general. the fbi investigation that s the subject of this report crossfire hurricane was opened on july 31, 2016. days after the fbi received reporting from a friendly foreign government. the reporting stated that in a may 2016 meeting with the friendly foreign government, trump campaign foreign policy adviser george papadopoulos suggested the trump team received some kind of information with the anonymous release with information during the campaign that would be damaging to candidate clinton and then president obama. following receipt of that information, the fbi opened crossfire hurricane. given the nature and sensitivity of such an investigation, we would have expected fbi personnel to faithfully adhere to the if ib fib s detailed policies, practices, and norms. the fbi has developed and earned a reputation as one of the
world s premier law enforcement agencies and significant part because of its adherence to those policies and its tradition of professionalism impartiality and non-political enforcement of the law. however, our review identified significant concerns with how certain aspects of the investigation were conducted and supervised, particularly the football fib s failure to adhere to its own standards and accuracy and completeness when filing applications with the foreign applications for foreign intelligence surveillance act authority. known as fisa, to surveil carter page, a u.s. person who was connected to the trump for president campaign. we determined that the decision to open crossfire hurricane was made by then fbi counter-intelligence division s assistant director and that his decision reflected a consensus