May 23, 2017 BY ELECTRONIC MAIL The Honorable K. Michael Conaway and Adam Schiff U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Capitol Visitor Center HVC-304 US Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515 Subject: Follow-up on today’s unwitting open testimony before HPSCI by Clinton/Obama regime veteran John Brennan Dear Congressman Conaway and Congressman Schiff: Following up on the extensive evidence that I prepared for you over the weekend per your recent request, I wanted to send you some additional information and analysis in response to John Brennan’s open testimony before your Committee today. Having spent eight-years as an Obama Administration appointee and one of the notorious managers who helped oversee the January 6 intelligence estimate aimed as a political weapon against the incoming Trump Administration, his testimony followed closely in line with the highly defamatory and baseless accusations offered during their regime’s final year in office as well as the months since. The table in the Appendix below includes relevant insights that may help to partially repair some of the unwitting tendencies and continued damage his presentation displayed today, similar to other on-the-record testimony by Obama Administration appointees who have recently spoken to HPSCI about their false Russia conspiracy theories. The vast majority of the open session testimony by Mr. Brennan and other Clinton/Obama regime appointees who have recently appeared before your committee loyally presented one biased viewpoint and base of experience. When I have my turn next month, I look forward to adding some accurate insights regarding what has really been happening in Russia over recent years including in 2016. Sincerely,

Carter Page, Ph.D.

Appendix Response to John Brennan HPSCI testimony discussion1 May 23, 2017 May 23, 2017 testimony quote BRENNAN: “…it became clear to me last summer that Russia was engaged in a very aggressive and wide-ranging effort to interfere in one of the key pillars of our democracy…”

Carter Page response / comment The key pillars of our democracy are actually enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. These pillars were allegedly interfered with to a severe extent by the Clinton/Obama regime last year if the widespread FISA reports targeting me turn out to be accurate.2 See in particular the First Amendment (freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, et al) and the Fourth Amendment (prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures).

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CNN transcripts, May 23, 2017: “CNN NEWSROOM: Former CIA Head Talks Russia Probe with House Members. Aired 10-10:30a ET.” [http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1705/23/cnr.03.html] “CNN NEWSROOM: Live Coverage of Former CIA Director John Brennan's Testimony Before Congress. Aired 10:30-11a ET.” [http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1705/23/cnr.04.html] “AT THIS HOUR: Former CIA Director John Brennan Testifies Before Congress. Aired 1111:30a ET.” [http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1705/23/ath.01.html] “AT THIS HOUR: Continuing Coverage of House Intelligence Committee Hearing. Aired 11:30a-12p ET.” [http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1705/23/ath.02.html] “INSIDE POLITICS: House Intel Committee Hearing; Brennan on Contact with Russia. Aired 12-12:30p ET.” [http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1705/23/ip.01.html] 2 Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous, "FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page" Washington Post, April 12, 2017. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitorformer-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad743a742a6e93a7_story.html] Matthew Rosenberg and Matt Apuzzo, “Court Approved Wiretap on Trump Campaign Aide Over Russia Ties,” New York Times, April 12, 2017. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/us/politics/carter-page-fisa-warrant-russia-trump.html] 2

May 23, 2017 testimony quote BRENNAN: “Second, it should be clear to everyone that Russia brazenly interfered in our 2016 present election process and that they undertook these activities, despite our strong protests...” BRENNAN: “...We all owe a great debt of gratitude to all CIA officers and their families for what they have done and continue to do to protect this country…” REP. ROONEY: “…with regard to what happened last night in Manchester… If you could help try to put American minds at ease briefly, I would appreciate any words that you might have of advice.”

Carter Page response / comment It should also be clear to everyone that the brazen interference in the 2016 election process by the Clinton/Obama regime occurred despite my strong protest to Mr. Comey on September 25, 20163 following the gangster tactics and complete lies that former Gang of Eight member Harry Reid sent to him on behalf of the Clinton campaign and their transnational criminal associate on August 27, 2016.4 We also owe those same brave CIA officers some accountability for the political appointees who have risked the lives of those under their command in the interest of failed adventures around the world, often based on prior false evidence.5 The primary conclusion of the original 9/11 Commission was that the failures of the C.I.A. and F.B.I. permitted the terrorist attacks because these agencies were not properly focused on the appropriate threats, and therefore did not act wisely and aggressively enough in the initial months of President George W. Bush’s Administration.6 Many of precisely these same circumstances have again been incited today with this nostalgic distraction of Cold War era faux conflicts which should have long remained obsolete, had effective management been in place in Washington during prior years.

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Carter Page letter to James Comey: https://www.washingtonpost.com/r/20102019/WashingtonPost/2016/09/26/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/2016.09.25_FBI_letter.pdf See Josh Rogin, “Trump’s Russia adviser speaks out, calls accusations ‘complete garbage’,” Washington Post, September 26, 2016. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/joshrogin/wp/2016/09/26/trumps-russia-adviser-speaks-out-calls-accusations-complete-garbage/] 4 Minority Leader Harry Reid letter to Director Comey, August 27, 2016. [https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3035844/Reid-Letter-to-Comey.pdf] 5 Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of CIA, New York: Doubleday, 2007. 6 Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, “The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,” Washington, D.C.: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004. [https://911commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf]

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May 23, 2017 testimony quote BRENNAN: “…having been involved in many counterintelligence cases in the past, I know what the Russians try to do. They try to suborn individuals and they try to get individuals, including U.S. persons, to act on their behalf either wittingly or unwittingly.” BRENNAN: “…the Russians are watching very carefully what's going on in Washington right now and they will try to exploit it for their own purposes and to see whether not they can further, I think, seed partisan animosity here in Washington and try to roil the waters -- the political waters here.” REP. GOWDY: “…the Trump campaign… there's kind of a tripartite hierarchy. There's Trump himself, there are official members of the campaign, and then there are folks who represented themselves as being connected with him.”

Carter Page response / comment Suborned in the suburbs of DC. Entrenched as an old Cold Warrior, Brennan’s unwitting false assumptions based on “cases in the past” help to tellingly demonstrate how entirely out of touch with reality he is. Although his political allies may have readily and effectively encouraged this “suborn” concept, it stands as a product of their imagination. Other self-interested politicians based for too many years in the suburbs of the Washington swamp have unwittingly shared this same tendency for far too long. The Russians are watching this prattle in Washington very carefully and laughing right now. Is this seeding of partisan animosity down there in Washington and trying to roil the waters not precisely what the Clinton/Obama regime did with great vengeance on the back of their fake January 6, 2017 intelligence report and preceding misdeeds? Was their 2016 Dodgy Dossier which stood as a central part of the foundation for the domestic political intelligence operation that they illegally led not exploited in precisely this same way - in the interest of themselves and increased partisan animosity? Since I’ve been illegitimately swept up into this investigation due to the false evidence and propaganda introduced by the Clinton/Obama regime last year, there was actually a quadripartite hierarchy if you include my involvement as an unpaid, informal member of the Make America Great Again movement. Throughout my interactions with the Russians in 2016, I consistently made it crystal clear that all of my benign statements and harmless actions in Moscow as well as elsewhere overseas were solely made as a scholar and a business person speaking only on behalf of myself. In other words, in no way connected to then-candidate Trump. Both in Russia and in countries around the world, this was precisely the same position I had maintained stretching back over a decade.

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May 23, 2017 testimony quote BRENNAN: “I'm not going to identify the individuals because this is information that, again, is based on classified sources and intelligence.”

Carter Page response / comment Further underscoring what a complete mockery this process has become, my identity has already been publicly revealed in the wake of the felonies committed as outlined in my letter to the Committee yesterday (baseless FISA warrant, Male-1 unmasking, etc.). Serving as a loyal Clinton/Obama regime surrogate, Brennan’s spineless practice of hiding behind this lame confidentiality excuse rather than taking any responsibility for their illegal actions only stirs up more misunderstanding and illegitimate fears which continue to damage our great country. This further underscores the urgent need for the public disclosure of these related documents in the interest of a new legitimate dialogue, which I hope that HPSCI can help facilitate in time for our scheduled meeting on June 6, 2017. REP. HIMES: “…Russia, quote, This offers a precise depiction of the Clinton/Obama ‘Seeks to corrode democracy from regime’s playbook based on their continued false within by deepening political evidence regarding former Trump campaign supporters divides,’ unquote. The Russians such as myself, in the wake of their sad disappointment stir the pot, heighten anxieties and as sore losers. Immediate disclosure of their falsified know that when they trigger chaos, FISA warrant documents upon which these same tactics even if it ends up negatively were based last year is an essential way to cease this affecting them, that they are serving process which has been weakening all Americans. the purpose of weakening us.” BRENNAN: “It is traditional It is also traditional tradecraft of other corrupt regimes intelligence collection tradecraft in in pariah states worldwide to use their intelligence assets terms of you meant, which is to for the destruction of domestic political adversaries identify individuals that you think whom they identify as influential or rising stars in the are either very influential or rising opposition party. As a lesson from last year’s election, stars, and you will try to develop a the Clinton/Obama regime and loyal members of the relationship with them in the U.S. Intelligence Community coopted under their Russians frequently will do that control had nearly perfected this bit of tradecraft in through cutouts or through false 2016. flag operations.” BRENNAN: “…we see that's Once again, another broad throwaway generalization Russian intelligence agencies do that offers no useful insight whatsoever. not hesitate at all to use private companies and Russian persons who are unaffiliated with the Russian government to support their objectives.”

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May 23, 2017 testimony quote REP HIMES: “…Every time we refuse to face facts, every time we attack the messenger rather than confront the actions that happened, every time we undercut our allies in our alliances and our values, I think we're playing precisely in the Russians fondest hopes. We're doing something about that in my opinion, the gray, cold warriors, be it Ronald Reagan or Harry Truman would never have allowed.” BRENNAN: “I saw interaction and -- aware of interaction that, again, raised questions in my mind about what was the true nature of it. But I don't know. I don't have sufficient information to make a determination whether or not such cooperation or complicity or collusion was taking place. But I know that there was a basis to have individuals pull those threads.” BRENNAN: “Mr. Putin and Russian intelligence services are determined to do what they can to influence, in a very inappropriate and illegal way, activities within Western democracies to undermine the Western-led liberal democratic order.” BRENNAN: “So they've been involved in elections for many years, including trying to influence the ones here in the United States with propaganda, whatever.”

Carter Page response / comment Other gray, cold warriors of bygone eras had J. Edgar Hoover and Joseph McCarthy to do precisely this dirty work: attacking the messengers. In other words, attacking those who wanted to see positive changes in their country’s policies based on realistic strategies which can benefit all citizens while creating a viable pathway to increased peace around the world.

Lesson learned for future generations, had characters like this remained in positions of authority: don’t even think of giving a speech at a university or writing anything which suggests new policy approaches while an authoritarian regime remains in power, if you don’t want your threads pulled in a highly intrusive and completely illegitimate manner.

What about Mr. Obama, Mrs. Clinton and the senior U.S. intelligence appointees who served their personal political interests? Did they not do precisely the same thing? Let’s see and have a discussion about their illegitimate FISA warrant applications filed in extreme violation of U.S. Constitutional rights. All of this nonsense should quickly become crystal clear following that disclosure. Whatever indeed. Any so-called “propaganda” distributed by the Russians related to me over the last year was infinitely more accurate than all of the completely false information assembled by the transnational criminal actor Steele on behalf of the Clinton/Obama regime. Any basic media analysis regarding the continued relative impact of his 2016 Dodgy Dossier frequently broadcast across most major U.S. television networks and leading newspapers as compared to the Russian state media’s minor footprint in America respectively helps to show their relative influence on the election and subsequent events.

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