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Trump dossier: intelligence sources vouch for credibility of report's author
Source: The Guardian
Trump dossier: intelligence sources vouch for credibility of report's author
Ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele, named as writer of
Donald Trump memo, is ‘highly regarded professional’
Nick Hopkins and Luke Harding
Thursday 12 January 2017 18.01 GMT
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At his press briefing on Wednesday, the president-elect dared the world’s media to scrutinise the 35 pages of claims, before throwing down a challenge – where’s the proof? Nobody had any. Case closed.
But in the rush to trample all over the dossier and its contents, one key question remained. Why had America’s intelligence agencies felt it necessary to provide a compendium of the claims to Barack Obama and Trump himself?
And the answer to that lies in the credibility of its apparent author, the ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele the quality of the sources he has and the quality of the people prepared to vouch for him.
In these respects, the 53-year-old was in credit.
On Thursday night, as the former spy was in hiding, having fled his home in the south-east of England, former colleagues rallied to defend him. One described him as “very credible” – a sober, cautious and meticulous professional with a formidable record.
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Ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele, named as writer of
Donald Trump memo, is ‘highly regarded professional’
Nick Hopkins and Luke Harding
Thursday 12 January 2017 18.01 GMT
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
At his press briefing on Wednesday, the president-elect dared the world’s media to scrutinise the 35 pages of claims, before throwing down a challenge – where’s the proof? Nobody had any. Case closed.
But in the rush to trample all over the dossier and its contents, one key question remained. Why had America’s intelligence agencies felt it necessary to provide a compendium of the claims to Barack Obama and Trump himself?
And the answer to that lies in the credibility of its apparent author, the ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele the quality of the sources he has and the quality of the people prepared to vouch for him.
In these respects, the 53-year-old was in credit.
On Thursday night, as the former spy was in hiding, having fled his home in the south-east of England, former colleagues rallied to defend him. One described him as “very credible” – a sober, cautious and meticulous professional with a formidable record.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/12/intelligence-sources-vouch-credibility-donald-trump-russia-dossier-author
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