Years. I Cover National Security including the fbi and ive recorded extensively on the fbi russia investigation known as crossfire hurricane. I want to thank pete for coming on and have this frank discussion. Im interested how he came to use that codename. Before we get into the details of the book, pete, why dont you tell the listeners a little bit about yourself and your counterintelligence background at the fbi. I was in boston worked on the case which on a series of russian illegals which formed the basis of past Television Show the americans but did a variety of the bread and butter counterintelligence work that occurs in a midsized office, russia, china, espionage. And then after being a street agent started moving up the management chain. I was the number two of all the fbi counterintelligence operations. Before we launch into the book, describe a little bit about the difference of counterintelligence investigation and what a criminal investigation is of the fbi. I think that ha
Youd like to make an opening statement. You may if you like. I have no opening statement. Im ready for your questions. Thank you. And ill take a little more than five minutes here but well try to plow through it. Mr. Comey, on a scale of one to ten, with ten being the top of the line, how would you rate the cross hire hurricane investigation in terms of being done thoroughly by the book and investigation the fbi should be proud of . Im not sure i could apply a number scale. But i would say in the main it was done by the book. It was appropriate and it was essential that it be done. Okay. So youre proud of it . Overall im proud of the work. There are parts of it that are concerning, which im sure well talk about. But overall im proud of the work. Okay. Sounds good. When did you first learn of the existence of the steele dossier . Sometime towards the end of september of 2016. Okay. Do you agree with mr. Horowitz that the dossier was essential to the carter page fisa warrant application
James comey who saw the trumprussia probe. He testified today he only learned about fbi abuses in the probe reading about them after the fact in government watchdog reports years after he left the bureau. But then comey claiming it was quote, run by the book. All this leading republicans to ask how can comey know so little about an investigation he launch and ran, when it was comey who pushed for the Mueller Probe in the first place . Joining us republican congressman doug collins from house judiciary how the democrats are mounting an even bigger pushback to stonewall president Trumps Supreme Court nominee amy coney barrett. Former federal prosecutor jim trusty on dni ratcliff declassifying information that indicates u. S. Intelligence had evidence from russia in the summer of 2016 that Hillary Clinton and her team had personally signed off on a plan to make up the russia collusion story in order to damage trump an distract from her own personal email scandals. That president obama kne
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