Brit Hume: CNN Reporter Who Fell for Steele Dossier Is Now Running Preliminary Report Leak

BAIER And all of ░░░░░░░░ let s bring in ░░░░░░░░ News chief political analyst ░░░░░░░░ Hume Brit good evening ░░░░░░░░ know there s a ░░░░░░░░ of this back and ░░░░░░░░ but there are kind ░░░░░░░░ broader issues here to ░░░░░░░░ at about the strike ░░░░░░░░ the fallout from it ░░░░░░░░ Well Bret the best ░░░░░░░░ you can say about ░░░░░░░░ preliminary report that leaked ░░░░░░░░ yesterday was that it ░░░░░░░░ very very tentative and ░░░░░░░░ very early And it ░░░░░░░░ marked as low confidence ░░░░░░░░ you know there s ░░░░░░░░ so much you can ░░░░░░░░ about underground damage from ░░░░░░░░ bombing in the 48 ░░░░░░░░ 72 hours after it ░░░░░░░░ because in order to ░░░░░░░░ know you d have ░░░░░░░░ be in there And ░░░░░░░░ within the reach of ░░░░░░░░ Defense Intelligence Agency that ░░░░░░░░ ve ever heard of ░░░░░░░░ be in a position ░░░░░░░░ assess that But we ░░░░░░░░ reporters working on this ░░░░░░░░ One in particular who ░░░░░░░░ for CNN who is ░░░░░░░░ person who fell for ░░░░░░░░ Steele Dossier hook line ░░░░░░░░ sinker who thought that ░░░░░░░░ wrote that the Hunter ░░░░░░░░ laptop bought into the ░░░░░░░░ that that was Russian ░░░░░░░░ And so someone I ░░░░░░░░ t I m not ░░░░░░░░ wasn t working for ░░░░░░░░ at the time It ░░░░░░░░ not clear to me ░░░░░░░░ she ever got a ░░░░░░░░ there but CNN took ░░░░░░░░ anyway and now she ░░░░░░░░ doing this kind of ░░░░░░░░ So you know I ░░░░░░░░ that the subsequent intelligence ░░░░░░░░ we ve heard about ░░░░░░░░ more reliable But you ░░░░░░░░ this all has to ░░░░░░░░ a longer term situation ░░░░░░░░ which somebody is going ░░░░░░░░ have to get in ░░░░░░░░ and really find out ░░░░░░░░ the Iranians themselves were ░░░░░░░░ today that their nuclear ░░░░░░░░ was badly damaged so ░░░░░░░░ we ought to rest ░░░░░░░░ that BAIER Yeah the ░░░░░░░░ actually the foreign minister —“