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| author = [[Peter Strzok]] |
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'''''Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump''''' is a 2020 non-fiction book authored by former FBI agent [[Peter Strzok]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 27, 2020|title=New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2020/09/27/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=September 16, 2020|title=Washington Post hardcover bestsellers|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/washington-post-hardcover-bestsellers/2020/09/16/4ba1122a-f798-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html|access-date=April 3, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> |
'''''Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump''''' is a 2020 non-fiction book authored by former FBI agent [[Peter Strzok]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 27, 2020|title=New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2020/09/27/combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction/|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=September 16, 2020|title=Washington Post hardcover bestsellers|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/washington-post-hardcover-bestsellers/2020/09/16/4ba1122a-f798-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html|access-date=April 3, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> As Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI counterintelligence division, Strzok led the FBI's [[Crossfire Hurricane (FBI investigation)|Crossfire Hurricane]] investigation of alleged Russian influence upon President [[Donald Trump]] and Trump's 2016 campaign. Strzok's book recaps the full arc of the investigation<ref>Bertrand, Natasha. [https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/05/peter-strzok-would-like-to-clear-a-few-things-up-409280 "Peter Strzok would like to clear a few things up"], [[Politico]] (5 Sep 2020): Strzok "led the FBI's Russia investigation, dubbed Crossfire Hurricane….Strzok's new book, obtained by POLITICO ahead of its release next week, recaps the full arc of Crossfire Hurricane…."</ref> and portrays Trump as profoundly corrupt, and a serious threat to [[national security]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/us/politics/peter-strzok-book.html|title=Ex-F.B.I. Agent in Russia Inquiry Says Trump Is a National Security Threat|author=Goldman, Adam|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=September 5, 2020|access-date=July 17, 2023|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918175752/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/us/politics/peter-strzok-book.html}}</ref> |
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==Author's background== |
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[[Peter Strzok]] had been a lead agent in the FBI's "Operation Ghost Stories" against Andrey Bezrukov and Yelena Vavilova, a Russian spy couple who were part of the [[Illegals Program]], a network of Russian sleeper agents who were arrested in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 11, 2018 |title=GOP stunt to smear counter-intel expert Strzok ripe for backfire |publisher=MSNBC |url=https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/gop-stunt-to-smear-counter-intel-expert-strzok-ripe-for-backfire-1275196995963?playlist=associated}}</ref> By July 2015, he was serving as the section chief of the [[FBI Counterintelligence Division#Organization|Counterespionage Section]], a subordinate section of the FBI's [[FBI Counterintelligence Division|Counterintelligence Division]].<ref name="CNN changed description">{{Cite news |last1=Jarrett |first1=Laura |last2=Perez |first2=Evan |date=December 4, 2017 |title=FBI agent dismissed from Mueller probe changed Comey description of Clinton |work=[[CNN]] |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/peter-strzok-james-comey/index.html |access-date=December 4, 2017}}</ref> In addition to leading the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation, Strzok also served on special counsel [[Robert Mueller]]'s investigative team until the Justice Department inspector general flagged critical text messages about President Trump Strzok had sent and received during the 2016 campaign. Probably most damaging was a text he sent to co-worker [[Lisa Page]], with whom he was conducting an extramarital affair. He sent Page the following text regarding a possible Trump election, "No. No he won't. We'll stop it."<ref name="Atlantic Article">{{cite web|website=Atlantic article on Strzok's congressional testimony|title=Traub, James, "The Peter Strzok Hearing and the Death of Shame/Decency Loses Its Moral Force"|date=July 18, 2018|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/07/have-they-no-sense-of-decency/565415/|publisher=The Atlantic Magazine|access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref> The text soon went public.<ref name="Independent Article">{{cite web|website=Independent article on Book|title=Spocchia, Geno, "Ex-FBI agent regularly targeted by Trump bringing out book about president's links to Russia"|date=July 28, 2020|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/peter-strzok-book-trump-russia-fbi-agent-compromised-a9642076.html|publisher=Independent|access-date=4 November 2020}}</ref> |
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Many believed the President and fellow Republicans overreacted to Strzok's blunder, as Trump once recklessly alleged Strzok and others in the FBI had plotted against his campaign and had even committed treason, though treason can be committed only by aiding an enemy of the United States such as Russia, not by offending a private American citizen, including the President.<ref name="Independent Article"/> |
Many believed the President and fellow Republicans overreacted to Strzok's blunder, as Trump once recklessly alleged Strzok and others in the FBI had plotted against his campaign and had even committed treason, though treason can be committed only by aiding an enemy of the United States such as Russia, not by offending a private American citizen, including the President.<ref name="Independent Article"/> Strzok filed a suit in August 2019 against the Bureau claiming they caved against "unrelenting pressure" from the Trump administration, and that he was "unfairly punished" for expressing his political opinions.<ref>Tucker, Eric, "Former FBI agent sues over firing due to anti-Trump texts", ''Albuquerque Journal'', pg. A6, August 7, 2020.</ref> |
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== Premise == |
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==Trump's accusations against Hillary Clinton== |
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Trump's statements in the summer of 2016 accusing Clinton of a crime for her use of confidential emails could have been responsible for a drop of roughly 1% of her National support in the polls. This would have significantly influenced the outcome of the historically close 2016 election. James Comey admitted publicly to reopening the investigation of Clinton's emails, in a press conference only a few days before the election may also have led to a significant drop in Clinton's polling, and may have furthered the objectives of the Russian GRU who, according to the Mueller investigation, had hacked the e-mails months earlier before they found their way to WikiLeaks, a publication that made such information available to the public.<ref name="Comey announcement of emails">{{cite web|website=ABC News|title=Pecorin, Allison, "Comey made announcement on Clinton email probe days before election to give himself 'cover': Trump spokesperson"|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/comey-announced-reopening-clinton-email-probe-days-election/story?id=54470601|publisher=ABC|access-date=November 4, 2020}}</ref> When the FBI investigation under Strzok concluded that nothing was criminal in Clinton's actions, the Trump campaign made no reference to the statement, nor retracted their assertion that Clinton had committed a crime, rather repeatedly pushing the line that, although found innocent of a crime, Clinton had gotten a "sweet" deal from the FBI.<ref name="Russia hacking">Russia began investigating Hillary Clinton's private emails immediately after Trump's request to do so in July in Weissmann, Andrew (2020) ''Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation''. Random House, New York, pgs. 218-220</ref> |
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Strzok's study of Trump's life, and his knowledge and observations as a leading counterintelligence agent in the FBI, led him to believe Trump was and is "''compromised''" and thus, wittingly or unwittingly, indebted to [[Vladimir Putin|Putin]]. He describes the many things (''[[kompromat]]'') Trump did and said before and during his presidency that made him vulnerable to blackmail and pressure from foreign adversaries. Strzok posits the question: "When a president appears to favor personal and Russian interests over those of our nation, has he become a national security threat?"<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1235125 "Ex-FBI agent Strzok due out with book about Trump, Russia"], [[Associated Press]] via [[NBC News]] (28 Jul 2020).</ref> He mentions one very public example related to [[Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia|Trump's business projects in Russia]] that created the necessary conditions for Trump to be [[Kompromat|compromised]]:<ref name="Lozada_9/5/2020">{{cite news | last=Lozada | first=Carlos | title=Review - He investigated Clinton and Trump. Then the Justice Department turned on him. | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | date=September 5, 2020 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/05/he-investigated-clinton-trump-then-justice-department-turned-him/ | access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Carlos Lozada of ''The Washington Post'' gave a favorable review, of a "compelling tale" but criticized the strength of Strzok's bias against Trump in some instances. Strzok considers Trump a liar who presided over a "heap of perfidy and treachery", a leader "gleefully wreaking havoc on America's political institutions and norms." But Lozada noted importantly that Strzok's description of Trump's being "compromised", did "not mean that the president received regular orders from Russia" or that he did Putin's bidding at Putin's immediate request. Strzok posited that the "compromised liar need not be told what to do ... It all unspools without anyone's ever having to say a word." Trump's extramarital affairs, his issues with his charitable Trump foundation, and his own questionable financial background, particularly the strong suspicion of tax evasion, also compromise him "badly and in a myriad of ways", Strzok contends. And, in turn, a compromised president pursued policies and adopted positions that Strzok sees as "highly suspicious, highly consistent, and highly advantageous to America's historic adversary (Russia)." |
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{{blockquote|As candidate and again as president, Trump lied about his business ties with Russia. "The moment Trump said publicly, 'I have no business dealings with Russia,' he knew he was lying. Putin knew he was lying, and the FBI had reason to believe he was lying. But American citizens didn't know that." Strzok emphasizes, "In this moment Trump became compromised."}} |
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| ⚫ | James Traub of ''The Atlantic'' strongly praised Strzok's sense of duty in conducting his counterintelligence investigation of Trump. Traub criticized congressional Republicans for attempting to use Strzok's extramarital affair with Lisa Page and poorly timed text as a way of destroying his credibility, while overlooking the relevance and importance of his investigation and service to his country. When asked by Texas Congressman [[Ted Poe]] in a congressional oversight hearing how he could conduct an honest and unbiased investigation after texting that he would stop Trump from winning the election, Strzok replied "A judge asks jurors, 'Are you able to set aside your personal opinions and render a judgment based on the facts? |
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| ⚫ | [[Carlos Lozada (journalist)|Carlos Lozada]] of ''The Washington Post'' gave a favorable review, of a "compelling tale" but criticized the strength of Strzok's bias against Trump in some instances. Strzok considers Trump a liar who presided over a "heap of perfidy and treachery", a leader "gleefully wreaking havoc on America's political institutions and norms." But Lozada noted importantly that Strzok's description of Trump's being "compromised", did "not mean that the president received regular orders from Russia" or that he did Putin's bidding at Putin's immediate request. Strzok posited that the "compromised liar need not be told what to do ... It all unspools without anyone's ever having to say a word." Trump's extramarital affairs, his issues with his charitable Trump foundation, and his own questionable financial background, particularly the strong suspicion of tax evasion, also compromise him "badly and in a myriad of ways", Strzok contends. And, in turn, a compromised president pursued policies and adopted positions that Strzok sees as "highly suspicious, highly consistent, and highly advantageous to America's historic adversary (Russia)." Strzok, according to Lozada, still considered Trump's criminality as a grey area, however this view may be open to debate. When asked by Robert Mueller if Trump's behavior warranted a conspiracy, Lozada noted Strzok replied "I was skeptical that all the different threads amounted to anything more than bumbling incompetence." Strzok wrote "In my view they (Trump's staff) were most likely a collection of grifters pursuing individual personal interests."<ref name="Lozada_9/5/2020"/> |
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| ⚫ | [[Nicholas Fandos]] of ''The New York Times'' praised the book, and wrote "A former Army officer, Mr. Strzok . . . rose quickly through [the FBI's] ranks, earning a reputation within the bureau as one of its most savvy and reliable counterintelligence agents."<ref name="Fandos_7/12/2018">{{cite web | last=Fandos | first=Nicholas | title=F.B.I. Agent Defends Actions in Russia Inquiry in Contentious House Testimony | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=July 12, 2018 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/us/politics/fbi-agent-house-republicans.html | access-date=April 8, 2023}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Lloyd Green of the ''Guardian'', who did opposition research for the political campaign of [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1988, also considered the book "compelling reading", |
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| ⚫ | [[James Traub]] of ''The Atlantic'' strongly praised Strzok's sense of duty in conducting his counterintelligence investigation of Trump. Traub criticized congressional Republicans for attempting to use Strzok's extramarital affair with Lisa Page and poorly timed text as a way of destroying his credibility, while overlooking the relevance and importance of his investigation and service to his country. When asked by Texas Congressman [[Ted Poe]] in a congressional oversight hearing how he could conduct an honest and unbiased investigation after texting that he would stop Trump from winning the election, Strzok replied "A judge asks jurors, 'Are you able to set aside your personal opinions and render a judgment based on the facts?' and I and the men and women of the FBI every day take our personal beliefs and set them aside in vigorous pursuit of the truth wherever it lies." Poe replied to Strzok, "I don't believe you".<ref name="Atlantic Article"/> |
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| ⚫ | Lloyd Green of the ''Guardian'', who did opposition research for the political campaign of [[George H. W. Bush]] in 1988, also considered the book "compelling reading", but fundamentally disagreed with Strzok's assertion that Trump's "willingness to accept political assistance from an opponent like Russia – and it follows, his willingness to subvert everything that America stands for." He notes that Strzok believed "Our investigations revealed Donald Trump's willingness to further the malign interests of one of our most formidable adversaries, apparently for his own personal gain." Green doles out some criticism of the FBI investigation of Michael Flynn as Strzok appears somewhat contradictory in his evaluation of Flynn as cooperative in demeanor but "repeatedly and inexplicably" lying on other issues. Green most strongly criticized Strzok for his glossing over his extensive and ultimately destructive relationship with Lisa Page, as they were believed to have sent over 20,000 emails to each other, including those used to show he had a bias against Trump.<ref>{{cite web|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|author=Green, Lloyd|title=Compromised review: Peter Strzok on Trump, Russia and the FBI|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/20/compromised-review-peter-strzok-donald-trump-russia-fbi?ref=hvper.com/|language=en-GB|date=September 20, 2020|access-date=July 23, 2023}}</ref> |
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* [[Hillary Clinton email controversy]] |
* [[Hillary Clinton email controversy]] |
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* [[Peter Strzok]] |
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* ''[[The Case for Impeachment]]'' |
* ''[[The Case for Impeachment]]'' |
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* ''[[Dezinformatsia (book)|Dezinformatsia: Active Measures in Soviet Strategy]]'' |
* ''[[Dezinformatsia (book)|Dezinformatsia: Active Measures in Soviet Strategy]]'' |
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| Author | Peter Strzok |
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| Cover artist | Brian Moore |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Investigates the administration of Donald J. Trump as a source of Russian intelligence |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | September 8, 2020 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 350 |
| ISBN | 978-0-358-23706-8 |
| Trump–Russia relations |
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Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump is a 2020 non-fiction book authored by former FBI agent Peter Strzok.[1][2] As Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI counterintelligence division, Strzok led the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation of alleged Russian influence upon President Donald Trump and Trump's 2016 campaign. Strzok's book recaps the full arc of the investigation[3] and portrays Trump as profoundly corrupt, and a serious threat to national security.[4]
Author's background
[edit]Peter Strzok had been a lead agent in the FBI's "Operation Ghost Stories" against Andrey Bezrukov and Yelena Vavilova, a Russian spy couple who were part of the Illegals Program, a network of Russian sleeper agents who were arrested in 2010.[5] By July 2015, he was serving as the section chief of the Counterespionage Section, a subordinate section of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division.[6] In addition to leading the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation, Strzok also served on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team until the Justice Department inspector general flagged critical text messages about President Trump Strzok had sent and received during the 2016 campaign. Probably most damaging was a text he sent to co-worker Lisa Page, with whom he was conducting an extramarital affair. He sent Page the following text regarding a possible Trump election, "No. No he won't. We'll stop it."[7] The text soon went public.[8]
Many believed the President and fellow Republicans overreacted to Strzok's blunder, as Trump once recklessly alleged Strzok and others in the FBI had plotted against his campaign and had even committed treason, though treason can be committed only by aiding an enemy of the United States such as Russia, not by offending a private American citizen, including the President.[8] Strzok filed a suit in August 2019 against the Bureau claiming they caved against "unrelenting pressure" from the Trump administration, and that he was "unfairly punished" for expressing his political opinions.[9]
Premise
[edit]Strzok's study of Trump's life, and his knowledge and observations as a leading counterintelligence agent in the FBI, led him to believe Trump was and is "compromised" and thus, wittingly or unwittingly, indebted to Putin. He describes the many things (kompromat) Trump did and said before and during his presidency that made him vulnerable to blackmail and pressure from foreign adversaries. Strzok posits the question: "When a president appears to favor personal and Russian interests over those of our nation, has he become a national security threat?"[10] He mentions one very public example related to Trump's business projects in Russia that created the necessary conditions for Trump to be compromised:[11]
As candidate and again as president, Trump lied about his business ties with Russia. "The moment Trump said publicly, 'I have no business dealings with Russia,' he knew he was lying. Putin knew he was lying, and the FBI had reason to believe he was lying. But American citizens didn't know that." Strzok emphasizes, "In this moment Trump became compromised."
Reception
[edit]Carlos Lozada of The Washington Post gave a favorable review, of a "compelling tale" but criticized the strength of Strzok's bias against Trump in some instances. Strzok considers Trump a liar who presided over a "heap of perfidy and treachery", a leader "gleefully wreaking havoc on America's political institutions and norms." But Lozada noted importantly that Strzok's description of Trump's being "compromised", did "not mean that the president received regular orders from Russia" or that he did Putin's bidding at Putin's immediate request. Strzok posited that the "compromised liar need not be told what to do ... It all unspools without anyone's ever having to say a word." Trump's extramarital affairs, his issues with his charitable Trump foundation, and his own questionable financial background, particularly the strong suspicion of tax evasion, also compromise him "badly and in a myriad of ways", Strzok contends. And, in turn, a compromised president pursued policies and adopted positions that Strzok sees as "highly suspicious, highly consistent, and highly advantageous to America's historic adversary (Russia)." Strzok, according to Lozada, still considered Trump's criminality as a grey area, however this view may be open to debate. When asked by Robert Mueller if Trump's behavior warranted a conspiracy, Lozada noted Strzok replied "I was skeptical that all the different threads amounted to anything more than bumbling incompetence." Strzok wrote "In my view they (Trump's staff) were most likely a collection of grifters pursuing individual personal interests."[11]
Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times praised the book, and wrote "A former Army officer, Mr. Strzok . . . rose quickly through [the FBI's] ranks, earning a reputation within the bureau as one of its most savvy and reliable counterintelligence agents."[12]
James Traub of The Atlantic strongly praised Strzok's sense of duty in conducting his counterintelligence investigation of Trump. Traub criticized congressional Republicans for attempting to use Strzok's extramarital affair with Lisa Page and poorly timed text as a way of destroying his credibility, while overlooking the relevance and importance of his investigation and service to his country. When asked by Texas Congressman Ted Poe in a congressional oversight hearing how he could conduct an honest and unbiased investigation after texting that he would stop Trump from winning the election, Strzok replied "A judge asks jurors, 'Are you able to set aside your personal opinions and render a judgment based on the facts?' and I and the men and women of the FBI every day take our personal beliefs and set them aside in vigorous pursuit of the truth wherever it lies." Poe replied to Strzok, "I don't believe you".[7]
Lloyd Green of the Guardian, who did opposition research for the political campaign of George H. W. Bush in 1988, also considered the book "compelling reading", but fundamentally disagreed with Strzok's assertion that Trump's "willingness to accept political assistance from an opponent like Russia – and it follows, his willingness to subvert everything that America stands for." He notes that Strzok believed "Our investigations revealed Donald Trump's willingness to further the malign interests of one of our most formidable adversaries, apparently for his own personal gain." Green doles out some criticism of the FBI investigation of Michael Flynn as Strzok appears somewhat contradictory in his evaluation of Flynn as cooperative in demeanor but "repeatedly and inexplicably" lying on other issues. Green most strongly criticized Strzok for his glossing over his extensive and ultimately destructive relationship with Lisa Page, as they were believed to have sent over 20,000 emails to each other, including those used to show he had a bias against Trump.[13]
See also
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- Hillary Clinton email controversy
- The Case for Impeachment
- Dezinformatsia: Active Measures in Soviet Strategy
- Disinformation
- The KGB and Soviet Disinformation
- Steele dossier
- Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016–election day)
- Trump: The Kremlin Candidate?
- Trump–Ukraine scandal
References
[edit]- ^ "New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction". The New York Times. September 27, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ "Washington Post hardcover bestsellers". The Washington Post. September 16, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ Bertrand, Natasha. "Peter Strzok would like to clear a few things up", Politico (5 Sep 2020): Strzok "led the FBI's Russia investigation, dubbed Crossfire Hurricane….Strzok's new book, obtained by POLITICO ahead of its release next week, recaps the full arc of Crossfire Hurricane…."
- ^ Goldman, Adam (September 5, 2020). "Ex-F.B.I. Agent in Russia Inquiry Says Trump Is a National Security Threat". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
- ^ "GOP stunt to smear counter-intel expert Strzok ripe for backfire". MSNBC. July 11, 2018.
- ^ Jarrett, Laura; Perez, Evan (December 4, 2017). "FBI agent dismissed from Mueller probe changed Comey description of Clinton". CNN. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
- ^ a b "Traub, James, "The Peter Strzok Hearing and the Death of Shame/Decency Loses Its Moral Force"". Atlantic article on Strzok's congressional testimony. The Atlantic Magazine. July 18, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ^ a b "Spocchia, Geno, "Ex-FBI agent regularly targeted by Trump bringing out book about president's links to Russia"". Independent article on Book. Independent. July 28, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
- ^ Tucker, Eric, "Former FBI agent sues over firing due to anti-Trump texts", Albuquerque Journal, pg. A6, August 7, 2020.
- ^ "Ex-FBI agent Strzok due out with book about Trump, Russia", Associated Press via NBC News (28 Jul 2020).
- ^ a b Lozada, Carlos (September 5, 2020). "Review - He investigated Clinton and Trump. Then the Justice Department turned on him". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- ^ Fandos, Nicholas (July 12, 2018). "F.B.I. Agent Defends Actions in Russia Inquiry in Contentious House Testimony". The New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
- ^ Green, Lloyd (September 20, 2020). "Compromised review: Peter Strzok on Trump, Russia and the FBI". The Guardian. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
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