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By now everyone is likely aware of the Fake News story run by CNN on Friday surrounding an email received by Donald Trump Jr. The email was part of the investigative evidence shared with the House Intelligence committee; and later leaked from within that committee to CNN - thereby initiating the false reporting on the content.

The central issue in the CNN story was the date of an email.

It was leaked from within the committee, and later reported by CNN, that the date was "September 4th, 2016"; a date convenient for a collusion narrative between Trump Jr and WikiLeaks.

However, the real date, on the actual email, was "September 14th, 2016"; a day after Wikileaks published the content of their DNC leaks and a date that makes the entire CNN report a 'nothingburger'.

However, CNN reports that two independent sources originally leaked to them the contents of what they had seen on the email in question. But CNN never saw the email, until later in the day.

Think about this carefully.

Two "independent sources" both looked at an email, and both came away from reading that email with the wrong date? How is that possible?

It has been CTH contention for several weeks that a counterintelligence sting operation has been going on within the IC community. False trails of information, seeded by 'White Hat' investigators, intended to be captured by 'Black Hat' leakers - and delivered to their usurping allies in media. The stories are fake, the leaks are real.

All investigative documents, relating to the witness, are provided to the congressional committees prior to the interviews with the witnesses; or, if the information is classified, each committee member has an opportunity to review the documents via a controlled SCIF environment when no physical copies are allowed as part of the evidence.

The Don JR./Wikileaks email could very easily be part of a 'sting'. The date was intentionally seeded as incorrect. The resulting story is fake. The leak, however, is real.

Each nugget of disinformation exposes a specific leaker. Each trail used in the sharing of that disinformation exposes the enabling media. The White Hat plants the fake news seed, and then watches to see where, when, how, to-whom, and from-whom, it shows up.



In this example, we believe it is most likely House Intelligence Committee Minority Chairman Adam Schiff was the recipient of the disinformation, and has now exposed himself as a leaker to an elite, previously undisclosed, investigative unit specifically assembling evidence of corruption and leaking at the highest levels of government.

The scale and strength of the CNN push-back, and specifically the tone in their refusal to even consider discussing source of the false information, further supports our supposition.

Keep in mind, Representative Adam Schiff is -- as an outcome of his minority ranking on the House Intel Committee -- a member of the elite congressional oversight "Gang of Eight".

This is a VERY BIG deal. The Gang of Eight holds oversight on every covert intelligence operation going on around the world. The Go8 oversee the NSA, CIA, FBI, DNI, and every single intelligence unit and operation. The Go8 are the only group with oversight on the CIA action from Presidential Finding Memos authorizing covert operations.
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The back-story to CTH theory on this endeavor includes an almost complete, years-long, Dept of Justice Office Inspector General investigation that no-one was paying attention to until recently. And don't forget the ongoing FBI investigation into the Awan Brothers, and quantifying the potential intelligence compromise therein, plays into this.

That said, it would not be the IG carrying out the counterintelligence operation to identify leakers. In actuality, no official IC agency would be empowered to place fake news in front of congress. Setting traps for congress is generally bad form, and for matters of trust - bad politics. That reality, amid those who follow DC politics, is the central point to dismiss such the "Black Hat Hunting" theory.

However, few people were paying attention four months ago when Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates told us they were going to do exactly that:
04:30 ..."The FBI has created a new counterintelligence unit to manage these [leak] cases"...

08:17 ..."these National Security breaches do not just originate from within the Intelligence Community. They come from a wide range of sources within the government, including the Congress.". . .

Two days later, Sunday August 6th, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reiterated he was going to follow through on the investigative demand of AG Sessions and DNI Coates and again referenced a "new counterintelligence division within the FBI".
00:50 ..."we're responding appropriately. We're going to devote more resources, re-evaluate our procedures and make sure we investigate every one of those leaks in an appropriate way."...

1:07 "We have seen a surge in referrals (of leaks). We've seen an increase in the number of leaks. And we're going to respond appropriately and try to establish an effective deterrent. Criminal prosecution isn't the only way to prevent leaks but it's an important part of the solution."...

1:43 "That significant increase has necessitated an increase in resources. And so we have re-prioritized our cases within the National Security Division, we're providing appropriate supervision at a high level, we've created a new unit within the FBI to focus on those leaks, and we're going to devote whatever resources are necessary to get them under control."...

If you consider the years-long IG investigation is coming to a conclusion. And there have been several high-profile 'mistakes' (from the media perspective) based on leaks recently.

The leaks were real, the underlying information was false:
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Additionally, overlay THIS:
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Some, are beginning to catch on... Keep Watching.