The Guardian: source for 35 page "dossier" is "consistently reliable, meticulous,

[Grey Lemercier]

42. Christopher Steele maybe did work up a dossier, but I am sceptical he wrote that exact Buzzfeed

document. If he did, his product is shoddy in its very presentation and basic fact-checking. I mean, come on, mislabeling Alfa Bank as Alpha Group? Mischaracterising Barvikha? As a fellow Brit calling the WC a soccer tournament? Let alone the horrid grammar, punctuation and misuse of words?

I think this whole thing partially reeks of a trap, wherein you tie legit, damaging info to either potentially demonstrably false allegations (ie. the "Cohen in Prague" charge, which can be easily disproven, we shall see if it is) or sensationalist charges (golden shower hookers) in order to inoculate Trump and the rest of the ratfuckers from actually illegal and/or treasonous actions. It also can serve to reinforce the fear of going after Trump that he surely wishes to project onto us, the left, and onto the press.

I am a very rational, detail-oriented person. Perhaps it is a weakness of mine (and many of us on the left in general) that we are so demanding of facts and systemic verification of charges. I wish I could just take part in passing on pro Democratic Party fake news (especially if key parts of this are shown indeed to be false) like the RW scum do, but I am just not, by nature, capable of this.

here is a much more in detail post from another member about this

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8458457


Btw, false flag as a term for a ruse de guerre has existed for centuries before that insane piece of shite Alex Jones waddled onto the scene.