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May 22, 2017

BY CERTIFIED U.S. AND ELECTRONIC MAIL

The Honorable K. Michael Conaway and Adam Schiff


U.S. House of Representatives
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI)
Capitol Visitor Center HVC-304
US Capitol Building
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Congressman Conaway and Congressman Schiff:

Thank you for your recent correspondence requesting information regarding government active
measures directed at the 2016 U.S. election. In support of your ongoing efforts and to help set
the stage for my upcoming testimony before your Committee, I am pleased to present this initial
collection of evidence to HPSCI which should significantly contribute to the discovery of facts
within your investigations publicly announced parameters. Having apparently come up with
limited substance thus far, much of the other ongoing discourse on matters related to Russia in
both chambers of the U.S. Congress as well as throughout our great country has become
desperately all-encompassing and increasingly tangential. This race to the bottom in terms of
irrelevancy has often only created further confusion in and damage to America. Rather than
assist in the actual pursuit of truth, the deceptive smokescreen of leaks has further exacerbated
current misunderstandings since most of that dialogue has remained behind a selective cloud of
partial secrecy.

But in contrast, HPSCIs four highly-focused and analytic questions as set for your investigation
on March 1, 2017, reflect a distinct level of thoughtfulness and offer a constructive framework
for analysis.1 I greatly appreciate this opportunity to help set the record straight on each of these
four points following the false evidence, other illegal activities as well as additional extensive
lies distributed by the Clinton campaign and their transnational associates. Working in
coordination with the Obama Administration, their transnational criminal associates which
severely defamed me, many other supporters of the Trump campaign and our democracy in
general should hopefully soon gain full exposure. Unlike recent misleading illegal leaks, the
proper legal procedures of disclosure currently underway should further assist in this process.

As per discussions with the HPSCI Senior Counsel for Counterterrorism on Friday, I tentatively
look forward to testifying on the record regarding these matters before your Committee on
Tuesday, June 6, 2017. In support of that forthcoming appearance, I have recently been in
contact with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Special Counsel Robert Mueller and
other Justice Department officials regarding the multiple outstanding requests for immediate

1
Devin Nunes and Adam Schiff, Intelligence Committee Chairman, Ranking Member
Establish Parameters for Russia Investigation, House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence website, March 1, 2017.
[http://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=767]
release of the illegitimate FISA warrants that were allegedly filed by the Obama Administration
against me in 2016. My personal appeals for public disclosure have echoed recent loud cries
across Americas political spectrum from left to right, including the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU)2 and Judicial Watch (JW).3 The Privacy Act of 1974 includes provisions which,
Grant individuals the right to seek amendment of agency records maintained on themselves
upon a showing that the records are not accurate, relevant, timely, or complete.4 As a major
affront to our democracy, the complete mockery that the Obama Administration allegedly made
of the 2016 election makes such immediate steps essential today.

Whereas I have never done anything wrong in Russia, no documents, records, electronically
stored information including email, communication, recordings, data and tangible things could
reasonably lead to the discovery of any facts within the investigations publicly announced
parameters as it relates to actions by the Russian government. As further proof of this reality, the
forthcoming documents related to my alleged FISA warrant that currently remain somewhat
classified and temporarily withheld from the public by the U.S. Government should soon
lead to the discovery of a plethora of highly relevant facts within the investigations
publicly announced parameters once disclosed. In the immortal words of Judge Robert Bork,
an intellectual feast at the time of their release.

Although I understand that my forthcoming testimony might be held behind closed doors, I
would request that some form of live public access may be allowed. For example, either live-
streamed via the internet, on public-access television or perhaps C-SPAN-8. It is important that
the American public have an opportunity to hear the truth following the outrageous allegations
that have been made against me on behalf of the Clinton campaign. On the one hand and despite
a historic level of surveillance last year, it seems understandable that keeping the failure of the
Trump-collusion conspiracy theory covered up might offer a means of limiting the
embarrassment of this dry hole dug by those who have espoused such ideas. But since many

2
With just the stroke of a pen, President Trump could provide the public with the information
necessary to assess his claims that the Obama administration improperly surveilled him and his
associates. Neema Singh Guliani, How Trump Can Show Us Whether He Was Spied On,
ACLU Washington Markup Blog, April 13, 2017. [https://www.aclu.org/blog/washington-
markup/how-trump-can-show-us-whether-he-was-spied]
3
Press Room, Judicial Watch Sues for FBI Records on UK Trump Dossier, Judicial Watch,
May 16, 2017. [http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-fbi-
records-uk-trump-dossier/]
Hillary Clintons national security crimes included running the most highly classified material
the U.S. possesses across her outlaw server without legal consequence. If Communications
Intelligence is used as a partisan political weapon without people going to jail, we will have
crossed the point of no return for institutional corruption in our government, our intelligence
services and law enforcement. Chris Farrell, On Watch: Episode 11 Corrupt Weaponizing
of Intelligence Collection, Judicial Watch, March 28, 2017.
[http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/watch-episode-11-corrupt-
weaponizing-intelligence-collection/]
4
Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance. Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C.
552a, U.S. Department of Justice. [https://it.ojp.gov/PrivacyLiberty/authorities/statutes/1279]

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members of your Committee seem legitimately interested in getting to the bottom of this whole
story, it is only fair that some sort of a public-hearing might be similarly offered. The country
deserves an opportunity to hear my defense after the severely defamatory testimony by Mr.
Comey in front of your Committee on national television in loyal support of the Clinton/Obama
regime.

As reported in an unfortunate front-page Washington Post article about the civil rights abuses
committed against me which you might have seen: Applications for FISA warrants, Comey
said, are often thicker than his wrists, and that thickness represents all the work Justice
Department attorneys and FBI agents have to do to convince a judge that such surveillance is
appropriate in an investigation.5 If his thickness is indeed the case for my FISA warrant, it will
inevitably be filled with a potpourri of falsehoods from the Clinton/Obama regime which
fabricated this travesty from the outset. For the United States to end the continued delusional
charade regarding Russias connections with the new Administration, it is essential to gain public
access to these related documents as a matter of the highest urgency in preparation for my
planned testimony. Any assistance that HPSCI might be able to provide by further encouraging
the federal authorities to expedite this matter in advance of our tentative meeting on June 6
would be greatly appreciated, both by me and innumerable Americans.

While initial steps have previously been taken by members of Congress to get to the bottom of
these civil rights injustices, Senator Grassley, Senator Feinstein, Senator Graham and other
distinguished members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Congress have expressed related
concerns about potential wrongdoing by the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI in 2016. In
the wake of recent decisions by former Obama Administration appointees including Mr. Comey
which may potentially limit their ability to carry out their role as members of their Committee,
they have noted the constraint on their capabilities as, The FBIs primary oversight committee
with broad jurisdiction over federal law enforcement, FISA and the nomination of the next FBI
director.6

Last week, Senator Lindsey Graham also noted, Congress has pretty much been sidelined, not
completely, but pretty much.7 His comments related to the recent appointment of Special

5
Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous, "FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor
Trump adviser Carter Page" Washington Post, April 12, 2017.
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor-
former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74-
3a742a6e93a7_story.html]
6
News Releases, Grassley, Feinstein Extremely Disappointed with Comeys Refusal to
Testify before Judiciary Committee, Senator Chuck Grassley website, May 19, 2017.
[https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-feinstein-extremely-disappointed-
comeys-refusal-testify-judiciary] U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) on Former
FBI Director Comeys Decision to Testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee and not the
Judiciary Committee, official Twitter feed for Senator Lindsey Graham, May 19, 2017.
[https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/865732003634851840]
7
Erin Kelly, Sen. Lindsey Graham says FBI's Russia probe may block testimony to
Congress, USA Today, May 18, 2017.

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Counsel Mueller and the legal jeopardy this may create for some Americans who have been
swept up in the ongoing witch hunt. But as President Trump noted at the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy commencement last Wednesday: Over the course of your life, you will find that
things are not always fair. You will find that things happen to you that you do not deserve and
that are not always warranted. But you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight.
Never, ever, ever give up. Things will work out just fine.8 By all accounts, the Clinton/Obama
regimes fake FISA warrant targeting me for exercising my First Amendment rights is the most
unwarranted abuse of power that I and most Americans have witnessed in any election
throughout our lifetimes. We must get to the bottom of this as quickly and efficiently as
possible. I cannot underscore enough the need for transparency surrounding last years apparent
transgressions by the U.S. Government which HPSCI is helping to expose.

I hope that my answers to your four strategic questions below helps to partially fill that gap:

HPSCI INVESTIGATION QUESTION 1: What government cyber activity and


other active measures were directed against the United States, its allies and their
citizens?

A) Russian Government (the so-called Putin regime9)

Although I played no role in any government active measures in the 2016 election other
than being a target of the Obama Administrations efforts to support Mrs. Clintons
campaign, the only discussion I can recall where WikiLeaks even tangentially came up with any
Russian occurred on the afternoon of Monday, October 24, 2016. In the moments before
recording a TV interview10 at RTs studios in London where I was visiting for a few days on my
way to Johannesburg, the host and staff mentioned in passing that the news they saw about
WikiLeaks in the U.K. papers seemed like it might potentially be interesting. However, they
anecdotally noted in passing that it was unfortunate that there was no way to efficiently sort
through the high number of documents which had been released. Based on this limited verbal
interaction, it seems unlikely that Russian entities such as this television network were in any
way directly involved in the WikiLeaks cyber activity. While I have seen no definitive evidence
to support the January 6, 2017 intelligence report, my highly limited personal exposure to related

[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/18/sen-lindsey-graham-says-fbi-russia-
probe-may-block-testimony-congress/101842270/]
8
Office of the Press Secretary, Remarks by President Trump at United States Coast Guard
Academy Commencement Ceremony, White House website, May 17, 2017.
[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/17/remarks-president-trump-united-
states-coast-guard-academy-commencement]
9
Devin Nunes and Adam Schiff, Intelligence Committee Chairman, Ranking Member
Establish Parameters for Russia Investigation, House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence website, March 1, 2017.
[http://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=767]
10
Going Underground RT clip, YouTube, October 29, 2016.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WEqGT03En8]

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issues seems to point to a fundamentally different conclusion regarding potential Russian
involvement.

Aside from this very limited exposure to such potential topics which may speculatively suggest
this opposite conclusion from that suggested by Obama Administration officials, I have no
personal information that the Russian government or anyone associated with it played any
role in the 2016 U.S. election. Furthermore, during my visits to Moscow in July 2016 and
December 2016, I was never approached by any Russian official or person associated with the
Russian government who led me to in any way believe they had some intention to negatively
impact the U.S. Government or the 2016 election which the Obama Administration was severely
manipulating.

By comparison, during the opening remarks of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse at a Senate


Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism meeting earlier this month, he presented a
helpful table for thinking about government active measures directed at the 2016 U.S. election.11

B) U.S. Government (the Clinton/Obama regime)

As stated in my response to Question 1.A) above, nothing I have personally seen direct evidence
of in a Russian context during 2016 matches any of Senator Whitehouses specific criteria.
However, based on his same analytic framework, below is a summary of the Clinton/Obama
Regime Toolbox used in meddling in the 2016 election as per my direct personal experiences
which that I describe in the answers to your subsequent investigatory questions below:

11
Opening Remarks of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
on Crime and Terrorism, May 8, 2017, Senator Whitehouse website.
[https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2017-05-
08%20SJCCT%20hearing%20opening%20remarks%20as%20delivered.pdf]

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Clinton/Obama Regime Toolbox in the 2016 Election
Yes No ? Examples
Propaganda, Fake 2016 Dodgy Dossier saturated private media
News since August 2016; RFE/RL repeats.

Hacking and theft of Yes, if unjustified FISA warrant news proves


political information to be correct
Timed leaks of Felony #1: Illegal leaking of Male-1
damaging material identity
Felony #2: Illegal leaking of unjustified FISA
warrant identity
Assassination and Yes, threats to my life following Clinton
political violence campaign fake news & commentary
Investment control in Coercion related to miniscule Gazprom ADR
key economic sectors investment following gangster tactics by
Harry Reid
Shady business / Cash payoffs related to 2016 Dodgy Dossier
financial ties (Clinton associates <-> Steele)

Corrupting / Cash payoffs related to 2016 Dodgy Dossier


compromising (U.S. Government <-> Steele)
politicians

Although I still do not have sufficient information at this stage while I await the aforementioned
disclosure regarding the Obama Administrations actions taken against me in this regard, Senator
Grassley, Senator Graham and others members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have taken
initial positive steps to help address the genuinely problematic active measures by the U.S.
Government with foreign entities during the Obama Administration which unsuccessfully sought
to influence last years election. These matters are further described in my response to HPSCI
Investigation Question 2.B), below.12

HPSCI INVESTIGATION QUESTION 2: Did the government active measures


include links between foreign entities and individuals associated with political
campaigns or any other U.S. Persons?

12
Catherine Herridge, Pamela K. Browne and Cyd Upson, Comey pressed for anti-Trump
dossier in classified Russia report, sources say, Fox News, May 05, 2017.
[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/05/comey-pressed-for-anti-trump-dossier-in-
classified-russia-report-sources-say.html]

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A) Russian Government (the so-called Putin regime)

I have had extensive experiences in Russia and with Russian people since the final days of the
Soviet era in 1991 when I first visited as a U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman, I personally saw
no active measures by the Russian government or other foreign entities to interfere in any
political campaigns whatsoever neither last year nor at any point throughout my life.

Nonetheless, one way to protect the United States more effectively is to recognize that the
American understanding of Russia and other countries remains woefully inadequate. Most often
this has been based on outdated stereotypes. Worse yet, in many instances this understanding
may have no basis in reality whatsoever as we have increasingly seen over recent
months. Because of this ignorance and as I have personally experienced throughout the course
of the past year, the U.S. Government and media is easily manipulated by individuals, groups
and other countries who do not put American interests first. The publicly-released findings by
Obama Administration intelligence officials including James Comey seem to be based on
inferences drawn from their personal beliefs about Russian President Vladimir Putins
motivations about which they have little or no actual knowledge or understanding.

If our government had a better understanding of Russia and the way business is now conducted
in Russia, the 2016 Dodgy Dossier which alleged I should have received a multibillion-dollar
bribe after President Trumps victory in November would have been immediately dismissed as a
work of fiction by these supposed subject-matter experts.

B) U.S. Government (the Clinton/Obama regime)

In Congressman Schiffs opening statement on March 20, 2017, the Ranking Member very
directly addressed related abuses by foreign entities during the 2016 U.S. election. This
represented a highly relevant instance of external interference given the transnational actor
Steeles connection to Obama Administration officials and U.S. Government agents under their
command which originally assisted in misleading him:

According to Christopher Steele, a British a former British intelligence officer, who


is reportedly held in high regard by U.S. intelligence, Russian sources tell him that Page
has also had a secret meeting with Igor Sechin, CEO of the Russian gas giant, Rosneft.
Sechin is reported to be a former KGB agent and close friend of Putin's. Is it a
coincidence that the Russian gas company, Rosneft, sold a 19 percent share after former
British intelligence officer Steele was told by Russian sources that Carter Page was
offered fees on a deal of just that size?13

13
Rowan Scarborough, Desperate Dems cling to discredited spy dossier to link Trump to
Russians, The Washington Times, March 21, 2017.
[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/21/discredited-dossier-detailing-trump-
russian-collus/]

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The fact that Steele is held in high regard by U.S. intelligence seems to provide further
supporting evidence of the extensive collusion between this transnational Clinton associate and
the Obama Administration, as U.S. Government agencies allegedly supported their domestic
political intelligence operation.

Amongst many other complete lies that originated from that foreign entity in his 2016 Dodgy
Dossier, this above-mentioned excerpt regarding the Rosneft sale from the highly inaccurate
document concocted by the political consultant associated with the Clinton campaign Mr. Steele
remained one of the primary false allegations against me throughout much of last year. Yet a
month after the election, Switzerland-based Glencore plc was revealed as the actual buyer of that
stake in December 2016 a company founded by Marc Rich. With respect to potential
coincidences as Representative Schiff alluded to on March 20, please note that I have never met
with any member of Glencore's executive management. But there is someone who
coincidentally has had an exceptionally close relationship with Glencores top management via
its founder. For further background, I would refer you to the 2001 proceedings before the House
of Representatives Committee on Government Reform regarding The Controversial Pardon of
International Fugitive Marc Rich which provides extensive related details. As then-
Representative Bernie Sanders said during those hearings:

I think it is important that we have this hearing, that we learn about what Mr. Clinton
did and his terrible lapse in judgment, but if we are going to talk about money in politics,
lets talk about money in politics, the influence that money had on Mr. Clinton14

Congressman Schiff has recently warned of the potential for any, deeply disturbing pattern of
distraction, distortion and downright fabrication in the ongoing investigations in the 2016
election.15 You will find that any objective comparison of the false allegations against me
regarding my supposed role in the Rosneft transaction and the actual acquirers long history of
relations with Clinton campaign associates may stand as the quintessential example of the exact
kind of disturbing pattern that you caution against. I will address this matter further in the
context of my initial response to HPSCI Investigation Question #4, below (What possible leaks
of classified information took place related to the Intelligence Community Assessment of these
matters?).

To help further illustrate how disgraceful this process of the U.S. Governments active measures
with foreign entities was during the Obama Administration, it is also worth recalling some of last
years final misdeeds by former Gang of Eight member Harry Reid. Characteristic of some of
the ongoing investigations which he helped instigate with Comey and typical of his personal
level of integrity, Mr. Reid has previously stated that making prior false claims without any
evidence during the preceding U.S. Presidential election in 2012 was one of the best things Ive

14

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/2001_The_Controversial_Pardon_of_International_Fu
gitive_Marc_Rich.pdf
15
Darlene Superville, Trump enlists Congress, ex-intel chief denies wiretapping, PBS
Newshour, March 5, 2017. [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/trump-enlists-congress-ex-intel-chief-
denies-wiretapping/]

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ever done.16 Although this is obviously almost the exact same thing which again happened
against me and the Trump campaign last year, it is my hope that HPSCI might help restore the
dignity of the U.S. Intelligence Committee and indeed the U.S. Congress by moving beyond the
standards of such gangster tactics and the transnational veritable organized crime network that
Reid leveraged during the Clinton/Obama regime.17

In addition to his standing as one of the early promoters of the 2016 Dodgy Dossier by illicit
foreign entities, Harry Reid simultaneously further incited a federal case out of other complete
nonsense by asking Director Comey to investigate my investments in Gazprom and supposed
conflicts of interest this might create.18 Given the complete disaster that the Clinton/Obama
regime made of U.S.-Russia relations and the related problems they inflicted on private industry
across the Russian economy, I held no other financial or real estate holdings related to Russia
during the period of the U.S. presidential campaigns other than this miniscule stake of
Gazproms American Depository Receipts.

Demonstrating the extreme loyalty which James Comey maintained for the Clinton/Obama
regime, it is worth noting that neither he nor any other member of the U.S. intelligence
community ever responded in 2016 to my letter clarifying the facts in these matters (below).

16
Chris Cillizza, Harry Reid lied about Mitt Romneys taxes. Hes still not sorry, Washington
Post, September 15, 2016. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/15/harry-
reid-lied-about-mitt-romneys-taxes-hes-still-not-sorry/] Ben Terris, I hate palm trees: The
sentimental journey of Harry Reid, Washington Post, September 14, 2016.
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/i-hate-palm-trees-the-sentimental-journey-of-
harry-reid/2016/09/14/afcfc6bc-7301-11e6-be4f-3f42f2e5a49e_story.html]
17
Particularly in light of the alleged collusion with the 2016 Dodgy Dossier author in the U.K.,
they precisely match the definition of Transnational Organized Crime: Those self-perpetuating
associations of individuals who operate transnationally for the purpose of obtaining power,
influence, and monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while
protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption
Transnational Organized Crime: Glossary of Terms, FBI website.
[https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/organized-crime]
18
Minority Leader Harry Reid letter to Director Comey, August 27, 2016.
[https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3035844/Reid-Letter-to-Comey.pdf]

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September 25, 2016
The Honorable James Comey
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20535

Dear Director Comey:

I am writing to request the FBIs prompt end of the reported inquiry regarding my personal trip
to Russia in July 2016 an investigation which has been widely mentioned in the media. In this
regard, I wanted to provide you with a few basic facts which should help underscore what a
complete waste of time this witch-hunt directed at me is.

As you may be aware, the source of these accusations is nothing more than completely false
media reports. Yet for the record, I have not met this year with any sanctioned individual in
Russia or any other country despite the fact that there are no restrictions on U.S. persons
speaking with such individuals.

I understand that my stake in PJSC Gazprom has also been brought to your attention. For your
information, last month I sold my American Depository Receipts in Gazprom. At this time, I
maintain no holding in the company within any of my investment entities or personal accounts.
My prior stake in Gazprom which I divested last month represented a de minimis equity
investment that I sold at a loss. It is hard to imagine why this might have been deemed relevant,
but I wanted to mention it since you were asked to look into this matter.

In bothering the Bureau with such repeated appeals, the parties who have requested my
investigation clearly fail to appreciate the risks they create for America with these shenanigans.
Instead of allowing the staff of the FBI to focus the nations limited resources on real threats,
these desperate and unfounded calls for my investigation as a private citizen to advance political
interests based on nothing more than preposterous mainstream media reports is a true disgrace.

Having interacted with members of the U.S. intelligence community including the FBI and CIA
for many decades, I appreciate the limitations on your staffs time and resources. Although I
have not been contacted by any member of your team in recent months, I would eagerly await
their call to discuss any final questions they might have in the interest of helping them put these
outrageous allegations to rest while allowing each of us to shift our attention to useful matters.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Carter Page

I was never subsequently contacted last year by any official from the FBI as requested in the
above correspondence. But I did eventually learn that an intensive domestic political
surveillance operation was instead initiated on behalf of the Clinton/Obama regime.

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In concert with the corrupt Clinton/Obama regimes practices of 2016, I would be interested to
learn if indeed similar related information payoff propositions may be on offer in this instance.
It has been reported that $50,000 was offered by the U.S. Government to the transnational
political research operatives of the Clinton campaign apparently a special treat from the Obama
Administration to supplement whatever undisclosed, presumably larger amount was already paid
by Clinton associates for Steeles 2016 Dodgy Dossier.19 The complete lies that the Dodgy
Dossier hastily assembled might have carried potentially disastrous results for the integrity of the
2016 election had voters fallen for their dishonesty. But the factual information which I will be
happy to provide you, assuming my illegitimate FISA warrant is disclosed through some
government transparency, might prove infinitely more valuable and relevant.

HPSCI INVESTIGATION QUESTION 3: What was the U.S. Governments


response to these Russian active measures and what do we need to do to protect
ourselves and our allies in the future?

Based on extensive reporting related to the completely unjustified civil rights abuses committed
against me in 2016, there is a widespread need to protect ourselves in the future from similar
illegal violations of our democracy by dishonest, corrupt politicians in the homeland seeking to
advance their personal and partisan interests.

Regarding what we need to do to protect ourselves and our allies in the future, the first step is
greater transparency. With the changing of the guard at the FBI and other U.S. Intelligence
Community institutions, this process has already begun. However, a full public account of last
years civil rights crimes particularly as it relates to my alleged illegitimate FISA warrant will
prove essential in this process.

In your March 20, 2017 hearing, the following exchange occurred:

Congressman Schiff: Director Comey, I want to begin by attempting to put to rest


several claims made by the president about his predecessor, namely that President Obama
wiretapped his phones. So that we can be precise, I want to refer you to exactly what the
president said and ask you whether there is any truth to it.

First, the president claimed, quote, "Terrible. Just found out that Obama had my wires
tapped in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism,"
unquote.

Director Comey, was the president's statement that Obama had his wires tapped in Trump
Tower a true statement?

19
Chuck Ross, Heres How Much The FBI Planned To Pay Trump Dossier Author, Chuck
Ross, Daily Caller, April 22, 2017. [http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/22/heres-how-much-the-fbi-
planned-to-pay-trump-dossier-author/]

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Comey: With respect to the president's tweets about alleged wiretapping directed at him
by the prior administration, I have no information that supports those tweets and we have
looked carefully inside the FBI. The Department of Justice has asked me to share with
you that the answer is the same for the Department of Justice and all its components. The
department has no information that supports those tweets.20

Based on revelations in the press thus far, I was the primary known person allegedly put under
the most intensive surveillance by the Obama Administration as part of their 2016 domestic
political intelligence operation. Assuming the FISA reports in the Washington Post, New York
Times and other publications about me are correct, the facts should help dispel the
misinformation that Congressman Schiff and other members of your Committee received during
Comeys testimony. To the contrary, each of the Presidents tweets of March 4, 2017 were
entirely correct as described in the analysis of his four related statements that day, below:

"TERRIBLE! JUST FOUND OUT THAT OBAMA HAD MY WIRES TAPPED IN


TRUMP TOWER JUST BEFORE THE VICTORY. NOTHING FOUND. THIS IS
MCCARTHYISM!"

Although I stepped away from my role as an informal, unpaid campaign volunteer in the wake of
the Clinton campaigns lies based on the 2016 Dodgy Dossier, like many millions of Americans I
continued my support as a member of the Trump movement which I had maintained since June
2015.

The key defense that former Obama Administration appointees including James Comey might
have made apparently centers on the word my.

In the English language, the word my is defined as: belonging to or ASSOCIATED WITH
the speaker (emphasis added).21 Although I previously served as a very junior member of the
Trump movement who didnt actually have any direct one-on-one discussions or meetings with
our candidate, I have been labelled as a Trump associate in literally thousands of media articles
and television programs. This labeling largely stemmed from consistent mischaracterizations by
the Clinton associates which tried to smear the Trump campaign with false allegations of
improper relationships with Russian officials which never actually occurred.

Furthermore, in order to properly understand his personal lexicon which stems from the altruistic
management philosophy of President Trump, it is useful bearing in mind his core campaign
philosophy. Per his Election Day victory speech:

20
Washington Post Staff, Full transcript: FBI Director James Comey testifies on Russian
interference in 2016 election, Washington Post, March 20, 2017.
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/20/full-transcript-fbi-director-
james-comey-testifies-on-russian-interference-in-2016-election/]
21
My, Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press, 2017.
[https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/my]

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"As I've said from the beginning, ours was not a campaign but rather an incredible and
great movement, made up of millions of hard-working men and women who love their
country and want a better, brighter future for themselves and for their family..... This was
tough. This political stuff is nasty, and it is tough.... You've all given me such incredible
support, and I will tell you that we have a large group of people. You know, they
kept saying we have a small staff. Not so small. Look at all of the people that we have.
Look at all of these people."22

Additionally, then-candidate Donald J. Trump also previously explained how his movement was
not about him but about us on countless other occasions last year. Again, in his final speech at
the end of the campaign after victory had been declared, President-elect Trump noted: Ive just
received a call from Secretary Clinton. She congratulated us its about us on our
victory.23

"IS IT LEGAL FOR A SITTING PRESIDENT TO BE WIRE TAPPING A RACE FOR


PRESIDENT PRIOR TO AN ELECTION? TURNED DOWN BY COURT EARLIER. A
NEW LOW!"

Based on the actual facts in my case rather than the false information provided by the Clinton
campaign and their surrogates in the U.S. Government last year, members of my legal team have
informed me that the alleged actions by the Obama Administration are certainly not legal. In
order to prove this and rather than continuing the current cover-up, access to the information that
I have requested from the U.S. Department of Justice will be essential.

"I'D BET A GOOD LAWYER COULD MAKE A GREAT CASE OUT OF THE FACT
THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS TAPPING MY PHONES IN OCTOBER, JUST
PRIOR TO ELECTION!"

My legal team has confirmed that great cases can be made. However, in order to do so, the
information requested for the public release of my FISA warrant application would be very
helpful. Of greater significance, it would also help to clear up the wrongful misunderstanding
held by a vast proportion of the American public. I am confident that HPSCI will contribute to
this process.

"HOW LOW HAS PRESIDENT OBAMA GONE TO TAPP MY PHONES DURING THE
VERY SACRED ELECTION PROCESS. THIS IS NIXON/WATERGATE. BAD (OR
SICK) GUY!"

22
Transcript: Donald Trumps Victory Speech, New York Times, November 9, 2016.
[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/us/politics/trump-speech-transcript.html]
23
Transcript: Donald Trumps Victory Speech, New York Times, November 9, 2016.
[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/us/politics/trump-speech-transcript.html]

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Having previously spoken in favor of some of Mr. Trumps policies on Fox News Group
programs during the 2016 campaign24 and given the peaceful relationship I have had with
Russian citizens for many decades since my years in the U.S. Navy, it may be understandable
why I would be the primary associated political target if such sick activities had indeed been
committed as alleged in the previously cited media reports and other publications. Although I
have never had any direct relationship or meetings with President Trump despite previously
serving as an informal, unpaid member of one of his campaigns committees, I had frequently
dined in Trump Grill, had lunch in Trump Caf, had coffee meetings in the Starbucks at Trump
Tower, attended events among other visits in 2016. As a sister skyscraper in Manhattan, my
office at the IBM Building (590 Madison Avenue) is literally linked to the Trump Tower
building by an atrium. So if prior media reports are proved to be correct that surveillance was
indeed undertaken against me and other Trump supporters according to the FISA documentation
you can provide, it will essentially be deemed as a proven fact that the American peoples
concerns that Trump Tower was under surveillance last year is entirely accurate. Please note that
my mobile phone is always turned on and with me 24-hours a day, except when I am in airplane-
mode during flights. As an early Trump campaign supporter since June 2015 and a proud
member of the historic Make America Great Again movement, yet another attack against me of
this sort may well have been a de facto attack against the citizen who would eventually become
our current President of the United States. Clearly, such potential abuses will be proven or
disproven based on the information regarding the alleged illegal wiretapping of me and any
associated FISA warrants that the executive branch should soon provide.

While a September 23, 2016 news article stated that, U.S. intelligence agencies have also
received reports that Page met with another top Putin aide while in Moscow, 25 it wasnt until
several months later in January 2017 that the source of this false evidence became fully known:
the Dodgy Dossier prepared on behalf of the "Hillary for America campaign. As a potential
severe case of election fraud, any FISA warrant would help ascertain whether criminal
obstruction of justice in the form of false evidence may be the case. After the report by Yahoo
News, the Clinton campaign put out an equally false press release just minutes after the article
was released that afternoon.26

Compounding this transnational disinformation initiative, even the U.S. Government-funded


propaganda outlets echoed the lies advanced by the Clinton campaigns Dodgy Dossier (again, in
contrast to what Steele himself said was "never supposed to be made public"27). As dutifully

24
For example: Fox Business, August 16, 2016 [http://finance.yahoo.com/video/jan-brewer-
obama-not-concerned-224534142.html]; Fox Business, Varney & Co., September 8, 2016.
25
Michael Isikoff, U.S. intel officials probe ties between Trump adviser and Kremlin, Yahoo
News, September 23, 2016. [https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-
between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html]
26
Hillary for America, Hillary for America Statement on Bombshell Report About Trump
Aides Chilling Ties To Kremlin, September 23, 2016.
[https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/statements/2016/09/23/hillary-for-america-statement-
on-bombshell-report-about-trump-aides-chilling-ties-to-kremlin/]
27
Rowan Scarborough, Ex-spy admits anti-Trump dossier unverified, blames Buzzfeed for
publishing, Washington Times, April 25, 2017.

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recited by the Obama Administration-sponsored Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty news
network in September 2016: Yahoo News cited the same Western intelligence source as saying
that U.S. intelligence officials have received reports that Page has also met with Igor Diveikin, a
right-hand man of Vyacheslav Volodin, Putin's first deputy chief of staff and a key architect of
Russia's political landscape during Putin's third term.28

Just days before the election, the same U.S. Government-funded sources repeated these
fabrications: Another adviser, Carter Page, reportedly met with top Kremlin officials including
those under U.S. sanctions.29

The propagation of these falsehoods was indeed truly state-sponsored by our taxpayer dollars
with Radio Free Europe/Radio Libertys FY 2016 budget of $108.4 million in direct federal
subsidies.

To help further put in context how outrageous the Clinton/Obama regimes witch hunt has been,
it is worth considering the similar case study of General Flynn. Frustrated in the wake of her
failed attempt to circumvent the long-delayed introduction of effective immigration policies in
the United States, Sally Yates instead turned her attention to destroying the career of a
distinguished American and potentially damaging the stability of the U.S. Government.
Although I have never met General Flynn, his recent experiences make clear that any minor
variation between his memory of a conversation during a vacation on the beaches of the
Dominican Republic vs. the in-depth transcript kept by the deep state was simply concocted as
an efficient mechanism of framing him and his colleagues for severe personal damage. Having
been falsely accused for potential blackmail by U.S. officials who have little understanding of
the inner workings of the Russian government myself, I have a deep, firsthand appreciation of
these McCarthy-style scare tactics despite having no relationship with General Flynn myself.

From the start, this entire exercise has seemed primarily motivated as a means for suppression of
dissent. Even Senator Feinstein admitted recently: when I saw a three-star general in front of
the Republican convention shouting lock her up, I thought, oh my goodness. This would never
happen, it never has happened before, this is a three-star general of the United States military
doing this with no evidence. And it made a big impression on me.30 Similar to my experiences,
the retribution for this exercise of his First Amendment rights cuts to the core of the matter. In
any event, the preponderance of evidence related to the cases General Flynn referred to during
his speech in Cleveland greatly exceeds anything in the 2016 Dodgy Dossier which eventually

[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/25/christopher-steele-admits-dossier-charge-
unverifie/]
28
Report: U.S. Intelligence Officials Examining Trump Adviser's Russia Ties, Radio Free
Europe / Radio Liberty, September 24, 2016. [http://www.rferl.org/a/report-us-intelligence-
probes-trump-advisers-russia-ties-kremlin/28010062.html]
29
Mike Eckel, Reset To Overload: Russia-U.S. Ties Have Changed, No Matter Who Wins
The Election, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, November 6, 2016. [http://www.rferl.org/a/u-
s-election-trump-clinton-relations-russia/28100058.html]
30
Meet the Press transcript, NBC News, May 7, 2017. [http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-
press/meet-press-may-7-2017-n756001]

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became a cornerstone of the crooked initiative against me and other supporters of the Trump
movement, first within the prior Administration and now amongst some actors in Congress.
Instead, I appreciate that the beneficial framework created by HPSCIs parallel investigation now
offers a factual and constructive pathway forward for our country.

HPSCI INVESTIGATION QUESTION 4: What possible leaks of classified


information took place related to the Intelligence Community Assessment of these
matters?

Although several other crimes by the Clinton/Obama regime during the 2016 election continue to
become known over time, the possible leaks of classified information which took place related to
the Obama Administrations Intelligence Community Assessment of these matters have thus far
included two specific felonies which directly relate to me as outlined in my response to this
question. The specific details provided here regarding these felonies help to further illustrate
how completely unjustified their actions were both the highly damaging leaks of this classified
information given the extreme falsehoods upon which they were based, as well as their Russia
witch hunt more broadly:

Felony #1: Illegal leaking of my identity as Male-1 in U.S.A. v. Evgeny Buryakov, Igor
Sporyshev, and Victor Podobnyy On April 3, 2017, reporters at ABC News31 and BuzzFeed
News32 requested to meet in order to inform me that U.S. government operatives had unlawfully
disclosed my identity as Male-1 in this 2015 case. This particular incident follows an increasing
series of similar revelations about other politically-motivated unmaskings in 2016.33 It relates to
my brief interactions in 2013 with Victor Podobnyy, a junior attach assigned to the Permanent
Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations.

During my meeting with U.S. agents at New Yorks Plaza Hotel in June 2013 in support of their
ongoing investigation, I spoke with them at length about my research on international political
economy which I had been completing as a Fellow at the Center for National Policy in
Washington. I brought this up because it seemed to me that the resources of the U.S.
Government might be better allocated towards addressing real national security threats,
particularly given the recent Boston Marathon bombing of April 15, 2013. Without question, the
harsh retribution subsequently taken against me marked a direct retaliation against my dissenting
position about the efficient use of limited U.S. national security resources. Per an article I had
recently written and discussed with the U.S. agents (included below), the Clinton/Obama regime

31
Brian Ross and Matthew Mosk, Trump campaign adviser Carter Page targeted for
recruitment by Russian spies, ABC News, Apr 4, 2017. [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-
campaign-advisor-carter-page-targeted-russian-spies/story?id=46557506]
32
Ali Watkins, A Former Trump Adviser Met With A Russian Spy, BuzzFeed News, April
3, 2017. [https://www.buzzfeed.com/alimwatkins/a-former-trump-adviser-met-with-a-russian-
spy]
33
Kristina Wong, Lindsey Graham: 'We Will Continue' to Look into Susan Rice's
Unmasking, Breitbart News, May 4, 2017. [http://www.breitbart.com/big-
government/2017/05/04/lindsey-graham-we-will-continue-to-look-into-susan-rices-unmasking/]

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had been, Reflecting the highest principles of cronyism rather than democracy, in many of
their policy decisions. In my writings, I had also cited a recent quote from Maya Angelou which
seemed of particular relevance given a range of ineffective policy approaches by Washington at
the time: The philosophers tell us that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts
absolutely.34 This had marked an earlier instance of the corrupt influence campaign and related
domestic political intelligence operations in support of failed policies, which would eventually
blossom in full glory with the obnoxious civil rights violations based on complete lies displayed
during the 2016 election. In short, my dissenting position led to damaging personal attacks by
government operatives under the Obama Administrations command.

With regards to the 2015 case where I agreed to provide support, the final scene of the movie
The Big Short offers an instructive summary of the Clinton/Obama regimes justice system,
first led by their Attorney General from 2009 through 2015, Eric Holder.35 After essentially
achieving very little in his 6-years in office, it is understandable why Holder might want to target
a token Russian banker during his final months in office36 since only Zurich-based Credit
Suisse's Kareem Serageldin stood as another perfunctory accomplishment during his extended
six-year term.

As the journalist Matt Taibbi has described his activities in a 2015 article, which has more
recently proven to offer an accurate representation of the Clinton/Obama regime more generally:
Holder doesn't look it, but he was a revolutionary. He institutionalized a radical dualistic
approach to criminal justice, essentially creating a system of indulgences wherein the world's
richest companies paid cash for their sins and escaped the sterner punishments the law
dictated.37

Paper for Center for National Policy:

After Boston: Alternative Diplomacy and the


Reconsideration of Unbridled U.S. Power
Carter Page, Ph.D.
May 1, 2013

34
Maya Angelou, The 2013 Time 100: Icons, Time, April 18, 2013.
[http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/michelle-obama/]
35
Blame the poor - clip from The Big Short, YouTube, January 14, 2016.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcJmzEawWi0]
36
Office of Public Affairs, Attorney General Holder Announces Charges Against Russian Spy
Ring in New York City, Department of Justice website, January 26, 2015.
[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-holder-announces-charges-against-russian-spy-
ring-new-york-city]
37
Matt Taibbi, Eric Holder, Wall Street Double Agent, Comes in From the Cold: Barack
Obama's former top cop cashes in after six years of letting banks run wild, Rolling Stone, July
8, 2015.
[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/eric-holder-wall-street-double-agent-comes-in-from-
the-cold-20150708]

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In March 2003, the Century Foundation and the Stanley Foundation released a report entitled
U.S. Foreign Policy and Chechnya. Written by Michael McFaul who was then a Professor at
Stanford University prior to taking positions in the Obama Administration, the report included a
review of various factoids on this topic. But the most valuable contribution it offered was a
window into the underlying source of age-old problems that have plagued the U.S.-Russia
bilateral relationship to this day. Some of these very same obstacles may have helped pave the
way for the tragedy that occurred at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. The reports
conclusions essentially highlight fundamental philosophies, objectives and dilemmas that have
stood in the way of vital cooperation:

US policy regarding Chechnya exposes the limits of American power even in an age of
unbridled US power. Russias military interventions in Chechnya were policies that US
foreign policy leaders would have liked to stop. In the end, however, policies pursued by
both the Clinton and Bush administrations have had little impact on the course of the war
in Chechnya.

Reflecting persistent tendencies and aspirations toward unbridled US power, some of the options
suggested in the article bordered on the truly draconian:

There were and are policy alternatives. Clinton and Bush could have sanctioned Russia
by cutting off direct assistance to the Russian government. They could have suspended
Russia from membership in the G-8. They could have postponed presidential summits.
They could have offered more humanitarian assistance to the region. Even more
dramatically, they could have offered their services as a mediator. Theoretically,
Chechen and Russian officials could have met at Camp David in 1995 or 2001 to hammer
out a political settlement. Hypothetically, they even could have recognized the
legitimacy of the elected government of Chechnya and provided direct assistance to the
government in exile.

Although US foreign tactics and ambitions have varied by region, these approaches of sanctions,
suspensions and meddling in internal affairs when not invited remain consistent with intrusive
policies which have often afflicted America since the Cold War.

In an epilogue written after a deadly Chechen terrorist attack and hostage seizure at the sold-out
Dubrovka Theater in Moscow on October 23, 2002, McFaul added his bottom-line conclusion
regarding certain cooperative approaches:

Most dramatically, Bush unambiguously framed his war on terrorism and Putins war
in Chechnya as part of one common struggle. The real losers of this united front are the
people of Chechnya.

A debate has emerged whether the U.S. missed the chance to prevent the Boston bombing.
Although evidence will materialize over time and despite the acknowledgement of U.S.
government officials that a trust deficit may have negatively impacted the earlier
investigations, the possibility of prevention might remain a controversy that can never be

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definitively solved. However, there is one certainty that cannot be called into question: a more
cooperative U.S.-Russian bilateral relationship would clearly decrease the risks of such a
potential event, both earlier this month and in the future. In this sense, the recent tragedy in
Boston could offer a valuable wake-up call for the U.S. government.

Instead of putting in place excessive restrictions on Russian officials as seen in last years
Magnitsky Act which was reminiscent of the blacklists of the McCarthy era, establishing policies
that instead build links could help to address a range of critical global challenges. Yet while
Washington and its representatives sleep on the security front, other actors are taking matters
into their own hand in other arenas.

Uncle Sam, please do no harm: Alternative forms of diplomacy in an era of gridlock

Last week, a subtle theme permeated the second annual New York Times Energy for Tomorrow
Conference. While on one hand dysfunction in the U.S. federal government has instituted an era
of gridlock, innovative initiatives across the private sector and at the state and municipal level of
government have continued to drive forward monumental change in the energy sector. In the
wake of this structural evolution of governance, corporations and local communities have taken
control of their own destiny through a diverse array of revolutionary technologies and investment
programs.

In the context of U.S.-Russian relations, a similar example may be seen in the relationship of
ExxonMobil and Rosneft the largest oil companies in each of these respective countries.
Through a diverse portfolio of agreements and related ventures, the two leading companies have
continued to move forward on projects in the United States, Russia and beyond. Under the
leadership of Igor Sechin, Rosnefts President and Management Board Chairman, the company
has taken steps to build bridges and advance the interests of both companies.

At an investment conference organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia last


week, a former Australian diplomat named Glenn Waller was the star of the show. As the
President of ExxonMobil Russia, he offered telling comments regarding his companys joint
accomplishments with Rosneft:

"I was happy to hear from Ambassador McFaul that it has been discussed at the highest
level between presidents. We have very strong support from various levels of the Russian
government."

Consistent with the conclusions of the recent New York Times conference, Wallers quote did
not indicate strong support from various levels of the Russian and US governments. A more
active government support of the US businesses communitys efforts most especially through the
avoidance of efforts that seek to instigate hegemonic change could represent a strong initial
move in that general direction.

The frequently unjustified maltreatment of Russia and its leaders in the US media further
engrains long-standing tendencies toward misunderstanding, thereby offering a super-sized cover

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for equally large policy mistakes by the U.S. government. Despite the recent accomplishments
of Igor Sechin, his article for the Time 100 was written by Vladimir Milov an exceptionally
harsh critic who followed historic precedent in his write-up. In contrast, the April 29 edition of
Time magazine also included tributes to U.S. President Barack Obama and the First Lady
Michelle Obama by Hillary Clinton and Maya Angelou respectively. Reflecting the highest
principles of cronyism rather than democracy, Clintons future political career rests firmly on the
continued success and popularity of the Obama Administration over the next three and a half
years. Meanwhile, Angelou was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President
Obama in 2011 the highest civilian award in the United States and in essence the ultimate pay-
off.

Reminiscent of McFauls earlier discussion of unbridled U.S. power, Angelou ironically


mentions in her tribute, The philosophers tell us that power corrupts and absolute power
corrupts absolutely. While no person on this planet is completely free from sin in contrast to
public relations spin, another political philosopher named Alexander Hamilton once noted, The
strongest passions, and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast; ambition, avarice,
vanity, the honorable or venial love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of
peace. Although such failings may have helped enable the terror in Boston, a reevaluation of
ambitions could set the stage for a future peace.

Instead of worrying about what decisions are made on high, efforts by American business leaders
like ExxonMobil to continue establishing bilateral links play an invaluable service to both
countries. While the palatial setting of Spaso House which Dr. McFaul now calls home may
understandably be a difficult place to acquire new humble perspectives regarding unbridled
power, initial strides in the right direction by business can offer further momentum which
eventually changes the tone and improves the broader bilateral relationship.

Building a cleaner future

Fortunately, the earlier policy alternatives outlined by McFaul were not followed and the
American headmaster did not suspend Russia from the G-8 school. To the contrary, Russia
currently holds the Chair of the more democratic and inclusive G-20. Under the leadership of
President Putin, the Energy Sustainability Working Group of the G-20 has taken important steps
in the energy arena including in the area of green growth. The US Governments support of such
cutting-edge initiatives led by Russia offers a viable means for changing direction and following
in the wake of the Rosneft-ExxonMobil ship.

Characteristically overstepping his realm of responsibility once again, Comey recently


pontificated on Russia: Certainly in my view, the greatest threat of any nation on earth, given
their intention and their capability. This completely unfounded statement reflected a bias from
the former F.B.I. Director that may have contributed to or at least exacerbated the
aforementioned misdeeds of the Obama Administration and the Clinton campaign for which he

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had loyally served as an invaluable surrogate.38 Similar baseless aspersions have recently been
cast against General Flynn as well.39

Running parallel to these longstanding bigoted traditions amongst some in the Bureau stretching
back to the J. Edgar Hoover/McCarthy-era, the simplistic tactic of cataloging patriotic Americans
as supposed targets for recruitment lives on, sadly. An, unwitting player in a Russian effort
to gain access in Washington, was a label that Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and I each had
stamped on us once again last Friday by the New York Times. Reflecting a level of
commonsense that often alludes those who have little or no experience in Russia including many
of those who denigrated him in the article, Congressman Rohrabacher correctly noted: Any time
you meet a Russian member of their Foreign Ministry or the Russian government, you assume
those people have something to do with Russian intelligence.40 To the contrary, the unwitting
ones most often consist of those U.S. Government officials who have never enjoyed the
opportunity to establish constructive relationships with any Russian citizens at any point in their
life.

Felony #2: Illegal leaking of classified information surrounding the completely unjustified
FISA warrant against me, which further enabled part of the Clinton/Obama regimes
domestic political intelligence operations and influence campaign in the 2016 election On
April 12, 2017, the Washington Post published an article explaining that unnamed sources had
revealed the completely unjustified FISA warrant to intercept my communications throughout
the final months of the reign of the Clinton/Obama regime.41 Given a growing list of
unanswered questions and apparent abuses regarding this nonsensical invasion of privacy, it
seems readily apparent that more revelations about these misdeeds will continue to be learned in
the period to come.42 My legal team and I are currently busy working on further steps to get to

38
Washington Post Staff, Full testimony of FBI Director James Comey in which he discusses
Clinton email investigation, Washington Post, May 3, 2017.
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/03/read-the-full-testimony-of-
fbi-director-james-comey-in-which-he-discusses-clinton-email-investigation/]
39
Gloria Borger, Pamela Brown, Jim Sciutto, Marshall Cohen and Eric Lichtblau, First on
CNN: Russian officials bragged they could use Flynn to influence Trump, sources say, CNN,
May 20, 2017. [http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/michael-flynn-donald-trump-russia-
influence/]
40
Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman and Mark Mazzetti, F.B.I. Once Warned G.O.P.
Congressman That Russian Spies Were Recruiting Him, New York Times, May 19, 2017.
[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/dana-rohrabacher-russia-spies.html]
41
Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous, "FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor
Trump adviser Carter Page" Washington Post, April 12, 2017.
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor-
former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74-
3a742a6e93a7_story.html]
42
Senator Charles E. Grassley, Grassley Seeks Explanation for FBIs Inconsistent Info in
Dossier Inquiry: Bureaus Scant Responses to Judiciary Probe Raise More Questions on Steele

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the bottom of this abuse. I am highly confident that this expected disclosure will help facilitate a
highly productive discussion when we meet next month.

In summary, the problems that have unfortunately been created in U.S.-Russia relations over the
course of many decades and across presidential administrations from both parties have severely
limited the ability of me as well as many Americans to be a positive force for change thus far.

It is my hope that a logical conclusion to your current process based on actual facts, including the
reality that I have never done anything wrong in Russia or with any Russian person, might
help to turn this increasingly dangerous tide between our two countries. This has been a primary
personal objective since my first trip to Moscow as a U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman in June
1991. It remains one of my primary objectives today, even though I have been completely
demonized and indeed slandered literally around the world by the Clinton campaign due to my
voicing highly benign yet realistic political and policy views.

The story of the 2016 election was to a large extent a battle between powerful political and
business interests on an epic scale vs. average citizens who simply want to honestly see
improvements in this country. It is unfortunate that a small fish like me has been harassed by
other members of Congress primarily in response to completely false allegations from a dossier
that is 100% inaccurate in every way as it relates to me. This is particularly frustrating given the
severe civil rights violations committed against me and which the Senate Judiciary is looking
into.

In contrast, the thoughtful framework for analysis set by HPSCI follows a more serious tradition
of analysis in the House of Representatives that I observed in a prior era. As a First Class
Midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, I was a Research Fellow with the House Armed
Services Committee from September 1992 until May 1993 as part of my Trident Scholar project.
I proudly served under the leadership of the late Chairman, Congressman Les Aspin, Ph.D., who
first ran for Congress as a peace candidate in 1970 in opposition to the Vietnam War. Given the
principles of serious, data-driven, unbiased analysis that I watched Congressman Aspin maintain
in his painstaking work with the HASC were a lifelong inspiration to me then. I hope that the
facts I can provide to your Committee will help you continue these same higher research
standards once again.

My only reason for ever wanting to get involved as a simple unpaid volunteer with the Donald J.
Trump for President campaign is that I have a longstanding passionate interest in foreign policy
and strongly believed that our new President would help fix the problems that have negatively
impacted U.S. national security over recent decades since the end of the first Cold War. It was
also a key driver of mine in going to the U.S. Naval Academy, the reason I got my Ph.D. part
time while working as a banker in London, the reason I got a fellowship at the Council on
Foreign Relations to study these policy issues, why I spent my nights at Georgetown studying for
my Masters in National Security while I worked as an Arms Control Action Officer in the
Pentagon and the same reason I spent 6 years as a Fellow at the Center for National Policy in

ties, April 28, 2017. [https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-seeks-


explanation-fbis-inconsistent-info-dossier-inquiry]

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Washington, also in my free time. I can understand that this continued inquiry stems from
completely false allegations by transnational associates of the Clinton campaign who interfered
with our democracy. But I appreciate your invitation to have a conversation on these matters in
open session of your Committee to get to the bottom of this in a timely and sensible manner.
Thank you again for allowing me to contribute to this process of restoring the integrity of the
U.S. intelligence community. I look forward to meeting with you in the coming weeks following
the release of the contents of my illegitimate FISA warrant.

Sincerely,

Carter Page, Ph.D.

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