The Justice Department is reportedly preparing to go after the author of Trump-Russia dossier

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22. possible misinformation

It has been speculated that Steele might have been fed misinformation (probably along with good/valid material) as part of the overall Russian scheme of disruption. The Russian's have been honing this type of disinformation campaign for years. Steele, having dealt with this system for years, was undoubtedly supremely aware of the duplicitous nature of any intel coming out of certain areas. In short, a person this experienced would be unlikely to couch anything as factual unless it was checked and verified against several other sources. Much more likely, in the margins, there would be lots of, "there were reports .." or "it was suggested .." As other posters have noted, Steele was only picking up what our own and other intelligence sources (mainly our allies) were hearing at the same time. Even if the Steele report was horribly flawed (which I doubt) .. it would have had no influence on the hundred other threads that were setting off intelligence alarms. Going after Steele is Republican spin .. and nothing more.