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Apparently @kaitlancollins seems to forget the media was leaked a classified top-secret FISA application on March 17, 2017. Yes, there was a full blown *secret* FBI investigation into who SSCI Security Director James Wolfe was leaking to. DUH! https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1390789903412338694
2. The latest article, written (not accidentally) by Devlin Barrett, opens the door for us to remind everyone what exactly was happening at the time.
3. Before getting to the nub of it... a reminder:
4. March 17th Wolfe leaked FISA to Ali Watkins. A few weeks later Watkins starts writing about the FISA (without saying she had it). Immediately after Watkins @DevlinBarrett and company join in.
5. Which leads to the biggest MEDIA FRAUD in the past few decades.
All the outlets (Buzzfeed, Politico, WaPo, NYT) had the actual FISA application in their hands. Yet they specifically wrote lies about the Trump campaign being under Obama admin surveillance.
All the outlets (Buzzfeed, Politico, WaPo, NYT) had the actual FISA application in their hands. Yet they specifically wrote lies about the Trump campaign being under Obama admin surveillance.
6. Unbeknownst to FBI HQ, WasFieldOffice FBI Special Agent Brian Dugan was tasked with following the Wolfe leak of the FISA.
Dugan conducted physical surveillance on Wolfe, identified the reporters, went to a court and got a warrant. That's how solid the evidence he had was.
Dugan conducted physical surveillance on Wolfe, identified the reporters, went to a court and got a warrant. That's how solid the evidence he had was.
7. Agent Dugan set up a sting operation. Followed the reporting of the leak, and collected evidence about which reporters gained custody of the FISA application.
Mid-December 2017 Wolfe finally admitted to the leak.
Mid-December 2017 Wolfe finally admitted to the leak.
8. Agent Dugan finished his investigative file and turned it over to DC U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu.
However, by early 2018 Robert Mueller (per Rosenstein) held all investigative authority over everything Trump/Russia. Liu couldn't prosecute Wolfe without first informing Mueller
However, by early 2018 Robert Mueller (per Rosenstein) held all investigative authority over everything Trump/Russia. Liu couldn't prosecute Wolfe without first informing Mueller
9. In/around early February 2018 agent Brian Dugan's file of evidence against Wolfe was then given to the special counsel team for review and return to Liu.
This was the first time Mueller/Weissmann found out about the FBI FISA leak investigation.
This was the first time Mueller/Weissmann found out about the FBI FISA leak investigation.
10. By that time Weissmann and Mueller (oblivious idiot) were knee deep in using the special counsel for the cover-up operation to protect the DOJ and FBI officials who did the illegal surveillance.
11. The Weissmann crew freaked out. The Dugan file would undermine the validity of their own investigation. The special counsel obtained downstream warrants as an outcome of a fraudulent FISA application.
They needed to throw a bag over Dugan's file.
They needed to throw a bag over Dugan's file.
12. What the special counsel did with Dugan's file was pretty astonishing.
First they informed Senator Mark Warner that his communications were also intercepted by Dugan.
Dugan used the backdoor to Warner by getting the text messages of Adam Waldman.
First they informed Senator Mark Warner that his communications were also intercepted by Dugan.
Dugan used the backdoor to Warner by getting the text messages of Adam Waldman.
13. Dugan followed the Wolfe trail (and interviewed him) and in that trail he found Mark Warner who likely (almost certainly) told Wolfe to leak the FISA application.
[Warner wanted a special counsel in March 2017. The leak and narrative supported it.]
[Warner wanted a special counsel in March 2017. The leak and narrative supported it.]
14. So Weissmann gave Warner a head's up.
And then the special counsel took the text message evidence out of the Dugan file and distributed it (FEB 2018).
Warner was provided time to cook up his story about why he was in contact with Chris Steele.
And then the special counsel took the text message evidence out of the Dugan file and distributed it (FEB 2018).
Warner was provided time to cook up his story about why he was in contact with Chris Steele.
15. The next thing Weissmann did was inform the media who received the leak(s) that an FBI investigation led to a search warrant authorizing their phones to be reviewed.
The special counsel needed to now make sure the leaked FISA was the only one what ever was public.
The special counsel needed to now make sure the leaked FISA was the only one what ever was public.
16. After informing the media about the content of Dugan's leak investigation file.....
17. The special counsel then had to release the *exact same version* of the FISA that was leaked.
The version Weissmann released (under the auspices of FOIA) was the version that was inside Dugan's file.
That's why the dates were redacted.
The version Weissmann released (under the auspices of FOIA) was the version that was inside Dugan's file.
That's why the dates were redacted.
18. To this day, few people realize the copy of the FISA that was made public by the special counsel (7/21/18) contains the Dugan file copy.
The March 17, 2017, FISA stamp is the day the copy was given to Dugan... who gave it to Wolfe... who leaked it.
The March 17, 2017, FISA stamp is the day the copy was given to Dugan... who gave it to Wolfe... who leaked it.
19. So yeah, all the journalists who Wolfe contacted were also caught up in the investigation by FBI Washington Field Office Agent Brian Dugan.
THAT includes:
THAT includes:
20. Any Questions?
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