Bad intel from Russia influenced Comey's Clinton announcement: report

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29. What, do you think that this purportedly bogus . . .

. . . "information" was provided by the Russians directly to Comey?

The implication, it seems to me, is that the sequence may well have been something along these lines:

1. Bogus "information" was planted by the Russians, mixed in with other legitimate, if essentially innocuous, hacked DNC emails.

2. The "right" people within the FBI -- "right," that is, from the Russians' point of view -- find it.

3. Those same people bring this "information" to Comey's attention. Comey then asks something to the effect of: "So, do we think this is legit? Have you checked it out?, etc. etc."

4. Comey is given the response: "Oh, sure, we've looked into it. We think it's credible."

5. Comey: "Hmm . . . okay, thanks . . . I'll have to think about what I should do with all this."

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Recall that when, late in the campaign, Comey made his bombshell announcement about the emails found on Anthony Weiner's computer, the suggestion was made that Comey decided to speak out because he feared that elements within the FBI were prepared to go behind his back and leak that information if he remained silent.

This is all speculative, admittedly, but find out who those "right" people are in the FBI (per #2, above), and see if they are part of the same internal FBI cabal that Comey was later concerned about. If so, that would go a long way towards explaining a lot.