Ex-Obama intel boss wanted anti-Trump dossier included in `atypical` 2016 assessment despite pushback
Former CIA Director John Brennan, who served under former President Barack Obama, pushed for the so-called " Steele dossier, " which featured salacious material and unfounded allegations about President Donald Trump's connections to Russia, to be included in an assessment evaluating Russian interference in the 2016 Избори, съгласно обзор, разкрит в сряда.
The CIA, FBI and National Security Agency's Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) evaluating Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election diverted from intelligence standards and featured some " procedural anomalies, " according to a new lessons-learned review of the assessment that CIA Director John Ratcliffe ordered for declassification Wednesday.
The lessons-learned review determined that the " decision by agency heads to include the Steele Dossier in the ICA ran counter to fundamental tradecraft principles and ultimately undermined the credibility of a key judgment. " <...
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