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Ex-Spy Comes In From the Cold

By Jeralyn, Section Other Politics
Posted on Tue Mar 07, 2017 at 11:37:24 AM EST
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Former MI6 spy Christopher Steele is back home in London, and returning to work.

"I'm really pleased to be back here working again at the Orbis's offices in London today," said Steele.

"I'm now going to be focusing my efforts on supporting the broader interests of our company here. I'd like to say a warm thank you to everyone who sent me kind messages and support over the last few weeks.

About the unsubstantiated Trump dossier he worked on:

"I won't be making any further statements or comments at this time."

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    He is supposed to be (none / 0) (#1)
    by Ga6thDem on Tue Mar 07, 2017 at 12:17:56 PM EST
    testifying about before the intelligence committee. It seems some of the dossier has been confirmed.

    The committee chairs in either the House or ... (none / 0) (#2)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Tue Mar 07, 2017 at 03:22:01 PM EST
    ... Senate will need to extend an invitation to him in that respect. As a foreign national, Mr. Steele can't logically be subpoenaed and compelled to testify by Congress.

    At this point, we really ought to press for an independent commission to investigate this increasingly urgent matter. Personally, given prior statements offered in public by House Intelligence Chair David Nunes and his Senate counterpart Richard Burr, neither man can or should be trusted to handle an investigation with any real degree of impartiality and / or integrity. Both of them have long ago put party before country.

    Aloha.

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    That would be the Devin Nunes (none / 0) (#3)
    by Towanda on Tue Mar 07, 2017 at 04:38:38 PM EST
    who, when asked today as head of the House Intel Committee about Trump's claim of treasonous behavior by Obama, replied that we are taking Trump too "literally."

    What a tool.

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    Mahalo for the correction. (none / 0) (#11)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Wed Mar 08, 2017 at 10:49:24 AM EST
    These a$$holes are heartbreaking to watch.

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    Bitte! (5.00 / 1) (#13)
    by Towanda on Wed Mar 08, 2017 at 07:09:51 PM EST
    But I hadn't even noticed his first name in your post.  I just wanted to add to the record on Nunes.

    And now, on Trump's horrifying charge of treason by Obama, Spicer tells us to take Trump at "face value."  Uh, that is a simile for "literally."

    This gang would be funny, if they weren't terrifying.

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    the members of the (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by linea on Wed Mar 08, 2017 at 08:33:10 PM EST
    House Intel Committee
    are a$$holes?

    somebody needs to give me a list of "insult freely" vs "will induce faux outrage."

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    This is odd (none / 0) (#4)
    by TrevorBolder on Tue Mar 07, 2017 at 06:25:19 PM EST
    Why would our premier criminal investigative arm need to pay ????

    http://tinyurl.com/gp9hety

    The FBI reached a deal in October to pay a former British spy who had compiled a dossier on Donald Trump's alleged ties with Russia, an indication of how seriously the bureau was taking the allegations, according to a person familiar with the matter.

    The deal for the former operative, Christopher Steele, to continue his work on behalf of the FBI fell apart when Steele pulled out, said the source, who has direct knowledge of the situation.
    The FBI (none / 0) (#5)
    by Ga6thDem on Tue Mar 07, 2017 at 06:27:46 PM EST
    routinely pays for this kind of stuff.

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    No they don't (none / 0) (#6)
    by TrevorBolder on Tue Mar 07, 2017 at 06:33:40 PM EST
    They pay criminal informants, not private investigators to do the job that they are supposed to do

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    Uhhhmmm, yes- they do (none / 0) (#7)
    by Yman on Tue Mar 07, 2017 at 07:27:55 PM EST
    Steele was familiar to the FBI, in part because the bureau had previously hired him to help a U.S. inquiry into alleged corruption in the world soccer organization FIFA. The FBI sometimes pays informants, sources and outside investigators to assist in its work. Steele was known for the quality of his past work and for the knowledge he had developed over nearly 20 years working on Russia-related issues for British intelligence.

    Link.

    This stuff is really quite easy to find, rather than just making $hit up.

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    Yes they do ! (none / 0) (#8)%%no