Henchmen Behind Brennan’s Fake Russia Collusion Assessment Are Still at The CIA

The analysts who crafted the corrupt Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) on Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election on behalf of disgraced former CIA Director John Brennan remain active at the CIA.

This from thefederalist.com.

Multiple sources familiar with the House intelligence committee’s investigation into the Russia-collusion hoax added that The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) interviewed the specific people responsible for writing the ICA. And as The Federalist reported earlier this week:

[The HPSCI staff report established the ICA was] significantly worse and significantly more corrupt than conveyed in the memorandum released last week by CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

Taken together—corrupt analysts remain active and the ICA is significantly worse than reported—it seems there are two possible conclusions:

Either Director Ratcliffe’s efforts to clean out the agency have hit a snag, or the CIA director is quietly seeking to hold Brennan’s collaborators accountable—just as he has done in the case of Brennan and former FBI Director Comey, who now reportedly face criminal referrals based on the CIA’s investigation into the ICA.

Last Tuesday, Director Ratcliffe released a report summarizing the CIA’s probe into the crafting of the ICA. That CIA report detailed numerous  problems related to the assessment of Russia’s activities in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election. The CIA report, among other things, concluded the ICA should not have attributed “high confidence” to the conclusion that “Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances.” The ICA also should not have included the Steele Dossier in its annex or referenced it in the text of the report, the CIA concluded.

The CIA’s investigation into the ICA exposed damning information related to former CIA Director John Brennan’s role in producing the bogus report, as well as details implicating the then-FBI Director James Comey in the get-Trump conspiracy. But as The Federalist reported earlier this week:

[T]he CIA report pales in comparison to the real corruption at play, according to sources familiar with a separate HPSCI staff report.

According to sources, HPSCI, under the leadership of then-Chair Devin Nunes:

[F]ound the ICA significantly worse and significantly more corrupt than was conveyed in the CIA report.

As The Federalist further reported:

The staff report also reveals more details related to the ICA’s report on Russia’s 2016 influence campaign.

Nonetheless, another source familiar with the HPSCI staff report has told The Federalist:

[T]he analysts who actually drafted

the ICA report for Brennan are still with the CIA.

And:

[S]ome maybe even having been promoted after compiling the faulty report in violation of standard operating procedures. 

Given the serious flaws exposed last week by CIA Director Ratcliffe and that the ICA on Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election was significantly more corrupt than the CIA’s report revealed, that the analysts who assisted Brennan and his ilk in the get-Trump effort remain at the Agency raises grave concerns.

Final thoughts, two questions: Will the analysts responsible for the bogus ICA face disciplinary action or criminal referral? And is it correct to assume the investigation into the extensive details of corruption is still ongoing?