{"id":90939,"date":"2017-12-12T13:29:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T17:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=90939"},"modified":"2017-12-12T13:34:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T17:34:06","slug":"did-mccabe-cancel-testimony-because-doj-officials-wife-worked-for-fusion-gps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=90939","title":{"rendered":"Did FBI Dep. Dir. McCabe cancel secret testimony because DOJ official&#8217;s wife worked for Fusion GPS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>McCabe Cancels Testimony, Something &#8220;Far More Sinister&#8221; With Fusion GPS<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe abruptly cancelled his closed door testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee\u00a0as\u00a0<strong>news emerged that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-11\/senior-doj-officials-wife-worked-oppo-research-firm-produced-trump-dossier\">the wife of Senior DOJ official Bruce Ohr worked for Fusion GPS<\/a><\/strong>, the opposition research firm which assembled the infamous &#8220;Trump dossier.&#8221; Ohr was demoted last week after allegedly trying to conceal his contacts with Fusion.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2017\/11\/30\/FBI-Deputy-Director-Andrew-McCabe-at-the-Cambridge-Cyber-Summit-thumbnail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2017\/11\/30\/FBI-Deputy-Director-Andrew-McCabe-at-the-Cambridge-Cyber-Summit-thumbnail_0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News\u00a0<\/em>reporter Chad Pergram&#8217;s sources tell him &#8220;<strong>McCabe has an Ohr problem,<\/strong>&#8221; and they believe\u00a0<strong>&#8220;FBI DepDir McCabe not coming to Hse Intel Cmte tomorrow because he&#8217;d be asked about Bruce Ohr &amp; Ohr&#8217;s wife Nellie who worked for Fusion GPS<\/strong>,&#8221; adding\u00a0<strong>&#8220;something far more sinister.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pergram also tweeted &#8220;<strong>Expect subpoenas to compel McCabe to appear this wk.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FBI\u2019s McCabe was expected to appear before Hse to Intel Cmte Tues. Now told he\u2019s not coming. Expect subpoenas to compel McCabe to appear this wk. Source: \u201cMcCabe has an Ohr problem\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/940428289063124992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congressional sources tell Fox they believe FBI DepDir McCabe not coming to Hse Intel Cmte tomorrow because he\u2019d be asked about Bruce Ohr &amp; Ohr\u2019s wife Nellie who worked for Fusion GPS. <br \/>something far more sinister.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/940428751434809344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fox is told Hse Intel Cmte will likely subpoena FBI DepDir McCabe to appear this wk. In addition, will subpoena documents\/emails related to McCabe\u2019s appearance<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/940429034323922944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Source tells Fox they think McCabe scheduling snafu before Hse Intel arose after Fox rpt tonight about wife of DoJ\u2019s Bruce Ohr. Nellie Ohr worked for Fusion GPS thru last fall. Firm is connected to anti-Trump dossier.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChadPergram\/status\/940429728854560769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of note, House Intel Committee chairman\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-05\/more-anti-trump-messages-reportedly-sent-members-muellers-team-lot-more-going-come-o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devin Nunes (R-CA) announced last week<\/a>\u00a0that they were\u00a0<strong>prepared to hold McCabe and assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in contempt for the DOJ&#8217;s failure to comply with a previous subpoena<\/strong>. He also accused the FBI and the DOJ of willfully refusing to comply with an Aug. 24 subpoena in part by refusing the committee&#8217;s request &#8220;<strong>for an explanation of Peter Strzok&#8217;s dismissal from the Mueller probe.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2017\/11\/30\/Bruce-Ohr-Nellie-Ohr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2017\/11\/30\/Bruce-Ohr-Nellie-Ohr_0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBruce and Nellie Ohr<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As we reported\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-11\/senior-doj-officials-wife-worked-oppo-research-firm-produced-trump-dossier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yesterday<\/a>,\u00a0Nellie Ohr, the wife of disgraced DOJ official Bruce Ohr, was employed at Fusion GPS last year.\u00a0<strong>Her term of employment overlapped with the period when the Trump dossier was being compiled.<\/strong>Though Fox was unable to discern the exact nature of her role at the firm, its reporters discovered that she has done extensive research on Russia-related topics for think tanks based in the Washington, DC area.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2017\/12\/11\/wife-demoted-doj-official-worked-for-firm-behind-anti-trump-dossier.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a><\/em>\u00a0reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<strong>A senior Justice Department official demoted last week for concealing his meetings with the men behind the anti-Trump \u201cdossier\u201d had even closer ties to Fusion GPS,<\/strong>\u00a0the firm responsible for the incendiary document, than have been disclosed, Fox News has confirmed: The official\u2019s wife worked for Fusion GPS during the 2016 election.<\/div>\n<p>Contacted by Fox News,<strong>\u00a0investigators for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) confirmed that Nellie H. Ohr, wife of the demoted official, Bruce G. Ohr, worked for the opposition research firm last year.\u00a0<\/strong>The precise nature of Mrs. Ohr\u2019s duties \u2013 including whether she worked on the dossier \u2013 remains unclear but a review of her published works available online reveals Mrs. Ohr has written extensively on Russia-related subjects. HPSCI staff confirmed to Fox News that she was paid by Fusion GPS through the summer and fall of 2016.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also notable is the fact that Bruce Ohr&#8217;s wife\u00a0<strong>not only worked for Fusion GPS, but also represented the CIA&#8217;s &#8220;Open Source Works&#8221; group\u00a0<\/strong>in a 2010 &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncjrs.gov\/pdffiles1\/nij\/230846.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expert working group<\/a>\u00a0report on international organized crime&#8221;\u00a0<strong>along with\u00a0Bruce Ohr and Fusion GPS co0founder Glenn Simpson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/twitter.com\/joshdcaplan\/status\/940444559468892160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&#038;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fnews%2F2017-12-12%2Fmccabe-cancels-testimony-something-far-more-sinister-fusion-gps<\/p>\n<p>Of note\u00a0<strong>Open Source Works<\/strong>\u00a0is described as the &#8220;<strong>CIA&#8217;s in-house open source analysis component, devoted to intelligence analysis of unclassified, open source information.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>So &#8211; Nellie Ohr, the wife of recently demoted DOJ official Bruce Ohr &#8211;\u00a0<strong>worked for both Fusion GPS and the CIA<\/strong>.\u00a0It is unclear whether her time at Fusion overlapped with her time at the CIA.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nOpen Source Works, which is the CIA\u2019s in-house open source analysis component, is devoted to intelligence analysis of unclassified, open source information.\u00a0 Oddly, however, the directive that established Open Source Works is classified, as is the charter of the organization.\u00a0 In fact, CIA says the very existence of any such records is a classified fact.\u00a0<strong>\u201cThe CIA can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of records responsive to your request,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>wrote Susan Viscuso, CIA Information and Privacy Coordinator, in a November 29 response to a Freedom of Information Act request from Jeffrey Richelson of the National Security Archive for the Open Source Works directive and charter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact of the existence or nonexistence of requested records is currently and properly classified and is intelligence sources and methods information that is protected from disclosure,\u201d Dr. Viscuso wrote. This is a surprising development since Open Source Works \u2014 by definition \u2014 does not engage in clandestine collection of intelligence.\u00a0 Rather, it performs analysis based on unclassified, open source materials. &#8211;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/fas.org\/blogs\/secrecy\/2011\/12\/cia_osw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAS<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2017\/12\/07\/top-doj-official-demoted-amid-probe-contacts-with-trump-dossier-firm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House investigators<\/a>\u00a0determined that\u00a0<strong>during the 2016 election, Bruce\u00a0Ohr met with former MI6 spy Christopher Steele, and shortly after the 2016 election he met with Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of Fusion GPS &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>who commissioned Steele to assemble the dossier.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2017\/11\/30\/Ron-Desantis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2017\/11\/30\/Ron-Desantis_0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRon DeSantis (R-FL)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Another factor in McCabe&#8217;s sudden cancellation<\/strong>\u00a0is a report from\u00a0<em>The Hill<\/em>&#8216;s John Solomon that\u00a0Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)\u00a0recently interviewed a retired FBI supervisor who told him\u00a0<strong>he was instructed by Deputy Director Andrew McCabe\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-07\/fbi-deputy-director-mccabe-told-agents-lie-about-benghazi-investigation-says-gop-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not to call the 2012 Benghazi attack an act of terrorism<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0when distributing the FBI&#8217;s findings to the larger intelligence community &#8211; despite knowing exactly who conducted the attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The agent found the instruction concerning because his unit had gathered incontrovertible evidence showing a major al Qaeda figure had directed the attack and the information had already been briefed to President Obama, the lawmaker said. &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/363666-gop-lawmakers-cite-new-allegations-of-political-bias-in-fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><strong>If true, it means McCabe lied for the Obama administration in a clear, partisan violation of the FBI&#8217;s mandate to &#8220;detect and prosecute crimes against the United States,&#8221; not &#8220;lie for the President so as not to offend Islam.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>As Rep. DeSantis told\u00a0<em>The Hill:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<strong>What operational reason would there be to issue an edict to agents telling them, in the face of virtually conclusive evidence to the contrary, not to categorize the Benghazi attack as a result of terrorism?<\/strong>\u00a0By placing the interests of the Obama administration over the public&#8217;s interests,\u00a0<strong>the order is yet another data point highlighting the politicization of the FBI.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Whether McCabe cancelled\u00a0over his &#8220;Ohr problem,&#8221; or for instructing a retired FBI supervisor to lie about the Benghazi attack, or because he doesn&#8217;t want to talk about Peter Strzok&#8217;s dismissal from the Mueller probe &#8211; one thing is for sure; Devin Nunes can&#8217;t be happy, and we can probably expect subpoenas to start flying off his desk as soon as this morning.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-12\/mccabe-cancels-testimony-something-far-more-sinister-fusion-gps\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-12\/mccabe-cancels-testimony-something-far-more-sinister-fusion-gps<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McCabe Cancels Testimony, Something &#8220;Far More Sinister&#8221; With Fusion GPS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}