{"id":402280,"date":"2019-04-01T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-investigate-steele-dossier-as-russian-disinformation-intel-experts-say\/"},"modified":"2019-04-01T18:00:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:00:02","slug":"prison-planet-com-investigate-steele-dossier-as-russian-disinformation-intel-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-investigate-steele-dossier-as-russian-disinformation-intel-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Investigate Steele Dossier As Russian Disinformation, Intel Experts Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/03\/31\/steele-dossier-russian-disinformation\/\"><strong>Daily Caller<\/strong><\/a><br \/>April 1, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a deposition for a lawsuit related to the dossier in June 2018, former British spy Christopher Steele acknowledged his infamous report could be the product of Russian disinformation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But Steele, a former MI6 officer who worked in Moscow, dismissed the possibility he was hoodwinked by Russian operatives who planted anti-Trump dirt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll material contained this risk, but that any information that was actually provided would have been subject to scrutiny in respect of this risk,\u201d Steele said in a June 18, 2018, deposition for a lawsuit against BuzzFeed, the original publisher of the dossier.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Steele believed he had enough experience dealing with Russian sources that he could spot Kremlin attempts to provide him disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>But the prospect that Steele did fall victim to a Russian hoax became more likely in the wake of special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s finding that the Trump campaign did not conspire or coordinate with the Kremlin to influence the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/03\/31\/steele-dossier-russian-disinformation\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Monday, April 1, 2019  at  6:00 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/investigate-steele-dossier-as-russian-disinformation-intel-experts-say.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/investigate-steele-dossier-as-russian-disinformation-intel-experts-say.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily CallerApril 1, 2019 In a deposition for a lawsuit related to the dossier in June 2018, former British spy Christopher Steele acknowledged his infamous report could be the product of Russian disinformation. 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