Just in the First 10 Pages of the IG Report...

I have heard so many different takes on what the Inspector General's Report says that I decided to actually read it myself. And in just the first 10 pages I discovered these statements. [ ] indicate editor's input:

• "We did not find  documentary or testimonial evidence that  political bias or improper motivation  influenced the decisions to open the four individual investigations."                                                                                                                                                                            ["did not find" does not mean none existed - only that, due to the constraints and limitations of an IG Investigation, they could not delve deeper]  

• "We found it concerning that Department and FBI policy did not require the FBI to consult with any Department official in advance of conducting CHS operations [i.e. covert electronic spying and/or confidential informant] involving advisors to a major party candidate's presidential campaign,  and we found no evidence that the FBI consulted with any Department officials before conducting these CHS operations. As we describe in Chapter Two, consultation , at a minimum, is required by Department and FBI policies in numerous other sensitive circumstances, and we include  a recommendation to address this issue"

• "However, as we explain later, the Crossfire Hurricane team failed to inform Department officials of significant information that was available to the team [from Carter Page] at the time that the FISA applications were drafted and filed. Much of that information was inconsistent with, or undercut, the assertions contained in the FISA applications that were used to support probable cause and, in some instances, resulted in inaccurate information being included in the applications. " [i.e. the FBI intentionally misled the FISA court]

• However, as we describe later, as the  FBI obtained additional information raising significant questions about the reliability of the Steele election reporting, the FBI failed to reassess the Steele reporting relied upon in the FISA applications, and did not fully advise NSD or 01 officials. We also found that the FBI did not aggressively seek to obtain certain potentially important information from Steele. For example, the FBI did not press Steele for information about the actual funding source [the DNC & Hillary Clinton Campaign] for his election reporting work.

• None of these [7] inaccuracies and omissions were brought  to the attention of OI before the last FISA application was filed in June  2017. Consequently, these failures were repeated in all three renewal applications. Further, as we discuss later, we identified 10 additional significant errors in the renewal applications.

I almost hate to think what other mischief the FBI was involved in that might be disclosed in the remaining 470 pages...

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