Grassley Letter: Possible Early 2016 Spying on Trump Campaign

[PeteS in CA]

https://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020-05-19%20RHJ%20CEG%20Letter%20to%20ODNI%20(Unmaskings%20Follow%20up).pdf

Dear Ambassador Grenell:

On May 13, 2020, you provided us with declassified information related to the
“unmasking” of Lt. General Michael Flynn, and we very much appreciate your continued
commitment to transparency.

 We write now both to reiterate our request for the declassification
of additional information related to the unmasking of Americans around the time of the 2016
election, but also to expand the scope of our request to include information as early as January

2016. Based on our investigation and recent press reports, we are increasingly concerned that
the surveillance of U.S. persons affiliated with the Trump campaign began earlier than the
opening of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation in late July 2016.

[PeteS in CA]

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/05/origin-of-crossfire-hurricane-discovered.php

ORIGIN OF CROSSFIRE HURRICANE DISCOVERED?
POSTED ON MAY 23, 2020 BY JOHN HINDERAKER

Judicial Watch has uncovered a document that on its face purports to be the origin of the Crossfire Hurricane “investigation.” It was authored by Peter Strzok, is heavily redacted and requires some knowledge of FBI protocols to understand fully. Nevertheless, the general import seems clear:

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Electronic Communication

Title: Crossfire Hurricane Date: 07/31/2016

Cc: [Redacted]
Strzok Peter P II

From: COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
[Redacted]
Contact: Strzok Peter P II, [Redacted]

Approved by: Strzok Peter P II

Drafed by: Strzok Peter P II
...

This is the FBI document that anchors the late July date referenced in the Grassley letter. This Strzok memo clearly coincides with when Steele started disseminating his largely debunked "dossier".