A “ consensus among the “Crossfire Hurricane” agents and analysts … identified individuals associated with the Trump campaign who had recently traveled to Russia or had other alleged ties to Russia.” (IG Report, p. iv.) These individuals were George Papadopoulos, Carter Page, Paul Manafort, and Michael Flynn.
“[I]mmediately after opening the investigation [31 July 2019], the Crossfire Hurricane team submitted name trace requests to other U.S. government agencies and a foreign intelligence agency, and conducted law enforcement database and open source searches, to identify individuals associated with the Trump campaign in a position to have received the alleged offer of assistance from Russia.” (IG Report, p. iv.)
OK, sounds good. We have learned that the CIA responded that Carter Page had been reporting to the CIA on his contacts with Soviet, sorry, Russian intelligence agents. That’s not what the FBI told the FISA judge, but that’s what the CIA said.
What did CIA, the Department of State, and the foreign intelligence agency report about Paul Manafort? Manafort had been a long-time assistant to thugs ruling Third World countries whom the United States wanted to flourish during the Cold War. Did he also report on what he learned during this service? What, if anything, did he report during his time assisting Yanukovych in Ukraine?
If the basic facts about Carter Page can be declassified, then why not those on Paul Manafort?