"Golden Showers" anti-Trump dossier
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3/1/2017, "FBI reimbursed some expenses of dossier author," CNN, Evan Perez
"The FBI reimbursed some expenses of the former British intelligence operative who produced a dossier containing allegations of President Donald Trump's ties to Russia, people familiar with the matter said.
The
short-lived arrangement before the US election ended abruptly in part
because of the frustration of [UK businessman] Christopher Steele, the former MI6 spy,
that the FBI wasn't doing enough to investigate the Trump-Russia ties.
The Washington Post first reported Tuesday that the FBI and Steele had sought to reach a payment arrangement.
An official familiar with the discussions said the FBI didn't hire Steele as an informant, but that the arrangement instead allowed for expenses to be paid. It couldn't be learned how much he was paid and for how long."...
An official familiar with the discussions said the FBI didn't hire Steele as an informant, but that the arrangement instead allowed for expenses to be paid. It couldn't be learned how much he was paid and for how long."...
[Ed. note: Meddling in the 2016 election, the FBI gave US taxpayer dollars to "a former foreign spy who in the pay of private parties, compiled a report of salacious accusations intended to harm the reputation of then-candidate Donald Trump." This article's laughable spin is the FBI "didn't hire" Steele, "instead" gave him US taxpayer dollars for "expenses." It "couldn't be learned" how many US taxpayer dollars were spent by the US government (of which intel agencies are part) to throw the election to Hillary.]
(continuing): "The FBI obtained a version of Steele's dossier last summer and investigators there used it to compare to some of their own work related to Russia's attempts to influence the US election."...
[Ed. note: No suggestion or links to what is meant by US taxpayer funded "own work" of the FBI. The usual excuse that it's "classified" doesn't hold when the matter is the US government trying to throw a US election. Voters and taxpayers are entitled to the truth--unless of course the US has been overthrown and is now a dictatorship.]
(continuing): "The FBI used its own sources and worked with US intelligence agencies to try to check aspects of Steele's work. The FBI was able to match some communications that the dossier described as happening between people described and on the dates the dossier described."...
[Ed. note: Was able to match "some communications?" Heavy. Rubes are left panting, wondering if prostitutes really did urinate on a bed in Moscow.]
(continuing): "[UK businessman] Steele had previous paid deals with the FBI and with other US government agencies dating back years, according to people familiar with the matter. He had helped uncover information that aided the FBI's corruption investigation of FIFA, the world soccer governing body.
In the case of the Trump-Russia dossier, Steele initially had been hired by a Washington research firm working on behalf of Trump's political opponents -- initially in the Republican primary and then later Democrats."
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Added: Why was "Golden Showers" anti-Trump dossier compiler, UK businessman Christopher Steele, silent in April 2016 when then US Pres. Obama brazenly intervened in a crucial June 23, 2016 election in Steele's own country, the Brexit vote? Obama even threatened that the US would economically harm the UK if they didn't vote as he wished. Obama knew the outcome of the Brexit vote was so momentous that it could cause the resignation of UK Prime Minister David Cameron. And it did. Cameron resigned after the vote went against him and Obama:
"It is the biggest intervention I can think of by an American president who has turned up in this way and intervened directly in the politics of a Western democracy since the end of the Cold War....It is above and beyond what people do in Western democracies," said a Kings College London professor. "Obama was urging Britain to pool its sovereignty with other nations in a way that the United States would never countenance for itself.""
Fri., 4/22/2016, "Obama exhorts Britain to stay in EU, warns on trade if it leaves," Reuters, Roberta Rampton, Kylie MacLellan, London
"President Barack Obama made a bold intervention into the politics of Washington's closest ally on Friday, exhorting Britons to stay in the EU and warning that if they left they would be at "the back of the queue" for a U.S. trade deal.
Obama's plea to British voters ahead of a June referendum on membership of the European Union was welcomed by Prime Minister David Cameron and other supporters of the EU, but denounced by those campaigning to leave as meddling in British affairs.
Britain's influence on the world stage was "magnified" by its membership of the 28-member bloc, Obama said at a press conference alongside Cameron, who has bet his political future by calling the referendum to put to rest an issue that has divided his own Conservative Party for generations.
Rebutting criticism that he was interfering, Obama invoked the cherished "special relationship" between Washington and London. "If one of our best friends is in an organization that enhances their influence and enhances their power and enhances their economy, then I want them to stay in it," Obama said. "Or at least I want to be able to tell them: 'I think this makes you guys bigger players.'"
On trade, he took aim at one of the main "Out" arguments -- that Britain could easily negotiate deals and get better terms on its own. The United States would regard a deal with the EU as a higher priority than a separate agreement with a much smaller market such as a stand-alone Britain, Obama said."...
[Ed. note: Obama would be out of office in a few months so had no idea how the US "would regard" an EU trade agreement.]
(continuing): ""It's fair to say that maybe some point down the line there might be a UK-US trade agreement but that's not going to happen anytime soon because our focus is negotiating with a big bloc, the European Union, to get a trade agreement done," Obama said.
"And the UK is going to be in the back of the queue, not because we don't have a special relationship but because given the heavy lift on any trade agreement, us having access to a big market with a lot of countries rather than trying to do piecemeal trade agreements is hugely efficient."
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| 4/21/16, Reuters |
"As your friend, I tell you that the EU makes Britain even greater," the headline read."...
[Ed. note: Apparently UK voters didn't go limp at "friend" Obama's boast that "the UK is going to be in the back of the queue"]
(continuing): ""Together, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union have turned centuries of war in Europe into decades of peace, and worked as one to make this world a safer, better place," Obama wrote.
"DOWNRIGHT HYPOCRITICAL"
But those campaigning for an "Out" vote in the June 23 referendum were dismissive.
London's New York-born Mayor Boris Johnson, a leader of the "Out" campaign from within the Conservative Party widely seen as angling for Cameron's job, said Obama's advice was "incoherent, inconsistent and downright hypocritical".
Obama was urging Britain to pool its sovereignty with other nations in a way that the United States would never countenance for itself, Johnson wrote in a newspaper column....
Other "Out" campaigners said Obama's views did not matter because this is his last year in office.
"Obama doesn't have the authority to deny us a (trade) deal, as he will be long gone before any such proposals are on the table," said Richard Tice, co-founder of Leave.EU, one of several "Out" campaigns.
Experts struggled to find a precedent for Obama's direct appeal to British voters.
"It is the biggest intervention I can think of by an American president who has turned up in this way and intervened directly in the politics of a Western democracy since the end of the Cold War," said Anand Menon, professor of European politics and foreign affairs at Kings College London.
It is above and beyond what people do in Western democracies. And if you think as I do that it is a fear thing, then it works."
Opinion polls suggest that "In" is ahead, but the race is tight and the number of undecided voters is very high.
Many U.S. banks and companies fear a Brexit would cause market turmoil, diminish the clout of Washington's strongest European ally, hurt London's global financial hub status, cripple the EU and weaken Western security.
The "Out" campaign says such fears are exaggerated, and Britain would profit from greater control over its regulation, the ability to make bilateral trade deals and the right to restrict immigration from EU neighbors.
Many in the "Out" camp say they are passionate supporters of the special relationship with the United States and think Britain would open itself up to America and to the world if it cut loose from what they regard as the dysfunctional EU.
Before talks at Cameron's Downing Street office, Obama and his wife Michelle congratulated Queen Elizabeth, who celebrated her 90th birthday on Thursday. [L5N17P4BN]
Prince Philip, Elizabeth's 94-year-old husband, took the wheel of a Range Rover to drive the Obamas to lunch on the territory of Windsor Castle, a royal residence that traces its history back over almost 1,000 years to William the Conqueror."
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Added: Cameron resigns:
6/24/2016, "David Cameron resigns after UK votes to leave European Union," UK Guardian, Heather Stewart, Rowena Mason, Rajeev Syal
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