"As one supervisory special agent has agreed, "one of the upshots [of the Crossfire Hurricane Investigation] has been a relationship with [Mr. Danchenko] which has provided the FBI insights into individuals and to areas that it otherwise was lacking [ ] because of the difficulty with which the FBI has in recruiting people from that part of the world." The agent further agreed that the FBI's relationship with Mr. Danchenko was "one thing that in terms of usefulness really did result from this [investigation].""
"Danchenko cited it as part of his successful effort to limit how much detail about the 2010 counterintelligence into him John Durham could present at trial, which starts today. It's an odd statement, insofar as he doesn't cite the source (I was wondering if it comes from a pre-trial interview of a witness he plans to call, the precise details of which he's withholding until the trial)."
One supervisory special agent said a major upshot of Crossfire Hurricane was a relationship with Danchenko that provided the FBI with insights into individuals and areas it otherwise lacked access to because of recruitment difficulties in that part of the world. The agent described the FBI's relationship with Danchenko as a useful result of the investigation. Danchenko cited that usefulness to limit how much detail John Durham could present about 2010 counterintelligence into him at trial. The precise source for Danchenko's citation is unspecified, and questions remain about motives and selective emphasis by critics.
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