Former CIA Chief John Brennan must not be resting easy tonight as it seems that Special Prosecutor John Durham is focusing most of his attention on him and his questionable actions. Durham drove down to Washington DC in March to make sure his investigation would continue during the coronavirus scare. He is said to be focusing all or at least most of his attention on John Brennan.
Durham wants to know how much influence Brennan wielded in the intelligence assessment. He also wants to know why disgraced FBI execs James Comey and Andrew McCabe insisted that the Steele dossier be added to the assessment.
I believe the reason he is focusing on Brennan is because foreign intelligence agencies informed him that Brennan had recruited them to spy on Americans, something Brennan could not legally do. Italian intelligence has been most cooperative. British Intelligence has been the least cooperative.
We know the Steele Dossier is pure propaganda since Steele’s own source for the dossier claims Steele embellished was relayed to him as bar gossip. He testified to the fact under oath to the Mueller Inquisition.
Durham has also interviewed agents and analysts from the NSA and FBI.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Durham’s inquiries have increased the strain between DOJ investigators and spy officials, with one intelligence official who helped compile the 2017 assessment saying neither Brennan nor anyone else involved interfered politically and the 2004 law reforming the intelligence community worked the way it should.
That bipartisan law implemented reforms suggested by the 9/11 Commission, including the creation of the position of director of national intelligence to increase cooperation between the various intelligence agencies.
Another U.S. official aware of Durham’s actions and with knowledge of the Russian interference report said the 2017 intelligence assessment has stood the test of time.
An investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller concluded Russian military intelligence was responsible for hacking thousands of Democratic emails and providing those stolen records to WikiLeaks, though Mueller did not establish a criminal conspiracy between Trump and the Russians.