Tag: Bill Priestap
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Former Counterintelligence Deputy Chief Deflects to FISA Court on Russia Dossier
“IF IT’S NOT JUSTIFIED, THE COURT DOESN’T APPROVE IT” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 5, 2019) — Beginning on page 135 of a June 2018 closed-door interview with members of the House Judiciary Committee, then-FBI Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Edward William (Bill) Priestap deflected responsibility for granting surveillance warrants from the FBI to the Foreign Intelligence…
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Mystery Deepens as to 2016 FBI Overseas Travel
“I’M NOT AT LIBERTY TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 4, 2019) — As we reported early Thursday morning, a closed-door transcribed interview with former FBI Assistant Director of Counterintelligence Bill Priestap turned to the subject of the overseas travel of investigators who worked not only on the Hillary Clinton “Mid-Year Exam”…
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Why Are the FBI’s 2016 Overseas Trips so Secretive?
LIKE STRZOK AND PAGE, PRIESTAP TRANSCRIPTS REDACTS DATES, PLACES OF FOREIGN TRAVEL by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 4, 2019) — As with the transcripts of former FBI Counterintelligence Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok and former FBI counsel Lisa Page, the transcript of a June 2018 interview with then-FBI Counterintelligence Assistant Director Bill Priestap contains redactions where…