Ex-MI6 officer named as author of Trump dossier

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/12/christopher-steele-ex-mi6-officer-named-as-author-of-trump-dossier

Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, has been identified in reports as the author of a dossier that claims Russia collated a file of compromising information on Donald Trump.

Steele, 52, who runs London-based Orbis Business Intelligence, was widely named as having compiled the dossier, which contains unverified allegations that Russian security officials have material on Trump including lurid sex videos that could be used to blackmail him.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/12/intelligence-sources-vouch-credibility-donald-trump-russia-dossier-author

In these respects, the 53-year-old was in credit. Former colleagues of Steele describe him as "very credible" - a sober, cautious and meticulous professional with a formidable record.

One former Foreign Office official who has known Steele for 25 years and considers him a friend said: "The idea his work is fake or a cowboy operation is false, completely untrue. Chris is an experienced and highly regarded professional. He's not the sort of person who will simply pass on gossip."

The official added: "If he puts something in a report, he believes there's sufficient credibility in it for it to be worth considering. Chris is a very straight guy. He could not have survived in the job he was in if he had been prone to flights of fancy or doing things in an ill-considered way."

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You mean 4Chan lied about being responsible and the Trumpers believed it? No way.

Guess it doesn't help that the paper was written rather poorly, but then not everyone is a gifted writer. Still, this guy's background does lead credence that there's possibly some kind of dirt on Trump.

Well the Guardian seems to think it was written by intermediaries in Russia, I.e. not native English speakers.

The irony being he got most of his info after being hired by the republicans.

Originally posted by Beniboybling
Well the Guardian seems to think it was written by intermediaries in Russia, I.e. not native English speakers.

It changes nothing for me, when the reports are verified we can talk.

Was reading an article where an intelligence agent(or former) said he read it and found blatantly true tidbits, blatantly false tidbits, and contradictory information.

To be fair, article was posted on CNN, so who knows?

Yet you didn't demand Wikileaks be verified before accepting them as truths. Rather odd, no?

Originally posted by Robtard
Yet you didn't demand Wikileaks be verified before accepting them as truths. Rather odd, no?

Why did you just deflect to wikileaks?

But it's okay. Surely since this man is apparently so credible the reports will surely be verified, probably within 24-72 hours.

Deflection implies that I would be trying to not discuss Trump's alleged dossier and all the dirty secrets it may contain. Do you really think I'm a Trumper now? LoLz, didn't think that one out, did ya, sport.

Like it matters to you, proof could slap you in the face and you'd cry about needing more.

Originally posted by Robtard
Deflection implies that I would be trying to not discuss Trump's alleged dossier and all the dirty secrets it may contain. Do you really think I'm a Trumper now? LoLz, didn't think that one out, did ya, sport.

Like it matters to you, proof could slap you in the face and you'd cry about needing more.

You tried to stir the discussion away from the topic by questioning why I did or did not behave a certain way towards wikileaks. Nobody thinks you are a Trumper, you're just too stupid to cover your hypocrisy anymore. You do it instinctively. I don't think you can help it because that would mean you thought things out before you posted them.

Like I said, if the guy is so credible surely the reports will be verified shortly. Who cares if you feel I'd believe it? Would the country as a whole not believe it because Surtur didn't?

#triggeredbythetruth

Originally posted by Robtard
#triggeredbythetruth

Is this really how you intend to carry yourself from now on? You just shout about deflections or triggers?

Okay look we'll ignore Rob's whole thing with triggers and I will attempt to steer this back to the topic.

So, okay, I guess not fully on topic, since it's not about this guy, but about the dossier. I have heard reports that many major MSM sources had copies of these reports for some time now, but nobody had said anything about it because it couldn't be verified..until Buzzfeed just went and said "f*ck it" and posted them without caring.

Does anyone know if there is truth to this? I find it highly suspicious if the MSM had access to this stuff and didn't do anything because they found it to be hogwash.

Lol, even more hilarity ensues. BBC tries to claim there is more than one source for this. Offers up zero evidence.

Good lord..prove the claims lol. Show us the videos.

Point of the dossier:

allegations that Russian security officials have material on Trump including lurid sex videos that could be used to blackmail him.

Only a matter of time before the recordings surface. 🙂

Originally posted by Robtard
Point of the dossier:

That Trump made a point to mention video recordings in his press conference leads me to believe they probably do exist.

Going to be hilarious and embarrassing if Pissgate actually becomes a legitimate thing

The real question is, if videos are released, will he resign?

IMO, he would not. He'd likely try and shift the focus to the videos/material being released means Russia/Putin can no longer blackmail him and he's now a better president because of it. The question then being, how many Trumpers would still be behind him.

But it would heavily rely on what the alleged material(s) contain.