Exclusive: Top Former CIA Russia Report Official Rejects Ratcliffe ‘Note’ Knocking U.S. Intelligence Analysis on 2016 Election

Susan Miller, who captained 2016 election analysis, says there was ‘no coercion’ from CIA chief Brennan on Putin's interference—but was ‘pissed’ FBI insisted on Steele Dossier inclusion.

Susan Miller: No interference from above on Russia findings. “We would have walked away if Brennan had been telling us, ‘We want you to find something.’” (Jeff Stein photo)

A principal author of the  controversial 2017 U.S. intelligence report about Russian interference in the American presidential election sharply criticized CIA director John Ratcliffe for releasing an internal analysis criticizing her work, describing his actions—including sending a criminal referral to the Justice Department—as a “100 percent” political move designed to placate President Trump. 

 “He's doing Trump's bidding to go after those of us who dared to write a report that simply said the Russians tried to influence the election towards Trump,” said Susan Miller, a recently retired veteran CIA officer who, while serving as chief of counterintelligence, was tapped by then-director John Brennan to head a CIA team that drafted the report. “And that’s a crime?”