The Counterintelligence Nightmare 2014 - 2020: Bill Gertz on FBI Counterintelligence as “Focus of Trump Campaign Spying Probe” – 6:14 AM 8/17/2019 Practically, it looks like the FBI part of the US Counterintelligence Service was beheaded, and it became disoriented, for some time.
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Bill Gertz on FBI Counterintelligence as “Focus of Trump Campaign Spying Probe” – 6:14 AM 8/17/2019 Practically, it looks like the FBI part of the US Counterintelligence Service was beheaded, and it became disoriented, for some time.
This really looks like a Counterintelligence nightmare: Bill Gertz on FBI Counterintelligence as “Focus of Trump Campaign Spying Probe” – 6:14 AM 8/17/2019
Practically, it looks like the FBI part of the US Counterintelligence Service was beheaded, and it became disoriented, for some time.
Bill Gertz on FBI Counterintelligence as “Focus of Trump Campaign Spying Probe” – 6:14 AM 8/17/2019 Practically, it looks like the FBI part of the US Counterintelligence Service was beheaded, and it became disoriented, for some time.
This really looks like a Counterintelligence nightmare: Bill Gertz on FBI Counterintelligence as “Focus of Trump Campaign Spying Probe” – 6:14 AM 8/17/2019
Practically, it looks like the FBI part of the US Counterintelligence Service was beheaded, and it became disoriented, for some time.
This really looks like a Counterintelligence nightmare: Bill Gertz on FBI Counterintelligence as “Focus of Trump Campaign Spying Probe” – 6:14 AM 8/17/2019
Practically, it looks like the FBI part of the US Counterintelligence Service was beheaded, and it became disoriented, for some time.
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Bill Gertz is senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon. Prior to joining the Beacon he was
Practically, it looks like the FBI part of the US Counterintelligence Service was beheaded, and it became disoriented, for some time.
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“Ken deGraffenreid, a counterintelligence expert, said the problem with FBI counterintelligence is that it lacks qualified personnel and a strategic approach to countering foreign spies.
Of Crossfire Hurricane, deGraffenreid said the operation was poorly run and demonstrated a lack of seriousness. “If this was the best they could do in counterintelligence, it’s pretty poor,” he said, noting that seasoned counterspies would have recognized a lack of Russian collusion with the campaign from the start.
DeGraffenreid believes the FBI, spurred on by the liberal news media, probably reacted to Trump’s half-joking comment that if Russia had intercepted Clinton’s emails, Moscow should make them public.
“And the FBI swallowed the Steele dossier hook, line and sinker,” he said.
The dossier was based on unverified information obtained by Steele and fed to the FBI alleging that Trump was a Russian agent and had cavorted with Russian prostitutes.
The FBI’s approach to Crossfire Hurricane lacked a serious “counterintelligence mind” that requires more in-depth critical thinking and real signs of Russian collusion. Instead, meetings with Russians in Trump Tower, a meeting with a Russian ambassador, and the activities of two minor campaign figures, Page and George Papadopoulos, who were thought to be Russian agents was the main thesis basis for launching Crossfire Hurricane.
DeGraffenreid, former deputy national counterintelligence executive with extensive experience, said those signs are not what a Russian intelligence operation to penetrate an American political campaign would look like.
Biases Appeared to Seep into Crossfire Hurricane Investigation
Former FBI counterspy I.C. Smith said Crossfire Hurricane appeared to be launched not by FBI field operatives who the most experienced at doing counterintelligence but from FBI headquarters.
Strzok and Page were properly fired for exchanging the politically charged texts and emails, he said.
“The damage they’ve done to the FBI will last for years,” Smith said. “But having said that, I’m not sure that necessarily translates into their letting their biases interfere with their work on the FISA, etc. I wouldn’t characterize their texts as threatening to derail the Trump campaign so much as posturing with little capability to do anything about it.”
Smith said Strzok and Page could have undermined the Trump campaign by leaking to the press the fact of the investigation and that was not done.
“If indeed, FBI [headquarters] was essentially conducting the investigation, that too, is against protocol,” Smith said, something done in the past by FBI Director Louis Freeh who interfered extensively with field investigations, including the probe into the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
“But FBI HQ managers should not conduct investigations. That’s a field office function, period,” Smith said.
DeGraffenreid said the fallout from Crossfire Hurricane likely will further weaken an already poor FBI counterintelligence capability. Bureaucratically, the fallout will further erode support for aggressive counterintelligence and dissuade the most capable people from seeking counterspy positions.
Strzok, based on his congressional testimony and publicized text, revealed himself to be ill-suited for counterintelligence. The FBI counterspy came across as “an arrogant bureaucrat” in his congressional testimony, deGraffenreid said. “He’s not George Smiley.”
Also, as outlined by the Justice IG, the FBI’s protective bureaucratic culture is in need of correcting.
“There’s extreme bureaucratization there with a culture that thinks the bureau is something other than the United States,” said deGraffenreid who worked with senior FBI officials in government for more than 30 years.
“More than any other government bureaucracy, the FBI will openly lie to protect the FBI’s reputation,” he said, adding that of all the intelligence disciplines, counterintelligence requires the smartest and best analysts and operators free of political bias like that shown by Strzok.”
Bill Gertz is senior editor of the Washington Free Beacon. Prior to joining the Beacon he was
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Evidence’ from Epstein’s Estate ‘May Have Been Lost – 2:58 PM 8/17/2019
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4 days ago – In addition, when Mr. Epstein died, prosecutors lost certain tools in … Deals given to cooperators to flip against Mr. Epstein could also have produced evidence against others. … If Mr. Epstein had been convicted, the government could have … by victims against Mr. Epstein to move forward against his estate.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s computers seized during FBI raid – 3:09 PM 8/17/2019
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4 days ago - In addition, when Mr. Epstein died, prosecutors lost certain tools in ... Deals given to cooperators to flip against Mr. Epstein could also have produced evidence against others. ... If Mr. Epstein had been convicted, the government could have ... by victims against Mr. Epstein to move forward against his estate.
3 days ago - A FDNY representative said that if accurate, the disclosure would be .... be a public trial or other proceedings that could reveal evidence of his wrongdoing. ... plans to sue Epstein on Wednesday, filing a suit against his estate, ...
5 days ago - One must prove the evidence shows it is likely that the defendant committed the ... How long could it take until Epstein's estate is resolved?
3 days ago - Evidence of crimes and operations from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein "may have been lost," warned U.S. Virgin Islands Sen. Oakland Benta.
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“What’s going on here is what should have happened a long time ago,” said Benta of federal authorities investigating an island owned by Epstein. “As a result of all that has transpired, the federal government decided [to investigate] now, whether it’s too late or not — because there have been so many people on the island since Mr. Epstein has been incarcerated and, at the same time, there’s valuable information, evidence-wise, that we may have lost.”
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Benta added, “What’s going on is that they have seized the island, and they’re moving forward and doing, probably, what you call asset forfeiture, as far as securing what they can.”
Elements of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ government were complicit in Epstein’s crimes, determined Benta.
Benta remarked, “I do pray that once the investigation has taken place, as a result of so many people within this territory who are the leadership of this government, of this territory, hiding behind curtains as parasites, and … bringing young ladies to our shores from elsewhere and destroying their lives at will, with passion, without consideration for the child’s soul. And many individuals who participated in these acts are fathers themselves; they have children as well.”
“I’m very upset that our very government leadership, stewardship of this government, who are part of it — participated and turned a blind eye for financial gain,” stated Benta.
Mansour asked if the U.S. Virgin Islands’ “reputation of being used as a tax shelter” is related to Epstein’s involvement with the territory.
Benta explained, “What has happened with this is the members who are responsible to make sure that the individuals who came in [to the U.S. Virgin Islands] under the program [of economic development] were legitimate, that they, in fact, had the resources as far as what was put on paper, and that they were vetted through Interpol as well as the State Department.”
Benta continued, “What ended up happening was that cash became the access for turning a blind eye and allowing the fraudulent acts to take place on the territory by individuals who did not have what they said they had, and in hiding all of this in hedge funds as they did it, and manipulating and controlling the government of the Virgin Islands. And some senators, who they financed as far as campaigns and other things, a blind eye was turned, and of course, here comes the tax evasion and the fraud … by hiding all that they said they had by fraudulent acts. It was all a scam.”
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