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Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators met this past summer with the former British spy whose dossier on alleged Russian efforts to aid the Trump campaign spawned months of investigations that have hobbled the Trump administration, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Information from Christopher Steele, a former MI-6 officer, could help investigators determine whether contacts between people associated with the Trump campaign and suspected Russian operatives broke any laws.

CNN has learned that the FBI and the US intelligence community last year took the Steele dossier more seriously than the agencies have publicly acknowledged. James Clapper, then the director of national intelligence, said in a January 2017 statement that the intelligence community had "not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable."

The intelligence agencies, particularly the CIA, and the FBI took Steele's research seriously enough that they kept it out of a publicly-released January report on Russian meddling in the election in order to not divulge which parts of the dossier they had corroborated and how.

This contrasts with attempts by President Donald Trump and some lawmakers to discredit Steele and the memos he produced.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/05/p...-russia-dossier-christopher-steele/index.html

 

[Intheflorsh]

P
T

 

[DrFunk]

Uh

Wow

 

[captmcblack]

putin dot gif.

Let's see what this all becomes.

 

[Thaedolus]

I sit with my keyboard in my lap and it just shot through the ceiling. I suspected this after he was said to refuse the hacks in congress.

 

[Christian]

LMFAO, Trump is so fucked.

 

[RockTurtle]

Sometimes I feel like this is a really drawn out edging

 

[antonz]

Makes it even more obvious why he told Congress to buzz off after they pulled the shenanigans they did. He already talked to the man that mattered.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

Mueller's investigation is moving quite fast. He probably realizes the urgency.

 

[Guevara]

its_true_all_of_it.wmv

 

[DrFunk]

Just yesterday some of y'all were wondering why Muller "just got the dossier"

Dude is in another dimension with this

 

[SuperEpicMan]

Buttery Males

 

[BlackDoomShadow]

PEE TAPE is going to be the most anticipated motion picture of 2018.

 

[kirblar]

That slow leak drip continues. We can hear it.

The question: Is it a yellow leak?

 

[Lemon Crest]

MuellerP5Joker.jpg

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Tick fucking TOCK DONNY!

TICK FUCKING TOCK

 

[RSTEIN]

PISS NOW

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

I CAN ONLY GET SO ERECT

 

[jack_package_200]

Trump is gonna be pissed.

Urine a lot of trouble, Donald.

 

[BossDarkseid]

PISS NOW

I CAN ONLY GET SO ERECT

Yeesh.

 

[Paches]

Mueller's investigation is moving quite fast. He probably realizes the urgency.

The fate of the planet hangs in the balance.

No pressure.

 

[Fancyarcher]

That was quick. Lets hope we're closer to a finish then we expected.

 

[Commanche Raisin Toast]

Goldjerry.gif

 

[Mr. F]

Sometimes I feel like this is a really drawn out edging

 

[Beartruck]

Just yesterday some of y'all were wondering why Muller "just got the dossier"

Dude is in another dimension with this

I stand corrected, dude is stylin.

 

[Surfinn]

its_true_all_of_it.wmv

All of it. It's all true

 

[BronsonLee]

Why does the headline not have Steele's name in it, that's kinda important

 

[Surfinn]

Why does the headline not have Steele's name in it, that's kinda important

Yeah I thought that was weird too. I almost thought they somehow weren't talking about Steele

 

[chefbags]

MuellerP5Joker.jpg

Mueller's persona is here.

 

[diunxx]

#leakthetape.

 

[Surfinn]

#leakthetape.

#tapedtheleak

 

[Fenderputty]

"Two people familiar with the matter"

Wonder who that is ...

 

[Twig and Berries]

Mueller's investigation is moving quite fast. He probably realizes the urgency.

I'm praying for an indictment by the end of the year but Spring 2018 is probably the earliest it could possibly be issued

 

[Surfinn]

I'm praying for an indictment by the end of the year but Spring 2018 is probably the earliest it could possibly be issued

Considering they're still hiring people, yeah I seriously doubt this thing is getting any kind of conclusion until at least next year.

 

[shnurgleton]

Can't spell Christopher Steele without CHRIST

 

[Dalek]

 

[Knoxcore]

I'm praying for an indictment by the end of the year but Spring 2018 is probably the earliest it could possibly be issued

Next year at the earliest. Hopefully by September 2018 for maximum impact on the election.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Considering they're still hiring people, yeah I seriously doubt this thing is getting any kind of conclusion until at least next year.

I'm gonna laugh so hard if/when Trump tweets about how his subpoeana is getting the best ratings.

 

[Africanus]

The journey continues...
As Mueller’s team works in the shadows of America’s worst modern president, secrets long hidden shall be unveiled.

 

[BrassDragon]

Mueller's investigation is moving quite fast. He probably realizes the urgency.

The Steele Dossier track is time sensitive on its own - Steele can't run his Russian sources from hiding and/or in the public eye and the longer they wait, the harder it is to verify his original intelligence findings as the sources drift away or get compromised.

If Mueller is serious about looking into the Russian motivations and operations, he needs the CIA and its allied agencies, the dossier alone won't be enough.

 

[neoanarch]

Seriously impressive how Steele had all this information before anyone else. This dude must be one hell of a badass.

 

[jelly]

The icing on the cake would be Mueller taking down many more people than just a few.

 

[newshinycd]

lordy

 

[Wanda/Wander]

 

[Extollere]

Mueller's persona is here.

It would take years to get through Trump's actual palace.

 

[HariKari]

Seriously impressive how Steele had all this information before anyone else. This dude must be one hell of a badass.

It was his job.

 

[Enduin]

Cautiously excited.

 

[Funkyhamster]

I just can’t get over how much like a ridiculous movie this whole thing is. I’m loving it.

 

[100%TrophyMaster]

I can't wait for Mueller to reach his final form and unleash his limit break on Trump.

 

[Sloane]

Seriously impressive how Steele had all this information before anyone else. This dude must be one hell of a badass.

On the one hand, yeah. On the other, it feels a bit surprising that nobody else had that kind of information. Isn't that, like, the CIA's and NSA's job, especially when it comes to a guy running for president? I can only imagine they never took him seriously like so many others but still... Or maybe I'm just overestimating what the US intelligence community actually does and can do from watching too many spy flicks.