Why the FBI director walked a tightrope on the Steele dossier

Published December 7, 2017 6:20pm ET



Testifying on Capitol Hill on Thursday, FBI Director Christopher Wray walked a tightrope on the so-called “Steele dossier.”

Compiled by Christopher Steele, a highly respected former member of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (the SIS is Britain’s equivalent of the CIA), the dossier contains a range of highly personal reports pertaining to possible activities by President Trump in Russia and Russian intelligence operations targeting the United States.

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