DOJ Report Drops

[hwyflier]

@mwevans1234

Franco Harris

I’ve managed to never fly into Pittsburgh and had to google what the hell yall were on about.

I could never have imagined this.

[Plasmaball]

Notice a theme .they always stop short

[WuWei]

@Jezcoe

And then it goes on to say that there wasn’t any evidence of intentional misconduct.

No it doesn’t.

[Jezcoe]

@WuWei

@Jezcoe

And then it goes on to say that there wasn’t any evidence of intentional misconduct.

No it doesn’t.

[amadeus]

Oops. Never mind. Move on to the next conspiracy theory.

[Forcefield]

@WildRose

Horrowitz couldn’t even interview Comey or any of the other senior players who are no longer employed by the DOJ.

Defending this garbage with such silliness has to be boring.

[CanadianJudo]

so Republican are just going to pretend this never came out right.

[TommyLucchese]

@mwevans1234

Indeed! I spend half my life there so I see Free Meal Franco’s statue once a week; 3 trips ago he was on my flight home so I got to walk next to Franco as we passed the Franco statue. I imagine walking by a statue of yourself is a fairly massive ego boost.

It’s an odd airport - the open martini bar right at the center of the 4 wings plays 80s hair metal at 6am, night time flights get dropped off as far as possible from the exit regardless of traffic, and there’s always a local distillery doing tastings at really odd hours…

My favorite thing about that airport is that for some reason they decided to build it forty minutes outside the city. You know that high speed maglev they’re supposed to build between DC and Baltimore? The commute is so long we put in a bid for a city to airport maglev.

[Tim]

@Jezcoe

@Tim

@WuWei

@PizzaReverend

While Horowitz found no evidence of political bias or improper motivation for the FISA applications for Page, he documented what he described as serious errors and omissions that “made it appear that the information supporting probable cause was stronger than was actually the case.”

Huh. More than I thought there would be. And those “serious errors and omissions” were coincidental.

The Steele dossier played a central and essential role in the FBI’s FISA order. The FISA application contained significant inaccuracies as well as omissions in each of the four applications. Further, agents downplayed facts that cut against probable cause, and that Crossfire Hurricane progressed as information gathered tended to undermine or weaken the assertions supporting probable cause.

Executive Summary, page vi

We determined that the Crossfire Hurricane team’s receipt of Steele’s election reporting on September 19, 2016 played a central and essential role in the FBI’s and Department’s decision to seek the FISA order. As noted above, when the team first sought to pursue a FISA order for Page in August 2016, a decision was made by OGC, 01, or both that more information was needed to support a probable cause finding that Page was an agent of a foreign power. As a result, FBI OGC ceased discussions with 01 about a Page FISA order at that time.

Page 413

Nevertheless, we found that members of the Crossfire Hurricane team failed to meet the basic obligation to ensure that the Carter Page FISA applications were “scrupulously accurate.” We identified significant inaccuracies and omissions in each of the four applications-7 in the first FISA application and a total of 17 by the final renewal application. For example, the Crossfire Hurricane team obtained information from Steele’s Primary Sub-source in January 2017 that raised significant questions about the reliability of the Steele reporting that was used in the Carter Page FISA applications. But members of the Crossfire Hurricane team failed to share the information with the Department, and it was therefore omitted from the three renewal applications. All of the applications also omitted information the FBI had obtained from another U.S. government agency detailing its prior relationship with Page, including that Page had been approved as an operational contact for the other agency from 2008 to 2013, and that Page had provided information to the other agency concerning his prior contacts with certain Russian intelligence officers, one of which overlapped with facts asserted in the FISA application.
As a result of the 17 significant inaccuracies and omissions we identified, relevant information was not shared with, and consequently not considered by, important Department decision makers and the court, and the FISA applications made it appear as though the evidence supporting probable cause was stronger than was actually the case. We also found basic, fundamental, and serious errors during the completion of the FBl’s factual accuracy reviews, known as the Woods Procedures, which are designed to ensure that FISA applications contain a full and accurate presentation of the facts

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Further, Page 413

We determined that the inaccuracies and omissions we identified in the applications resulted from case agents providing wrong or incomplete information to Department attorneys and failing to identify important issues for discussion. Moreover, we concluded that case agents and SSAs did not give appropriate attention to facts that cut against probable cause, and that as the investigation progressed and more information tended to undermine or weaken the assertions in the FISA applications, the agents and SSAs did not reassess the information supporting probable cause.

Yeah. And then it goes on to say that there wasn’t any evidence of intentional misconduct.

The Problems with the FISA application was spelled out clearly at the end.

A quick look shows that the majority of the errors were minor.

That doesn’t excuse it, but it is hardly a bombshell.

I invite you to read through Chapter 8 starting on document page 229 (pdf page 266); I can’t think of any reasonable basis on which you find “the majority of the errors were minor.”

CHAPTER EIGHT MISSTATEMENTS, OMISSIONS, AND ERRORS IN THE FISA RENEWAL APPLICATIONS

[TheDoctorIsIn]

Since you’ve already got the page numbers, why don’t you tell us which mistake you believe was not minor, and had a significant effect on the investigation?

[TommyLucchese]

@hwyflier

I’ve managed to never fly into Pittsburgh and had to google what the hell yall were on about.

I could never have imagined this.

Welcome to Steelers Country pal. Franco Harris is a living god in this town.

[Tim]

@TheDoctorIsIn

Since you’ve already got the page numbers, why don’t you tell us which mistake you believe was not minor, and had a significant effect on the investigation?

It would mostly be a copy/paste of chapter 8.

[TommyLucchese]

@mwevans1234

and there’s always a local distillery doing tastings at really odd hours…

Wigle? Is it Wigle? Those ■■■■■■■ are out of their tree.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

Well, pick one. Tell us why you think it’s important.

[PizzaReverend]

@CanadianJudo

so Republican are just going to pretend this never came out right.

Nope, they’re going to pretend it says the exact opposite of what it says.

[SeaManatee]

Yep they’re just going to lie.

[Plasmaball]

No seems they are shifting to Durham…the barr lackey

[WuWei]

@Jezcoe

@WuWei

@Jezcoe

And then it goes on to say that there wasn’t any evidence of intentional misconduct.

No it doesn’t.

It says management couldn’t explain why the “errors” happened.

[Jezcoe]

@Tim

@Jezcoe

@Tim

@WuWei

@PizzaReverend

While Horowitz found no evidence of political bias or improper motivation for the FISA applications for Page, he documented what he described as serious errors and omissions that “made it appear that the information supporting probable cause was stronger than was actually the case.”

Huh. More than I thought there would be. And those “serious errors and omissions” were coincidental.

The Steele dossier played a central and essential role in the FBI’s FISA order. The FISA application contained significant inaccuracies as well as omissions in each of the four applications. Further, agents downplayed facts that cut against probable cause, and that Crossfire Hurricane progressed as information gathered tended to undermine or weaken the assertions supporting probable cause.

Executive Summary, page vi

We determined that the Crossfire Hurricane team’s receipt of Steele’s election reporting on September 19, 2016 played a central and essential role in the FBI’s and Department’s decision to seek the FISA order. As noted above, when the team first sought to pursue a FISA order for Page in August 2016, a decision was made by OGC, 01, or both that more information was needed to support a probable cause finding that Page was an agent of a foreign power. As a result, FBI OGC ceased discussions with 01 about a Page FISA order at that time.

Page 413

Nevertheless, we found that members of the Crossfire Hurricane team failed to meet the basic obligation to ensure that the Carter Page FISA applications were “scrupulously accurate.” We identified significant inaccuracies and omissions in each of the four applications-7 in the first FISA application and a total of 17 by the final renewal application. For example, the Crossfire Hurricane team obtained information from Steele’s Primary Sub-source in January 2017 that raised significant questions about the reliability of the Steele reporting that was used in the Carter Page FISA applications. But members of the Crossfire Hurricane team failed to share the information with the Department, and it was therefore omitted from the three renewal applications. All of the applications also omitted information the FBI had obtained from another U.S. government agency detailing its prior relationship with Page, including that Page had been approved as an operational contact for the other agency from 2008 to 2013, and that Page had provided information to the other agency concerning his prior contacts with certain Russian intelligence officers, one of which overlapped with facts asserted in the FISA application.
As a result of the 17 significant inaccuracies and omissions we identified, relevant information was not shared with, and consequently not considered by, important Department decision makers and the court, and the FISA applications made it appear as though the evidence supporting probable cause was stronger than was actually the case. We also found basic, fundamental, and serious errors during the completion of the FBl’s factual accuracy reviews, known as the Woods Procedures, which are designed to ensure that FISA applications contain a full and accurate presentation of the facts

…

Further, Page 413

We determined that the inaccuracies and omissions we identified in the applications resulted from case agents providing wrong or incomplete information to Department attorneys and failing to identify important issues for discussion. Moreover, we concluded that case agents and SSAs did not give appropriate attention to facts that cut against probable cause, and that as the investigation progressed and more information tended to undermine or weaken the assertions in the FISA applications, the agents and SSAs did not reassess the information supporting probable cause.

Yeah. And then it goes on to say that there wasn’t any evidence of intentional misconduct.

The Problems with the FISA application was spelled out clearly at the end.

A quick look shows that the majority of the errors were minor.

That doesn’t excuse it, but it is hardly a bombshell.

I invite you to read through Chapter 8 starting on document page 229 (pdf page 266); I can’t think of any reasonable basis on which you find “the majority of the errors were minor.”

CHAPTER EIGHT MISSTATEMENTS, OMISSIONS, AND ERRORS IN THE FISA RENEWAL APPLICATIONS

Yeah… I saw it.

Which count do you think was the most egregious.

[WuWei]

@TheDoctorIsIn

Well, pick one. Tell us why you think it’s important.

Because they put people in prison. It’s the freakin’ FBI, every “error” they make is important.