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Former MI-6 spy known to U.S. agencies is author of reports on Trump in Russia

By Mark Hosenball

 

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Christopher Steele, who wrote reports on compromising material Russian operatives allegedly had collected on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, is a former officer in Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, according to people familiar with his career.

 

Former British intelligence officials said Steele spent years under diplomatic cover working for the agency, also known as MI-6, in Russia and Paris and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

 

After he left the spy service, Steele supplied the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with information on corruption at FIFA, international soccer's governing body.

 

It was his work on corruption in international soccer that lent credence to his reporting on Trump's entanglements in Russia, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

 

Emails seen by Reuters indicate that, in the summer of 2010, members of a New York-based FBI squad assigned to investigate "Eurasian Organized Crime" met Steele in London to discuss allegations of possible corruption in FIFA, the Swiss-based body that also organises the World Cup tournament.

 

People familiar with Steele's activities said his British-based company, Orbis Business Intelligence, was hired by the Football Association, Britain's domestic soccer governing body, to investigate FIFA. At the time, the Football Association was hoping to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cups. British corporate records show that Orbis was formed in March 2009.

 

Amid a swirl of corruption allegations, the 2018 World Cup was awarded to Moscow and Qatar was chosen to host the 2022 competition.

 

The FBI squad whose members met Steele subsequently opened a major investigation into alleged soccer corruption that led to dozens of U.S. indictments, including those of prominent international soccer officials.

 

Senior FIFA officials, including long-time president Sepp Blatter, were forced to resign.

   

SHIFTING GEARS

 

Steele was initially hired by FusionGPS, a Washington, DC-based political research firm, to investigate Trump on behalf of unidentified Republicans who wanted to stop Trump's bid for the GOP nomination. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that Steele was initially hired by Jeb Bush, one of Trump's 16 opponents in the 2016 Republican primary. It was not immediately possibly to verify the BBC's report.

 

He was kept on assignment by FusionGPS after Trump won the nomination and his information was circulated to Democratic Party figures and members of the media. 

 

Steele's dealings with the FBI on Trump, initially with the senior agent who had started the FIFA probe and then moved to a post in Europe, began in July. However, Steele cut off contact with the FBI about a month before the Nov. 8 election because he was frustrated by the bureau's slow progress.  

 

The FBI opened preliminary investigations into Trump and his entourage's dealings with Russians that were based in part on Steele's reports, according to people familiar with the inquiries.

 

However, they said the Bureau shifted into low gear in the weeks before the election to avoid interfering in the vote. They said Steele grew frustrated and stopped dealing with the FBI after concluding it was not seriously investigating the material he had provided.

 

Steele's reports circulated for months among major media outlets, including Reuters, but neither the news organizations nor U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been able to corroborate them.

 

BuzzFeed published some of Steele's reports about Trump on its website on Tuesday but the President-elect and his aides later said the reports were false. Russian authorities also dismissed them. 

 

Associates of Steele said on Wednesday he was unavailable for comment. Christopher Burrows, a director and co-founder of Orbis with Steele, told The Wall Street Journal, which first published Steele's name, that he could not confirm or deny that Steele's company had produced the reports on Trump.

 

(Reporting by Mark Hosenball; Editing by David Rohde and Paul Tait)

 
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Mahatma Gandhi used to drink his own urine for health/rituals but one suspects that's not Trump's motivation. Who could care less what he does in private ....but when he is seen  to be so cosy with Russia ,then the question of motive comes up ( and is not going away any time soon).

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15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

the Bureau shifted into low gear in the weeks before the election to avoid interfering in the vote.

Which of course it did insert itself into the election twice unprofessionally against regulations and protocol. So it woud seem the Bureau was essentially shielding Trump from Steele's finding and Steele decided to see matters through on his own. Don't hold your breathe for Trump to give Steele the Freedom Medal.

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Does anyone seriously think the Trumpster has never had three's up with Top Totty hookers and done the whole nine yards...? Who gives a Rats ar$ e, If he hadn't I'd be more worried about him lol...

 

Democrats, talk about poor losers ehh? 

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Even if Trump team manages to push the issue under table and make it temporarily forgotten in the USA, it will not be forgotten by the US allies. 

 

Trump is simply not trusted and therefore USA is not trusted as long as Trump is the president.

 

This is what Putin ultimately wants - to weaken the western co-operation.

 

The way western world sees the next president of USA. This is from Swiss newspaper. Not so PC stuff, is it?

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Btw. Which countries are Russia's allies? 

 

 

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14 minutes ago, oilinki said:

Even if Trump team manages to push the issue under table and make it temporarily forgotten in the USA, it will not be forgotten by the US allies. 

 

Trump is simply not trusted and therefore USA is not trusted as long as Trump is the president.

 

This is what Putin ultimately wants - to weaken the western co-operation.

 

The way western world sees the next president of USA. This is from Swiss newspaper. Not so PC stuff, is it?

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Btw. Which countries are Russia's allies? 

 

 

Swiss have it wrong. Trump's facial expression on the left would still be the same as on the right.

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2 hours ago, Lokie said:

Does anyone seriously think the Trumpster has never had three's up with Top Totty hookers and done the whole nine yards...? Who gives a Rats ar$ e, If he hadn't I'd be more worried about him lol...

 

Democrats, talk about poor losers ehh? 

Exactly. They say Thailand has a teflon economy....well welcome to Mr Teflon  himself!. What more can any more negative news do to him? He said it's ok to grab women by the pu##y!! And still won the presidency..

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Chris Steele has a very good track record so far, however as he has used intermediaries for much of the information it makes it hard to get solid verification. He clearly believes that the information he has is sound and so do the various agencies.  I don't think anyone gives a rats a*se what Trump gets up to with his numerous hookers but that is not the point is it?   It makes him vulnerable to blackmail and manipulation by Putin and that is dangerous.

 

We all know what a jerk Trump is and as citizen that is fine but not in a position of power.

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You do not have to be that intelligent to realise Trump is no angle and there will be loads of intelligence agencies with information on him that he would prefer not to be made public.

He will end up bending for a lot more than just Russia... :cheesy:

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Yeah to bad billary didn't win the election we could have started a pool on what date the first nuke would B launched starting WWIII ... looks like the world wide BarBQ has been postponed for at least 4 more years ... damn and I was so looking forward to a good nuclear war

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12 minutes ago, carken said:

damn and I was so looking forward to a good nuclear war

Well with Trump in the seat you have a good chance of getting one. Sorry but your BS about HRC starting a nuclear war is just that BS. Despite her faults she was a seasoned and savvy global politician and a stateswoman. She would NEVER have started any nuclear conflict, but there is a damn good chance Trump will. Remember it was Trump saying over and over again, 'if we have nukes why don't we use them'!

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Back to topic

 

Trump has another meltdown and just cannot leave it. He stokes the fire again.

 

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Donald Trump brands Christopher Steele a 'failed spy' who conspired with 'sleazebag political operatives'

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/13/donald-trump-brands-christopher-steele-failed-spy-conspired/

 

IMHO the only bit of reporting that has been irresponsible is the Wall Street Journal who named 'Christopher Steele". Him and his entire family are now at risk. Steele was credible enough to dig out all the dirt on the FIFA officials, it was him that led the investigation. The chances of the info he has on Trump being credible - Very High!

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26 minutes ago, Silurian said:

Some more details on the intelligence agent...

 

The Spy Who Wrote the Trump-Russia Memos: It Was "Hair-Raising" Stuff

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/spy-who-wrote-trump-russia-memos-it-was-hair-raising-stuff

 

This is not over and will not go away. There is more to come. I just wish it would come in the next 5 days.

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On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Andaman Al said:

Despite her faults she was a seasoned and savvy global politician and a stateswoman.

 

 cheesy.gif   I nearly choked on my Shiraz at that one. Keep 'em coming, they're hilarious.

 

You do realise that the reason you Democrats lost everything - house, senate, presidency - was because of her. You do, don't you?

 

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1 hour ago, ilostmypassword said:

The noose may  be tightening:

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-russia-ties-michael-flynn-dossier-2017-2

Might be an understatement.

US investigators now say they have corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former British intelligence agent that took place between the same individuals on the same days and from the same locations.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/10/politics/russia-dossier-update/index.html

 

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On ‎13‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 4:54 PM, BB1955 said:

We surley can rely on the media to report the truth . They say it must be true . Stop with bs get on with business , 

Is that a serious comment?

If you actually think the media report the truth, I'm sorry to inform you that where Trump is concerned, the "media" rarely tell the whole, unvarnished "truth". Usually it is at best half truths, and even that is edited to be as unfavourable as possible. Hence the misconception that Trump thinks ALL Mexicans are rapists and drug dealers etc. There are many other examples, but too tired to be bothering now.

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1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Is that a serious comment?

If you actually think the media report the truth, I'm sorry to inform you that where Trump is concerned, the "media" rarely tell the whole, unvarnished "truth". Usually it is at best half truths, and even that is edited to be as unfavourable as possible. Hence the misconception that Trump thinks ALL Mexicans are rapists and drug dealers etc. There are many other examples, but too tired to be bothering now.

Yes the media is full of lies. Particularly when they're quoting Trump.

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