton’s emails, Moscow should make them public.
“And the FBI swallowed the Steele dossier hook, line and sinker,” he said.
The dossier was based on unverified information obtained by Steele and fed to the FBI alleging that Trump was a Russian agent and had cavorted with Russian prostitutes.
The FBI’s approach to Crossfire Hurricane lacked a serious “counterintelligence mind” that requires more in-depth critical thinking and real signs of Russian collusion. Instead, meetings with Russians in Trump Tower, a meeting with a Russian ambassador, and the activities of two minor campaign figures, Page and George Papadopoulos, who were thought to be Russian agents was the main thesis basis for launching Crossfire Hurricane.
DeGraffenreid, former deputy national counterintelligence executive with extensive experience, said those signs are not what a Russian intelligence operation to penetrate an American political campaign would look like.
Biases Appeared to Seep into Crossfire Hurricane Investigation
Former FBI counterspy I.C. Smith said Crossfire Hurricane appeared to be launched not by FBI field operatives who the most experienced at doing counterintelligence but from FBI headquarters.
Strzok and Page were properly fired for exchanging the politically charged texts and emails, he said.
“The damage they’ve done to the FBI will last for years,” Smith said. “But having said that, I’m not sure that necessarily translates into their letting their biases interfere with their work on the FISA, etc. I wouldn’t characterize their texts as threatening to derail the Trump campaign so much as posturing with little capability to do anything about it.”
Smith said Strzok and Page could have undermined the Trump campaign by leaking to the press the fact of the investigation and that was not done.
“If indeed, FBI [headquarters] was essentially conducting the investigation, that too, is against protocol,” Smith said, something done in the past by FBI Director Louis Freeh who interfered extensively with field investigations, including the probe into the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
“But FBI HQ managers should not conduct investigations. That’s a field office function, period,” Smith said.
“FBI Counterintelligence Is Focus of Trump Campaign Spying Probe” – Google News.
