Did Not Meet Intel Collection Standards + Risked Credibility

EXCLUSIVE ‼️ CIA REVIEW finds Obama’s Trump-Russia collusion report was corrupt from the start. Disgraced former spy chief John Brennan forced in the Steele Report over objections from CIA's top Russia analysts. CIA Director John Ratcliffe now tells me it was like "pouring…

— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) July 2, 2025

… gasoline on the fire" of an already tense relationship with our adversary Russia.

NEW: Report via @CIADirector Ratcliffe

•Concludes that in 2016 then CIA Director Brennan and others rushed the Russia election interference intelligence assessment
•Brennan dismissed high level warnings that the Clinton campaign opposition research the “Steele dossier” did not… pic.twitter.com/tNsIzUY42H

— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) July 2, 2025

… meet intel collection standards + risked “credibility”
•Handling of dossier was highly irregular + limited analytic rigor
•Media leaks reinforced narrative "with high confidence" that Russia intervened to help candidate Trump

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"…two senior leaders of the CIA mission center responsible for Russia—strongly opposed including the Dossier, asserting that it did not meet even the most basic tradecraft standards."

NOTE: Basic Tradecraft Standards means established collection methods, techniques and operations.

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"Brennan showed a preference for narrative consistency over analytical soundness....Brennan ultimately formalized his position in writing, stating that “my bottomline is that I believe that the information warrants inclusion in the report."