New Report Issued Following The Release Of Documents From Trump Admin

Oh, now this is a big one — and if even half of it is true, it’s a mess that demands a real reckoning.

We’re talking about Russiagate, the Steele Dossier, and a freshly revived look at who cooked up the so-called “intelligence” that fed the liberal media frenzy. And according to new reporting from Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag over at Public, the people who pushed that bogus narrative? They’re still sitting pretty inside the CIA.

Let’s rewind. Remember that infamous 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) — the one that “confirmed” Russian collusion and was paraded around as gospel? Turns out, it wasn’t some broad, consensus-driven report.

It was an operation, as one senior intel official flat-out told Public: “The American people were lied to. The last time intelligence was manipulated this badly was around Iraq and WMDs.” That’s not a throwaway comment. That’s a direct accusation that the ICA was weaponized — and it came from inside the house.

Here’s how it allegedly went down: Barack Obama ordered a new assessment after the initial intelligence reports didn’t back up the collusion narrative.

Then John Brennan, James Clapper, and James Comey handpicked a tiny group of analysts — just five people, with one principal author — to crank out a report that conveniently fit the Steele Dossier-driven storyline. Objections from other analysts? Ignored. Media leaks? Perfectly timed. And voilà, Russiagate was born.

But here’s the kicker: multiple sources told Public that the lead author of that report — along with “a good chunk” of those handpicked analysts — still work at the CIA today. Think about that. The people who allegedly helped craft a politically motivated document used to smear a sitting president haven’t been shown the door. They’re still producing “objective” intelligence.

And that’s the problem. Former and current officials told Public that simply swapping out Clapper and Brennan wasn’t enough to root out the rot. “They haven’t fired anyone. They haven’t cleaned house,” one official said bluntly. Another added that much of the Directorate of Analysis — the branch responsible for producing intel assessments — remains staffed with politically biased actors.

This leaves CIA Director John Ratcliffe and DNI Tulsi Gabbard with a serious job: figure out who were the “willing conspirators” versus those who objected, and start cleaning house. Reassign them. Fire them. Do something. Because as one official put it, until that happens, the weaponization of intelligence isn’t going anywhere.