Flashback to July 2017 State Dept Spox: "The Steele Dossier Was Never Used for FISA Application". They Never Thought They Would Get Caught

Interesting to see how former State Dept spokeperson -in place during all the events- responded last year when Clinton-Steele Dossier was thought to be part of underlying evidence for DOJ/FBI FISA application. Former State Dept spokesperson Marie Harf, a person in direct continuous contact with all principle agents during 016 info flow, was confronted in Jul 017 and adamantly denied dossier was part of FISA application. Looking beyond the transparent lying and subsequent collapse of credibility, the key takeaway here is how State Dept officials knew what was going on in 016, recognized the risk presented by that action in 017, and were willing to walk the plank because they were certain none of it would ever come to light.