Former CIA station chief Dan Hoffman reacts to federal agents arresting the primary sub-source who contributed to the Trump-Russia dossier
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Pete, the primary source for the
PETE, the primary source for the
Steele dossier, now arrested,
accused of lying to the FBI as
part of John Durham want
investigation into the origins
of the Russia Probe
Russian Igor Danchenko appearing
briefly in port yesterday,
planning to plead not guilty for
being released on bond
here to react: Dan Hoffman, a
former CIA station chief who
served in Russia, Iraq and
Pakistan
Dan thanks. So much for being
here,
you know when it comes to Igor.
He first claimed to have a
network of subsources in Russia,
which he then later admitted was
gossip and totally fabricated
information admitted to agents
that it was rumor and
speculation.
One of his sources was James
Dollan, who worked for the
Clintons, who said he had a
republican friend who had
information.
He later admitted that he made
up the republican friend.
Is this all fabricated? And what
does this development mean?
I mean there is no
indication that isnt anything
but fab fabrication,
its important that the Durham
investigation has exposed the
fraud that we allowed
Christopher Steele to perpetrate
on our political process and our
democracy.
You know Danchenko outsourced
his collection to Danchenko and
all of danchenkos subsources
were deposed and they all
admitted there was nothing that
dossier that was consistent with
what they told Danchenko.
One of danchenkos subsources in
Moscow even said that Danchenko
appeared to be intoxicated,
so there was always a great
deal of concern about the
collection,
Danchenko reportedly traveled to
Russia, with this p dot r executive,
Mr Dollan,
that would have been absolutely
a collection effort by the
Russian Security Press, the Ffsb.
We tracked all of this Fox amp
friends. I remember it well
conduit for disinformation
and we willfully allowed it to
happen,
and the Congress needs to take
steps to ensure this doesnt
happen again.
My only concern about this is
its taken five years for us to
get to the bottom of it its not
like fine wine getting better
with age
PETE. You are exactly right.
The damage was done
this guy by the way, Danchenko
worked at the Brookings
Institute,
a very influential left of
center. Think tank in Washington
D, DOT C.
This wasnt, some random guy
making stuff up
had credibility now will lose
it all.
But the fact that the media
believed this dossier was
credible to begin with, and the
government we cant get that
back. As you pointed out,
it doesnt age. Well,
interest will be more on this
from Durham and we will get you
when we have it. I want to get
your take ons that well Dan
Awive, CIA chief.
The apparatus now is saying it
could lose thousands of staffers
due to the vaccine mandate as
much as twenty percent of intelligence
officers are unvaccinated.
Where does this go?
What does this mean?
Well a couple of points to
begin with.
First of all, when you work for
the intelligence community, you
give up a little bit of your
personal freedom.
You are subjected to what are
intrusive security background
investigation polygraphs. If you
work for the CIA, as I did,
and also you are required to be
medically cleared,
that means getting a lot of
shots before you go overseas.
All of that is something we
understand
its a privilege and honor to
serve our nation,
but the idea that were talking
about firing, people or
suspending them without pay
thats just flat out wrong.
If somebody doesnt want to get
vaccinated and at the CIA, its
only three percent of the workforce
consider other options,
maybe administrative leave or
ask them to be tested every day
and wear a mask.
There are immunocompromised
employees in the intelligence
community, so you want the keep
the mission and our people safe
and you cant telework in the
ic.
You have to show up because we
deal with classified
my gosh. There has got to be
better ways to solve this one
than what we are talking about.
Pete. We keep saying that there
has to be better ways
when the religion of vaccines
and the mandates that are pushed
out of Washington D, DOT C rein.
There is no room for common
sense and people lose their jobs
as a result.
Transcript generated on 2021-11-06.