The file
He ran FBI Counterintelligence. Horowitz says he opened Crossfire Hurricane. He told the Inspector General he skipped a defensive briefing so a target would not change tactics. Handwritten notes in the Flynn file ask whether the goal was truth — or to get him to lie so they could prosecute him or get him fired. Durham says he would talk Alfa Bank and not the opening. This is not a biography. It is the episodes. Facts are cited. Opinion is marked. An OIG memo is not a court. A referral is not an indictment.
Compiled as a critical briefing, in the voice of a packet. Identity: About. Not a court. Not a White House product. No invented quotes, crimes, or convictions. OIG cleared the opening decision of documented bias; it did not clear the FISA record.
E.W. Bill Priestap. Federal Bureau of Investigation official portrait, 28 January 2015. U.S. government work (PD-USGov-FBI). Wikimedia Commons File:Edward_W._Priestap.jpeg.
OIG · documented
Horowitz: AD E.W. “Bill” Priestap opened the case after friendly-foreign-government information. Consensus of senior officials. Not a court. Not dumped again as the lead card below.
Appointment
Bureau press release. Chicago 1998 to AD CI. Attorney. Two master’s degrees. Identity lock.
Judgment call
OIG quote: a briefing might change tactics or produce a cover-up. Policy left it to discretion.
Michael T. Flynn. Defense Intelligence Agency. U.S. government work.
Flynn record
The notes exist in the Flynn file. Meaning is contested. Not a conviction.
Reporting
National Review on the released texts. They briefed Bill. Reporting, not a crime.
Chuck Grassley, 2017. U.S. Senate Photographic Studio. U.S. government work.
Testimony
His Senate PDF on Thousand Talents and non-traditional espionage. His words.
Departure
Epoch Times quotes the Bureau email. Strider: CI tour ended December 2018.
Reporting
Epoch Times on court-ordered written answers. Reporting. Not a crime finding.
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building. Voice of America. U.S. government work.
Official finding
Finding about the opening. Separate FISA errors by others. Not a blanket clearance.
United States Capitol, west front. Architect of the Capitol. U.S. government work.
Allegation
Graham: whitewashed Steele reliability. Allegation. Not an indictment.
John H. Durham, 2018. U.S. Attorney’s Office. U.S. government work.
Durham
Report p. 60. Grassley quoted it. Not a conviction.
Just the News
Solomon/Richards file list. Secondary journalism. No invented quotes from the PDF.