[Anima Mundi]

If there is a CIA —Fusion connection and if I recall correctly the dossier was originally prepared for Jeb Bush then Clinton took it on, it makes one recall that George Senior used to be CIA, and it was from him that we first started hearing so much about the New World Order. No wonder the Bushes and Clintons are so chummy. Both Jeb and Hillary were assumed to be sure nominees and with the two of them running it really did not matter to the deep state which one won.

[Enchante]

From the glimpses we are seeing of the various actors and activities, I think there is an extremely strong chance that FusionGPS is strongly tied to the CIA in some way(s). Whether or not any of its original principals or employees (besides Nellie Ohr in 2016) turns out to be CIA, the group operates in an "intel" kind of space with an international connection to MI6 in the UK:

"How exactly Simpson and Ohr came to know each other is still being investigated, but initial evidence collected by the House intelligence committee suggests that the two were placed in touch by Steele, a former FBI informant whose contacts with Ohr are said by senior DOJ officials to date back to 2006."

Steele is described as a "former FBI informant" but he was also, most importantly, a career MI6 officer (until whenever he set up consulting shop on his own). The article linked above says that investigators with the House Intelligence Committee have STEELE connecting Glenn Simpson to Bruce Ohr at least as early as 2006.

Think of how peculiar that sounds: a key British MI6 operative bringing AMERICANS Glenn Simpson and Bruce Ohr together for some purpose(s). It seems more likely that Glenn Simpson and Bruce Ohr were already swimming in the same circles and that Steele somehow shows up on their radar for the work on Russia and "international crime."