#FISA Today marks the release of the Carter Page book. In response to @CBSNews questions, @carterwpage stated that he was a "known quantity" to the CIA + had a "very long term relationship" with the Agency on both the "operations + analysis" side. Page said his "dialogue" with

CIA began in the 90& #39;s + he was eventually "directed or tasked" to explore areas of interest to the Agency that went beyond Russia, to include the Middle East, China + Africa. CIA declined to comment to @CBSNews. Page’s relationship was first documented at length in IG Horowitz..

report where CIA is identified as “OGA” (think of it as Other Government Agency) WHY IT MATTERS: Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty to 1 count false statements for altering a CIA record in June 2017 about Page& #39;s CIA status for the final FISA. What we learned from

the Clinesmith plea is that “certain members of the Crossfire Hurricane team” were notified about Page& #39;s CIA status in August 2016, 2 months BEFORE the first FISA. What we don& #39;t know is who handled that info + why it wasn’t shared with the FISA court.

Clinesmith plea contains cooperation provision. This maybe an area of significant interest to #Durham