The memo's out

[Jane2d]

The memo effectively destroys the argument that the Steele dossier caused the Russian investigation. As the memo states, the investigation began when Papadopoulos got drunk with an Australian diplomat.

hmm.  From the memo itself:

4) .... Furthermore, Deputy Director McCabe testified before the Committee in December 2017 that no surveillance warrent would have been sought from the FISC without the Steele dossier information.

and this:

5) The Page FISA application also mentions information regarding fellow Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulous, but there is no evidence of any cooperation or conspiracy between Page and Papadopoulous.  The Papadopoulos information trigger the opening of an FBI counterintelligence investigation in late July 2016 by FBI agent Pete Strozok... 

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Link to full memo
https://www.scribd.com/document/37059927...from_embed

Opening of an FBI ... is different form

Opening THIS FBI ...

But thanks for the link. I love reading comments from readers. Like this one, which sums up what is wrong with Spying on Americans; which is the WHOLE POINT.

So one drunk, low-level staffer mouths off to an Australian and that is enough to MEET THE STANDARD of being able to use all the tools of government (FBI, CIA, etc.) to spy on one's political opponent during a very heated campaign. If that is the case, then it is FAR WORSE than even the memo implies and 3 things really need attention:

1) The person, working for Obama, that took this hearsay to the judge to try to get approval to SPY ON A POLITICAL OPPONENT during a very heated campaign needs to be JAILED.

2) The judge that authorized the SPYING ON A POLITICAL OPPONENT during a very heated campaign, based on this hearsay, also needs to be JAILED.

3) The SYSTEM that permits a sitting administration to SPY ON A POLITICAL OPPONENT during a very heated campaign needs to be SCRAPPED. It's MUCH SAFER for this country to take its chances with Russian ghosts trying to influence an election than it is to allow a sitting administration to SPY ON A POLITICAL OPPONENT (during a very heated campaign, I may add).