Consensus reached after multiple days and meetings among officials. We reviewed Department Policies and concluded Assistant Director pre steps exercise of description in opening the investigation was in compliance with those policies. We also reviewed, as we detail in the report, the emails, Text Messages and other documents of those involved in that decision, particularly mr. Pre steps. We didnt find documentary or Testimonial Evidence that indicated political bias or improper motivation influencing his decision to open the investigation. While the information in the fbis possession at the time was limited, in light of the Throw Threshold established by department and fbi predication policy which, by the way, is not a legal requirement but a prudential one in the fbi and Department Policies, we found that Crossfire Hurricane was opened for an authorized
investigative purpose and with sufficient factual predication. This decision to open Crossfire Hurricane which involved the activitie
whether he was a source for the september 2016 yahoo news article that cited western intelligence sources, quote, unquote? if not, why not? they did not ask that question despite having the opportunity to do so. and we got a variety of explanations including that, as to some of these issues, that they didn t want to offend him or jeopardize their relationship with him. question two, on october 11th, draft of the vice is a application stating fbi believes steele was the source of the yahoo news article but it was taken out in the october 14th draft. why did the fbi originally say steele was the source and what factual basis did the fbi have to change that and tell the court that steele was not a source? this is what was so
steele said the war is something of obama s choosing and not something they actively prosecuted or want to engage in. in a statement, he says as we have learned throughout history, winning a war in afghanistan is a difficult task. we must also remember that after the tragedy of september 11, 2001, it also is a necessary one. the stakes are too high but for us to accept anything but success in afghanistan. he s criticized by bill kristol, a fox news contributor, who wrote in the weekly standard that steele should resign. liz cheney agrees. other republicans may not go that far and say steele may need to say publicly his comments were absolutely wrong wrong. he has to take a public stage and say he misspoke. he said it was not a war of
exactly why we need to have this conversation, because we are we have not evolved to understand that this is a serious issue. speaking of another serious issue, the republican national committee is insisting chairman michael steele knew nothing about the now infamous nightclub visit by a group of young republicans in january. party officials say steele will weather the storm and promise to tighten accounting practices. the rnc has since fired staffer allison myers, who helped organize the visit to the hollywood club, which features topless dancers and bondage. it was myers who initially approved the expense but conservative website the daily caller by tucker carlson reports two top rnc officials also signed off on the expense. when pressed by msnbc david schuster, tim kaine didn t sound so sure members of his party haven t visited similar establishments. just for the record, has any
dan ab rrams. we ll be talking about that suicide story out of massachusetts. two kids have been expelled. the role of administrators and parents. let s get straight to news. it is a time for a look at today s top story. the republican national committee is insisting chairman michael steele knew nothing of an infamous nightclub visit by a group of young republicans in january. party officials say steele will weather the storm and promise to tighten accounting practices. the rnc has since fired staffer allison myers. it s a girl. who helped organize the visit to the hollywood club, which features topless dancers and bondage. it was myers who initially approved the expense, but conservative website the daily caller by our friend tucker carlson, reports two top rnc officials also signed off on the expense.