{"id":35861,"date":"2019-10-20T12:06:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T16:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=35861"},"modified":"2019-10-20T12:06:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T16:06:53","slug":"cia-spooks-hugely-exposed-by-past-leadership-crimes-brennan-and-clapper-in-big-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=35861","title":{"rendered":"CIA Spooks Hugely Exposed by Past Leadership Crimes, Brennan and Clapper in Big Trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>CIA Analysts Lawyer Up As Brennan, Clapper Ensnared In Expanding Russiagate Probe<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>CIA analysts involved in the intelligence assessment of Russia&#8217;s activities during the 2016 US election have begun to hire attorneys, as Attorney General William Barr expands his investigation into the origins of the Russia probe, led by US Attorney John Durham.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/durham%201_2.jpg?itok=0WfGnXJK\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/durham%201_2.jpg?itok=0WfGnXJK\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/durham%201_2.jpg?itok=Y7MhBnzO 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/durham%201_2.jpg?itok=Y7MhBnzO 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/durham%201_2.jpg?itok=Y7MhBnzO 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/durham%201_2.jpg?itok=Y7MhBnzO 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/durham%201_2.jpg?itok=Y7MhBnzO 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/durham%201_2.jpg?itok=0WfGnXJK 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/durham%201_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ebaf50f7-d248-4b39-9bdc-ce0d2e60b569\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>US Attorney John Durham<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>The prosecutor conducting the review, Connecticut U.S. Attorney <strong>John Durham<\/strong>, has expressed his intent to interview <strong>a number of current and former intelligence officials involved in examining Russia\u2019s effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election,<\/strong> including former CIA Director <u><strong>John Brennan<\/strong><\/u> and former director of national intelligence <u><strong>James Clapper<\/strong><\/u>, Brennan told NBC News. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/ag-barr-expands-controversial-review-origin-russia-investigation-n1068971\">NBC<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/brennan%20clapper%201.jpg?itok=VMa33yjL\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/brennan%20clapper%201.jpg?itok=VMa33yjL\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/brennan%20clapper%201.jpg?itok=Qjxl22l2 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/brennan%20clapper%201.jpg?itok=Qjxl22l2 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/brennan%20clapper%201.jpg?itok=Qjxl22l2 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/brennan%20clapper%201.jpg?itok=Qjxl22l2 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/brennan%20clapper%201.jpg?itok=Qjxl22l2 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/brennan%20clapper%201.jpg?itok=VMa33yjL 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/brennan%20clapper%201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"1a210f29-327d-460c-af00-1bc2cb217810\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<aside id=\"my_spring1\"><\/aside>\n<p><em>NBC <\/em>learned of the &#8216;lawyering up&#8217; from three former CIA officials &#8220;familiar with the matter,&#8221; while two more anonymous leakers claim there&#8217;s <b>tension between the Justice Department and the CIA over what classified documents Durham has access to<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/barr%20trump.jpg?itok=ZQS1YABn\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/barr%20trump.jpg?itok=ZQS1YABn\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/barr%20trump.jpg?itok=-jf7OdN8 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/barr%20trump.jpg?itok=-jf7OdN8 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/barr%20trump.jpg?itok=-jf7OdN8 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/barr%20trump.jpg?itok=-jf7OdN8 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/barr%20trump.jpg?itok=-jf7OdN8 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/barr%20trump.jpg?itok=ZQS1YABn 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/barr%20trump.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"71f991ab-324e-4a4a-8b09-9ed6e373d64f\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With Barr\u2019s approval, Durham has expanded his staff and the timeframe under scrutiny, according to a law enforcement official directly familiar with the matter. And <strong>he is now looking into conduct past Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration in January 2017<\/strong>, a Trump administration official said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One Western intelligence official familiar with Durham&#8217;s investigation leaked that Durham has been <strong>asking foreign officials questions related to former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos<\/strong>, who was fed the rumor that Russia had &#8216;dirt&#8217; on Hillary Clinton by a Maltese professor, Joseph Mifsud. While US media has sought to portray Mifsud as a Russian asset, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.repubblica.it\/esteri\/2017\/11\/01\/news\/russiagate_mystery_professor_joseph_mifsud_speaks_out_dirt_on_hillary_clinton_nonsense_-179948962\/\">self-described member of the Clinton foundation<\/a> has far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2018\/05\/26\/the_maltese_phantom_of_russiagate_.html\"><strong>stronger ties to the West<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"in-content-dianomi\" class=\"placement placement-embedded placement-dianomi\"><\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/mifsud%20papad1_0_1.jpg?itok=wFKRGu1T\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/mifsud%20papad1_0_1.jpg?itok=wFKRGu1T\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/mifsud%20papad1_0_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"256\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"262faf82-e787-4ff1-924a-0855e3827de9\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Western intelligence official familiar with what Durham has been asking of foreign officials says his inquiries track closely with the questions raised about the Russia investigation in right-wing media\u2014a line of inquiry based on accusations made by George Papadopoulos. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pku50keorJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/pku50keorJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenDilanianNBC\/status\/1185547352138010626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/dougcollins.house.gov\/sites\/dougcollins.house.gov\/files\/Papadopoulos%20l10.25.18%20Interview%20Transcript_Redacted.pdf\">congressional testimony<\/a> given by Papadopoulos last October as well as statements he&#8217;s made over Twitter, <strong>the whole thing was an FBI setup &#8211; <\/strong>as a &#8216;woman in London, who was the <strong>FBI&#8217;s legal attache in the UK&#8217; <\/strong>and <strong>&#8220;had a personal relationship to Bob Mueller after 9\/11&#8221;<\/strong> was the one who recommended that he meet with Mifsud in Rome.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To be clear: a woman in London, who was the FBI\u2019s legal attach\u00e9 in the U.K., and had a personal relationship to Bob Mueller after 9\/11, encouraged me to meet Joseph Mifsud in Rome in March 2016 and introduced Bruce Ohr to the top U.K. prosecutor 4 days before the Trump tower mtg.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George Papadopoulos (@GeorgePapa19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgePapa19\/status\/1112134171638423553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><u><strong>As the theory goes<\/strong><\/u>; Mifsud, a US intelligence asset, feeds Papadopoulos the rumor that Russia has Hillary Clinton&#8217;s emails shortly after he announces he&#8217;s going to join the Trump campaign. Papadopoulos repeats the email rumor to Australian diplomat Alexander Downer, who alerts Australia&#8217;s intelligence community, which notifies the FBI, which then launches operation &#8220;Crossfire Hurricane&#8221; during which <strong>the FBI sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-05-02\/fbi-used-honeypot-spy-tag-team-papadopoulos-london-russiagate-setup-nyt\">multiple spies<\/a> (including a &#8216;honeypot&#8217;) to infiltrate the Trump campaign<\/strong>. Notably, former FBI employee Peter Strzok flew to London to meet with Downer the day after Crossfire Hurricane was launched &#8211; <strong>while Strzok&#8217;s boss, Bill Priestap was in London the day before the Downer-Papadopoulos encounter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We have now pinned Peter Strzok\u2019s boss, Bill Priestap, in London the week of May 6th, 2016 and on the 9th. The day before Alexander Downer was sent to spy on me and record our meeting. Congress must release the transcripts and embarrass the deep state.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George Papadopoulos (@GeorgePapa19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgePapa19\/status\/1119719391703134208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And if this is all true, <strong>Durham has a lot to untangle &#8211; <\/strong>including the Clinton \/ DNC-funded Steele Dossier.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/cia-analysts-lawyer-brennan-clapper-ensnared-expanding-russiagate-probe\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/cia-analysts-lawyer-brennan-clapper-ensnared-expanding-russiagate-probe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CIA Analysts Lawyer Up As Brennan, Clapper Ensnared In Expanding Russiagate Probe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}