Report: Russia Hoax Was Built On ‘One Scant, Unclear, And Unverifiable Fragment Of A Sentence’

[soap box]

CIA officers warned Brennan about the shoddy nature of the sentence fragment, and initially omitted the fragment in the report. But Brennan personally demanded the fragment be included.

The Russia hoax was built on a six-word sentence fragment that entirely lacked context or credibility, according to a report declassified by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard.

The report makes clear that former President Barack Obama and his jackboots henchmen — former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan, former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper — force-fabricated a lie about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s supposed “preference” for then-candidate Donald Trump to win the 2016 election.

With direct interference from Brennan and Obama himself, the Obama administration pushed this narrative as a way to undermine the entire Trump 45 presidency, stripping the American people of the leadership they elected in 2016.

....But the supposed backbone of the report was based on a six-word partial quote described as “one scant, unclear, and unverifiable fragment of a sentence from a single HUMINT [human intelligence] report — published under DCIA Brennan’s December 2016 order.”

The words were “whose victory Putin was counting on.”

The full quote is “Putin had made this decision [to leak DNC emails] after he had come to believe that the Democratic nominee had better odds of winning the U.S. presidential election, and that [candidate Trump], whose victory Putin was counting on, most likely would not be able to pull off a convincing victory” (bold in original).

The report states that those six words, found between commas in the longer sentence, could not have been properly understood and that “a senior CIA operations officer said of the fragment, ‘We don’t know what was meant by that’ and ‘five people read it five ways.’”

In addition, that entire quote is suspect because it was sourced from a person with a “strong dislike for Putin” and an “anti-Trump bias.” There was also “no other intelligence corroborating it.”

Russia Hoax Built On 'Scant, Unclear, And Unverifiable' Fragment

The Russia collusion hoax was built on a six-word sentence fragment that entirely lacked context or credibility.

thefederalist.com

Are you kidding me? That’s it? That’s the only classified intelligence they had and no one knew what it meant?

It’s not surprising that they added the dossier to the ICA. They had nothing.

As to the artical, OP

How could their final decisions be based on those six words?

There were a dozen campaign staff who racked up more than 100 contacts with Russian intelligence agents. Most staff lied to the FBI. Nine or ten and Manafort, later Flynn. They had tons of obstruction and a tons of evidence. The Russians were trying to get in bed with trump and everyone in the trump campaign was trying to hide it.

 

[craig]

It's adorable that you think a televised news conference is where a supposed Russian secret agent would relay his sensitive message to Putin as opposed to secret back channels.

When you are running for President you don't joke about asking your country's enemy for favors. It could lead to a misunderstanding.

 

[NOLA Dude]

 

[NOLA Dude]

As to the artical, OP

How could their final decisions be based on those six words?

That's what they based the claim on that Putin interfered to help Trump. Thats it. No other sources or corroboration.

There were a dozen campaign staff who racked up more than 100 contacts with Russian intelligence agents. Most staff lied to the FBI. Nine or ten and Manafort, later Flynn. They had tons of obstruction and a tons of evidence. The Russians were trying to get in bed with trump and everyone in the trump campaign was trying to hide it.

Russia also had dirt on Hillary which they never released. If Putin wanted Trump to win wouldn't he have released that damaging information about Hillary?

 

[NOLA Dude]

One can hope

 

[Jezcoe]

Is Matt Tiabbi saying that Russian intelligence didn’t hack the DNC server and then later released the hacked information via Russian intelligence run DCLeaks, Guccifer 2.0 and also Wikileaks as a cutout?

 

[Plasmaball]

Good point, but I doubt they will do that.

Lol..everyone says tbis will happen..dismissed.

Trump says its because of him...its a good point..

Its too stupid

 

[NOLA Dude]

Lol..everyone says tbis will happen..dismissed.

Trump says its because of him...its a good point..

Its too stupid

I don't think they will go after Obama, but what he said is legally accurate.

 

[NOLA Dude]

 

[Parrish]

Maybe TOFU should ask Rubio to explain what Russia did in 2016. The Intel Committee determined they interfered in in our election. They still are and they are operating everywhere in our country to influence our government and destroy us and our country.

 

[anatta]

Rewriting history by ignoring the facts and making up new ones is not a something that can or needs to be discussed. It is yet another example of a man in power who wants to rewrite history so he looks better. Nothing more than that. It is as stupid as Kim Jong-il teaching children that he invented the desk so children may learn. The hard evidence presented in the Mueller Report and the Bipartisan Senate Report on Russian interference in the election were not based at all on the Steele Dossier. It is a red herring.

CrowdStrike has been debunked..assuming that's what you are refferring to because like most Dems you never source
Nothing is "made up" it's Gabbards assessment BASED ON NEW DECLASSIFIED DOCS . that Obama redirected a new ICAssessment at the infamous Dec 9th meeting at the WH

The Bipartisan senate report had much of Steele incorporated, just like Brennan's new assessment kowtowing to Obama's wishes did as well

 

[NOLA Dude]

When you are running for President you don't joke about asking your country's enemy for favors. It could lead to a misunderstanding.

I think if you are running for President you should say what's on your mind and let voters decide if it's good or not.

 

[NOLA Dude]

CrowdStrike has been debunked..assuming that's what you are refferring to because like most Dems you never source
Nothing is "made up" it's Gabbards assessment BASED ON NEW DECLASSIFIED DOCS . that Obama redirected a new ICAssessment at the infamous Dec 9th meeting at the WH

The Bipartisan senate report had much of Steele incorporated, just like Brennan's new assessment kowtowing to Obama's wishes did as well

It's laughable that they were able to make the claim that the DNC was hacked based on what a Clinton contractor(who refused multiple attempts from the FBI to turn over the server) claimed happened. Luckily we learned they had low confidence in the claim that they asserted was a fact.

 

[anatta]

Thats a new one. The FBI analysts were there to prop up Brennan's "fusion cell" (his handpicked writers for the Obama ordered
re-assessment). But according to this McCabe blocked direct access to the FBI minions who were covering for Brennan.
Once again the CIA goes rogue under Brennan and the FBI covers for it

 

[anatta]

It's laughable that they were able to make the claim that the DNC was hacked based on what a Clinton contractor(who refused multiple attempts from the FBI to turn over the server) claimed happened. Luckily we learned they had low confidence in the claim that they asserted was a fact.

One step deeper is HR Clinton ordered up and paid for the Steele dossier thru the law firm Perkins /Coie. It's a maze of self serving lies and claims in general. Specifically Steele was used by Comey for the FISA warrants on Page

 

[NOLA Dude]

 

[NOLA Dude]

One step deeper is HR Clinton ordered up and paid for the Steele dossier thru the law firm Perkins /Coie. It's a maze of self serving lies and claims in general. Specifically Steele was used by Comey for the FISA warrants on Page

Right. Hillary's hands were everywhere Russigate-wise. The Alfa Bank hoax. She pushed that as well.

 

[anatta]

that's a big lie. indictable perhaps. Im sure the FBI strike force is going to make Brennan pay for the Russian hoax he ( and the cabal)
unleashed even after the Nov election

 

[anatta]

Right. Hillary's hands were everywhere Russigate-wise. The Alfa Bank hoax. She pushed that as well.

jeese. I forgot about that one. Man they were busy little traitors

 

[anatta]

^ desperation.

Former CIA director John Brennan hires lawyers after declassified report accuses him of treason

Former CIA Director John Brennan has hired legal representation following the declassification of a House intelligence report that accuses him of treason for his alleged role in creating the Trump-Russia collusion narrative.

www.washingtontimes.com

 

[iguanaman]

CrowdStrike has been debunked..assuming that's what you are refferring to because like most Dems you never source
Nothing is "made up" it's Gabbards assessment BASED ON NEW DECLASSIFIED DOCS . that Obama redirected a new ICAssessment at the infamous Dec 9th meeting at the WH

The Bipartisan senate report had much of Steele incorporated, just like Brennan's new assessment kowtowing to Obama's wishes did as well

LOL Of course Crowdstrike has been debunked it was the Russians that hacked the DNC under direct orders from Putin and we even know the Russians that were responsible for the crime.

US indicts 12 Russians for hacking DNC emails during the 2016 election​

A dozen Russians were criminally charged on Friday with hacking and leaking the emails of senior Democrats during the 2016 presidential election campaign.

Grand jury indictments against the 12 alleged Russian intelligence officials were announced by Rod Rosenstein, the deputy US attorney general, at a press conference in Washington.


“The internet allows foreign adversaries to attack America in new and unexpected ways,” said Rosenstein. Lamenting what he called “partisan warfare” in the US around the ongoing Russia inquiry, Rosenstein said: “The blame for election interference belongs to the criminals who committed election interference.”

The charges were filed in Washington by Robert Mueller, the special counsel,

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...arges-trump-department-justice-rod-rosenstein

The Conspiracy Theory:

• A conspiracy theory falsely claimed that CrowdStrike, not Russia, was responsible for the 2016 DNC hack.
• This theory was used to suggest that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack.
• This theory has been widely debunked by US intelligence agencies, the FBI, and even former Trump administration officials.
• CrowdStrike has consistently stated that they stand by their findings, which have been supported by the US Intelligence community.
• Major political campaigns, including those of both Democrats and Republicans, continue to use CrowdStrike's services, demonstrating a lack of concern regarding the debunked conspiracy theory.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Cro...1C1CHBD_enUS882US882&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

 

[anatta]

LOL Of course Crowdstrike has been debunked it was the Russians that hacked the DNC under direct orders from Putin and we even know the Russians that were responsible for the crime.

US indicts 12 Russians for hacking DNC emails during the 2016 election​

A dozen Russians were criminally charged on Friday with hacking and leaking the emails of senior Democrats during the 2016 presidential election campaign.

Grand jury indictments against the 12 alleged Russian intelligence officials were announced by Rod Rosenstein, the deputy US attorney general, at a press conference in Washington.


“The internet allows foreign adversaries to attack America in new and unexpected ways,” said Rosenstein. Lamenting what he called “partisan warfare” in the US around the ongoing Russia inquiry, Rosenstein said: “The blame for election interference belongs to the criminals who committed election interference.”

The charges were filed in Washington by Robert Mueller, the special counsel,

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...arges-trump-department-justice-rod-rosenstein

The Conspiracy Theory:

• A conspiracy theory falsely claimed that CrowdStrike, not Russia, was responsible for the 2016 DNC hack.
• This theory was used to suggest that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind the hack.
• This theory has been widely debunked by US intelligence agencies, the FBI, and even former Trump administration officials.
• CrowdStrike has consistently stated that they stand by their findings, which have been supported by the US Intelligence community.
• Major political campaigns, including those of both Democrats and Republicans, continue to use CrowdStrike's services, demonstrating a lack of concern regarding the debunked conspiracy theory.

CrowdStrikeOut: Mueller's Own Report Undercuts Its Core Russia-Meddling Claims

By Aaron Maté, RealClearInvestigationsJuly 5, 2019 Editor's Note: Documents released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on July 18, 2025 show that before Donald Trump's vict

www.realclearinvestigations.com

Documents released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on July 18, 2025 show that before Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 election, the FBI and NSA had "low confidence in the attribution of the [DNC/DCCC] data leaks to Russia" because - as RCI reported in this article - they lacked "sufficient technical details" to link the leak to Russian actors.
~~

• The report uses qualified and vague language to describe key events, indicating that Mueller and his investigators do not actually know for certain whether Russian intelligence officers stole Democratic Party emails, or how those emails were transferred to WikiLeaks.
• The report's timeline of events appears to defy logic. According to its narrative, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced the publication of Democratic Party emails not only before he received the documents but before he even communicated with the source that provided them.
• There is strong reason to doubt Mueller’s suggestion that an alleged Russian cutout called Guccifer 2.0 supplied the stolen emails to Assange.
• Mueller’s decision not to interview Assange – a central figure who claims Russia was not behind the hack – suggests an unwillingness to explore avenues of evidence on fundamental questions.
• U.S. intelligence officials cannot make definitive conclusions about the hacking of the Democratic National Committee computer servers because they did not analyze those servers themselves. Instead, they relied on the forensics of CrowdStrike, a private contractor for the DNC that was not a neutral party, much as “Russian dossier” compiler Christopher Steele, also a DNC contractor, was not a neutral party. This puts two Democrat-hired contractors squarely behind underlying allegations in the affair – a key circumstance that Mueller ignores.
• Further, the government allowed CrowdStrike and the Democratic Party's legal counsel to submit redacted records, meaning CrowdStrike and not the government decided what could be revealed or not regarding evidence of hacking.
• Mueller’s report conspicuously does not allege that the Russian government carried out the social media campaign. Instead it blames, as Mueller said in his closing remarks, "a private Russian entity" known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA).

John Brennan, then director of the CIA, played a seminal and overlooked role in all facets of what became Mueller’s investigation: the suspicions that triggered the initial collusion probe; the allegations of Russian interference; and the intelligence assessment that purported to validate the interference allegations that Brennan himself helped generate.

 

[soap box]

That's what they based the claim on that Putin interfered to help Trump. Thats it. No other sources or corroboration.

Clinton -
She humiliated Putin in 2011 when she was Secretary of State after the parliamentary elections. She was consistently direct when speaking to him or about him. She was unwavering in her contradiction of Russian goals. Most important of all, Putin believed she was talking about regime change.

Trump -

Putin said after the meeting in Helsinki that he approved of trump because he is open minded to Russia. Seems fair, until...

Why did he lie about his business dealings in Russia during the campaign?

It's possible he didn't want people to know. He denied it throughout the entire campaign when the truth is he had been involved in Russian transactions for a decade. Don't the American people deserve to know? So why did he lie about his business dealings in Russia during the campaign?



How many ways has Trump favored Russia?

• Helsinki
• Wanted Russia to rejoin the G7
• Said he was a genius the day after he invaded Ukraine.
• He said that Zelensky started the war.

I don't remember anything he's ever said about Putin that wasn't spin. Until just a few weeks ago the first sprout came up when trump realized Putin was lying and bombing at the same time.

Everything we know about trump since 2016 has reinforced what they had examples of back then and is obviously still an issue. Is his allegiance completely removed from Russia?

Now, in hindsight it's so obvious that Putin wanted trump.

But if you must insist, I would need some kind of link or evidence that Putin could have possibly wanted Clinton to win.

Russia also had dirt on Hillary which they never released. If Putin wanted Trump to win wouldn't he have released that damaging information about Hillary?

You mean something true about Hillary as opposed to the hundreds of lies the trolls actually posted? They used up all the dirt and still sent out a million lies. I'm not going to defend her, but it's clear Putin wanted Trump.

 

[Buster Keaton]

CIA officers warned Brennan about the shoddy nature of the sentence fragment, and initially omitted the fragment in the report. But Brennan personally demanded the fragment be included.

The Russia hoax was built on a six-word sentence fragment that entirely lacked context or credibility, according to a report declassified by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard.

The report makes clear that former President Barack Obama and his jackboots henchmen — former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan, former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper — force-fabricated a lie about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s supposed “preference” for then-candidate Donald Trump to win the 2016 election.

With direct interference from Brennan and Obama himself, the Obama administration pushed this narrative as a way to undermine the entire Trump 45 presidency, stripping the American people of the leadership they elected in 2016.

....But the supposed backbone of the report was based on a six-word partial quote described as “one scant, unclear, and unverifiable fragment of a sentence from a single HUMINT [human intelligence] report — published under DCIA Brennan’s December 2016 order.”

The words were “whose victory Putin was counting on.”

The full quote is “Putin had made this decision [to leak DNC emails] after he had come to believe that the Democratic nominee had better odds of winning the U.S. presidential election, and that [candidate Trump], whose victory Putin was counting on, most likely would not be able to pull off a convincing victory” (bold in original).

The report states that those six words, found between commas in the longer sentence, could not have been properly understood and that “a senior CIA operations officer said of the fragment, ‘We don’t know what was meant by that’ and ‘five people read it five ways.’”

In addition, that entire quote is suspect because it was sourced from a person with a “strong dislike for Putin” and an “anti-Trump bias.” There was also “no other intelligence corroborating it.”

Russia Hoax Built On 'Scant, Unclear, And Unverifiable' Fragment

The Russia collusion hoax was built on a six-word sentence fragment that entirely lacked context or credibility.

thefederalist.com

Are you kidding me? That’s it? That’s the only classified intelligence they had and no one knew what it meant?

It’s not surprising that they added the dossier to the ICA. They had nothing.

The crazy Democrat Cult is never going to admit that Obama and his gang lied to the world and abused their power.

 

[Buster Keaton]

The Lefts obsession with Trump is some sort of mental problem.

Russiagate mastermind John Brennan must be held accountable

John Brennan abused his office and lied to the public and Congress, and the Department of Justice must hold him accountable.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s recent document dumps expose the determined and persistent campaign of former CIA Director John Brennan to use and abuse his office for the political aim of defeating Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016, trying to undermine Trump after he won, and weakening or derailing Trump’s presidency before it even began in 2017. Lying to Congress is just the beginning of Brennan’s malfeasance, and he must be held accountable.

Brennan admitted that he became obsessed with keeping Trump out of the White House in July 2016. He gathered every scrap of information and dirt he could find, regardless of its source or validity, to make the case that Russian President Vladimir Putin was determined to help Trump win the 2016 election. By September 2016, two months after WikiLeaks published hacked Democratic National Committee emails, Brennan was already on Capitol Hill, selling his Russiagate narrative to lawmakers. Republicans were rightly suspicious of the CIA director’s obviously partisan efforts to use the intelligence community to undercut the Republican nominee’s campaign.