The author of the 'fake news' dossier on Trump's ties to Russia is looking increasingly credible

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http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-dossier-looking-increasingly-credible-2017-1

Steele was head of MI6’s Russia desk. He worked at Britain's intelligence service for years and was a highly regarded specialist on Russia, according to The Guardian. He served in Paris and Moscow in the 1990s before retiring. He now runs the intelligence company Orbis Business Intelligence with Christopher Burrows, a former British Foreign Office counsellor.

He has a network of sources in Russia. The New York Times said he was known for "his knowledge of the intricate web of Kremlin-tied companies and associates that control Russia." He called on these contacts to compile the allegations against Trump.

Steele has been trusted by the FBI and others with sensitive work.Reuters reported that the intelligence expert supplied the FBI with information on corruption at football's world governing body, FIFA, in 2010. He also gathered intelligence on Russia for England's 2018 World Cup bid. Russia ultimately triumphed during the bidding process.

He has friends in high places. Sir Andrew Wood, a former British ambassador to Moscow who helped alert US intelligence to the dossier, said Steele was a "very competent professional operator."

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1. kick & rec. nt

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2. The FBI trusted him in exposing FIFA corruption, but there's another thread with a link attempting

to discredit him, that his former spooks considered him a show-off/JamesBOND and that the MI6 boss is pissed for this bringing them into question.