Anons, I thought the something similar to Carlson's article when Priestap came up early on, when I researched on him, his history was shadowy, not extensive bio on Wiki and seemed like gaps in his life. Also Stzrock and Page did not like him they thought he was a busy body. Excellent long article from Jeff Carlson.
Is Bill Priestap a White Hat & UDP FBI Surveillance
April 18, 2018 by Jeff Carlson, CFA
On April 17, 2018, the FBI announced that Terry J. Albury, a former Special Agent of the FBI, pleaded guilty in connection with his unauthorized disclosure and retention of classified national defense information.
There were two interesting components to this announcement:
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What Albury illegally disclosed – along with potential ramifications.
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Who made the announcement.
Albury gave information – classified at the Secret level – about the agency’s methods for conducting surveillance on political, religious and minority groups to a reporter. This included an unredacted copy of the agency’s Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide.
Albury is accused of being the source for an investigative project by The Intercept titled The FBI’s Secret Rules:
The FBI can in certain circumstances bypass its own rules in order to send undercover agents or informants into political and religious organizations, as well as schools, clubs, and businesses.
For instance, none of the rules apply if a foreign government operates the organization, or if the FBI “reasonably” believes the organization to be acting on behalf of a foreign power, so long as its U.S.-based members are mostly foreigners.
And the rules only apply to groups the FBI deems “legitimate.”
The redacted definition of a “legitimate” group is one “formed for lawful purposes” and whose “activities are primarily lawful.” This would exclude obvious criminal networks but could also exclude activist groups if an agent decides that their “primary purpose” is to hold protests involving unlawful acts.
Some of the instances granting exclusions to the FBI are similar to those applied to FISA Title I and Title III Surveillance.
FISA Title I and III provisions relate to the conduct of electronic surveillance and physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes of persons, facilities, or property inside the United States….
• But Priestap would be a pretty solid number two.
• Priestap would have been privy to most everything Comey, McCabe, Baker, Strzok and Page were engaged in.
• Perhaps Priestap got nervous in the early stages and sought a friendly – and safe – way out.
• But to have remained in his current position it would have needed to be really early stage – before his hands got too dirty.
• Maybe he was never truly a part of the Comey/McCabe inside group.
• His numerous interactions, inclusions on emails and text references suggest otherwise.
• Or, Priestap was operating as a White Hat from the beginning.
• We don’t know anything with certainty but I’m finding Priestap’s continued tenure as Counterintelligence Head a bit…suspicious.
• An active and covert role against actions by the Comey/McCabe Group seems a likely explanation to me.
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