US EditionNew CIA Report Criticizes Investigation Into Russia's Support for Trump in 2016
UNITED STATES, JUL 8 – The CIA's internal review found procedural errors and politicization in the 2016 assessment but upheld key conclusions on Russian election interference, according to Director Ratcliffe.
- On Wednesday, CIA Director John Ratcliffe declassified a review criticizing former Director Brennan for pushing the discredited Steele Dossier into the 2016 ICA, undermining its credibility.
- Prompted by concerns over the 2016 ICA's integrity, the CIA commissioned a review citing procedural anomalies like compressed timelines and the forced inclusion of the Steele Dossier, which undermined credibility.
- The review found that senior CIA leaders, including Brennan, ignored warnings, citing tradecraft issues and Brennan's memo stating the dossier's inclusion was justified.
- Ratcliffe tweeted that the report shows the 2016 IC assessment was driven by an 'atypical & corrupt process,' urging protection of intelligence from political influence, with Gaetz demanding a DOJ investigation of Brennan.
- Beyond this review, public trust in the U.S. intelligence community risks further erosion if lessons on politicization are not implemented, leaving future assessments vulnerable to bias and manipulation.
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The ‘Russia Hoax,’ Revisited
Last week, CIA Director John Ratcliffe released a report that, by his account, finally reveals the whole story about one of the most closely scrutinized documents ever produced by American intelligence agencies.The “CIA Note,” as it’s officially called, is ostensibly an effort to learn lessons from the past, and it might never have been written absent Ratcliffe’s intervention. In May, he ordered CIA analysts to review the “procedures and analyti…
2016 Russia-Trump Intel Assessment Marred by Political Pressures and Discredited Information: CIA Report - Overpasses For America
This article was originally published by The Epoch Times: 2016 Russia-Trump Intel Assessment Marred by Political Pressures and Discredited Information: CIA Report The report urged that future assessments avoid political pressures, allow sufficient time for debate, and uphold strict analytic independence. A newly declassified CIA review has concluded that the 2016 U.S. intelligence assessment that Russia sought to help then-candidate Donald Trum…
2016 Russia-Trump Intel Assessment Marred by Political Pressures and Discredited Information: CIA Report
This article was originally published by The Epoch Times: 2016 Russia-Trump Intel Assessment Marred by Political Pressures and Discredited Information: CIA Report The report urged that future assessments avoid political pressures, allow sufficient time for debate, and uphold strict analytic independence. A newly declassified CIA review has concluded that the 2016 U.S. intelligence assessment that Russia sought to help then-candidate Donald Trum…
The CIA Director Didn’t Read His Own Report
CIA Director John Ratcliffe arrives to brief the Senate on Iran in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)THE FBI HAS LAUNCHED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION into James Comey and John Brennan, respectively directors of the FBI and CIA, for an alleged criminality involved in the investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign’s links with the Russian government. Setting the predicate for the investigation, …
John Brennan Faces Calls For 'Treason Trial' After Bombshell CIA Report
Calls for a criminal prosecution of former CIA Director John Brennan are bursting forth following a bombshell new report he was intimately involved in furthering the 2016 Russiagate hoax. Bryan Dean Wright, a former CIA official, accused Brennan of manipulating the 2016 Trump-Russia Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA), which the agency produced in response to allegations that the president’s campaign colluded with Russian operatives to influ…
John Brennan Faces Five Years in Prison for Lying About Russia Hoax
Former CIA Director John Brennan faces up to five years in prison for allegedly lying about the Russia hoax, following an internal CIA review. Current CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s declassification of critical agency documents has [...] The post John Brennan Faces Five Years in Prison for Lying About Russia Hoax appeared first on The People's Voice.
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