OPINION:
The idea that Vladimir Putin conspired to put Donald Trump in the White House was widely broadcast under orders issued by Barack Obama in his final weeks as president.
Records unsealed Friday trace the origin of this deception to a December 2016 gathering of the National Security Council. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard outlined the “manufactured intelligence” that emerged from this presidential confab on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
“The tasks coming out of that meeting were coming from President Obama directing the intelligence community — then-ODNI [James R.] Clapper — to produce a document, to produce an intelligence assessment, that detailed not if, but how, Moscow affected the election that had already occurred, electing Donald Trump to the presidency,” she said.
Previously, America’s spies were meticulous about ensuring their analysis “doesn’t mislead the reader to believe that the [intelligence community] currently has information indicating Russia has a