The directors of the Obama Intelligence Agency insisted to include the Steele file now dissected in the assessment of the Intelligence Community (ICA) 2017 on the influence of Russia on the 2016 elections despite the warnings of their analysts, according to an ICA examination of the ICA of the Directorate of Analysis (DA) of the ICA of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Then John Brennan was an integral part of the Steele file sock now disoriented in the ICA, according to the magazine.
“The decision of agency leaders to include The Steele file of the ICA ran against Principles of fundamental trades and ultimately Sapped the credibility of a key judgment, “said the exam.
The Steele file, which accused the 2016 conspiracy Trump campaign with Russia to interfere in the 2016 elections, was based strongly on open sources like press articles rather than deep intels. Former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele compiled it in the name of GPS merger, an intelligence and research company, which was indirectly hired by the Hilary Clinton campaign by the law firm Perkins Coie.
The authors of the ICA and several members of the high -level CIA staff “were strongly opposed” to the inclusion of the Steele file, affirming that he did not meet the basic standards of the trades, according to the magazine. (Related: Exclusive: The author of the Christopher Steele file had already not disclosed meetings with lawyers for DNC, Clinton Campaign)
“The deputy director of the CIA analysis (DDA) warned in an email in Brennan on December 29 that inclusion in any form” risked all the credibility of the document “, according to the journal.
“Despite these objections, Brennan has shown a preference for narrative coherence on analytical solidity,” said the review.
When two high -level agents tried to warn Brennan of the non -solid nature of the file “it appeared more influenced by the general conformity of the file with existing theories than by legitimate concerns on the trades,” said the exam.
According to the examination, other very unusual elements of the ICA included a truncated chronology and a partitioned approach to the sharing of information.
“The Da review has identified several procedural anomalies in the preparation of the ICA. These included a highly compressed production calendar, strict compartmentalization and excessive involvement of agency chiefs, which led to Departure of standard practices in writing, ICA coordination and revision, “said the review.
ICA 2017 concluded that Russian president Vladimir Putin had sought “to undermine public faith in the American democratic process, to denigrate the secretary Clinton and to harm his choice” and had a “clear preference for the president elected Trump”.
ICA exam was commissioned by the current CIA director John Ratcliffe, who said he had painted a clear image that Intel heads named by Obama tried to harm President Trump.
“It was [President Barack] Obama, [FBI Director James] Comey, [Director of National Intelligence James] Clapper and Brennan deciding “we are going to screw Trump,” said Ratcliffe at the New York Post. “It was:” We are going to create this and put the printer of an IC assessment in a way that no one can question it “.
Although the Ratcliffe review was very critical of the former agency heads, some argued that he was not far enough.
“The self-assessment of the CIA of its assessment of the 2016 intelligence community on interference from the Russian elections is not lacking in all the truth. It is abyssal that the CIA issued a memo with a half exclusion, inaccuracies and flagrant omissions over the entire extent of the Hoax of Russia and the role of Deep State ”.
The self-assessment of the CIA of its assessment of the 2016 intelligence community on interference from the Russian elections is far from the whole truth. It is abyssal that the CIA emitted a memo with half-truths, inaccuracies and flagrant omissions on the entire extent of the hoax of Russia and … pic.twitter.com/f7hdae43mu
– The representative Rick Crawford (@reprickcrawford) July 3, 2025
Crawford, who chairs the permanent selective committee of the Intelligence Chamber, also said that the CIA has held the report of its committee on the “hostage” of ICA for seven years.
