Investigate Steele Dossier As Russian Disinformation, Intel Experts Say

There are other theories for how Steele wound up publishing what appears to be false information.

One possibility floated by some Trump supporters, but that has no evidence, is that Steele or his paymaster, Fusion GPS, fabricated information in the dossier. A more charitable theory is that the dossier is based on half-baked rumors and innuendo provided to Steele through his network of sources within the Russian government.

But intelligence experts said the intelligence community should be on the lookout for a more nefarious scenario.

“Any time in the counterintelligence business you believe the U.S. intelligence community was duped by foreigners, that is a prima facie reason a counterintelligence investigation,” said David B. Rivkin Jr., a constitutional attorney and intelligence expert who served in the Regan and Bush administrations.

“By definition, since there was no collusion, the dossier was disinformation, so the intelligence community was misled.”

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