Days later, on July 31, the FBI initiated the Crossfire Hurricane investigation that is the subject of our report. It was precisely these qualities that were required as the FBI initiated and conducted Crossfire Hurricane. 'Bill' Priestap, to open Crossfire Hurricane and reflected a consensus reached after multiple days of discussions and meetings among senior FBI officials. Nevertheless, we found that members of the Crossfire Hurricane team failed to meet the basic obligation to ensure that the Carter Page FISA applications were 'scrupulously accurate.' The FBI should develop protocols and guidelines for staffing and administrating any future sensitive investigative matters from FBI Headquarters.

Source: Daily Mail December 11, 2019 16:10 UTC