The Steele dossier -- named for Christopher Steele, the former (?) British MI6 agent who reportedly put it together -- first got public exposure last January when CNN reported its existence and the contents, salacious material targeting Donald J. Trump, were made public by Buzzfeed.  But its existence was known to the media-intelligence complex months earlier.  A long article in The New York Times, April 22, 2017 noted that Steele "maintained deep ties with Russians and worked with the F.B.I." but the material in the dossier was "largely unverified." According to this Times article, CIA director John O. Brennan, in late summer, 2016, "gave an unusual private briefing " to Senate Democrat leader Harry Reid.   The article strongly suggests that Brennan briefed Reid on the Steele dossier, noting that Reid later wrote to FBI director James Comey concerning "explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald...(Read Full Article)