Джонатан Винер подробно разъяснил историю своих отношений со Стилом и его досье:
Here’s the real story: In the 1990s, I was the senior official at the State Department responsible for combating transnational organized crime. I became deeply concerned about Russian state operatives compromising and corrupting foreign political figures and businessmen from other countries. Their modus operandi was sexual entrapment and entrapment in too-good-to-be-true business deals. After 1999, I left the State Department and developed a legal and consulting practice that often involved Russian matters. In 2009, I met and became friends with Steele, after he retired from British government service focusing on Russia. Steele was providing business intelligence on the same kinds of issues I worked on at the time.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/devin-nunes-is-investigating-
If Mr. Steele had been asked by the FBI about his contacts with Mr. Isikoff for this September article, and if he had spoken with this reporter, then he should have disclosed that fact. But the criminal referral provides no evidence that Steele was ever asked about the Isikoff article, or if asked that he lied. It is also important to note, that in October 2016, the FBI learned that Mr. Steele had disclosed “his relationship with the FBI” to a reporter, David Corn. Because of this, the FBI then suspended its relationship with Mr. Steele and informed the FISA court of these developments in its renewal requests. - The FBI made clear, however, that it still considered Steele’s reporting to be reliable regardless of his contacts with the press. - The FISA court granted three renewals after having been informed of Steele’s contacts with the press.Reply
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Here’s the real story: In the 1990s, I was the senior official at the State Department responsible for combating transnational organized crime. I became deeply concerned about Russian state operatives compromising and corrupting foreign political figures and businessmen from other countries. Their modus operandi was sexual entrapment and entrapment in too-good-to-be-true business deals.
After 1999, I left the State Department and developed a legal and consulting practice that often involved Russian matters. In 2009, I met and became friends with Steele, after he retired from British government service focusing on Russia. Steele was providing business intelligence on the same kinds of issues I worked on at the time.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/devin-nunes-is-investigating-
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If Mr. Steele had been asked by the FBI about his contacts with Mr. Isikoff for this September article, and if he had spoken with this reporter, then he should have disclosed that fact. But the criminal referral provides no evidence that Steele was ever asked about the Isikoff article, or if asked that he lied.
It is also important to note, that in October 2016, the FBI learned that Mr. Steele had disclosed “his relationship with the FBI” to a reporter, David Corn. Because of this, the FBI then suspended its relationship with Mr. Steele and informed the FISA court of these developments in its renewal requests.
- The FBI made clear, however, that it still considered Steele’s reporting to be reliable regardless of his contacts with the press.
- The FISA court granted three renewals after having been informed of Steele’s contacts with the press.Reply
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