Former MI6 Officer, Christopher Steele | Full Q&A | Oxford Union

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Christopher Steele is a former MI6 Officer who worked with the intelligence services for over two decades. He ran the Russia desk at the MI6 headquarters in London before co-founding a private intelligence firm. He authored the dossier that concluded Russia had collected a file of compromising information on Donald Trump.

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[darrenwood]

I thought the dossier was proved to be fake. Whats this guy talking about, it's as if he doesnt know it was a fake sourced dossier.

[TheBlueboy]

Its hard to believe that this man is on any public platform after being so discredited and exposed recently .

[FizzVizard]

I trust the opinions of this man as much as I trust his dirty dossier..

[TheBlueboy]

Its amazing how people havent woken up to the lack of integrity of this man even after he has been exposed . So sad to see that .

[jimpikoulis]

Oxford has shown a lack of integrity and ignorance

[bleb]

Isn't this guy the center of Russiagate?

[pmkeith]

So much for the Oxford Union as a great debating chamber.

[jamesmusker]

In this world it doesn't matter how clever you are, it matters how able you are to discern truth from lies.

[philipbrooks]

Christopher Steele talks about collusion between members of the Trump campaign and the Russians during the 2016 Presidential campaign with the intention of 'discrediting Hillary Clinton.' I don't wish to get into the controversies over that issue but might it not be the case that Hillary did a pretty good job of discrediting herself? Firstly, her sense of entitlement and secondly, and more importantly, insulting millions of prospective voters, 'basket of deplorables' I seem to remember being the phrase she used. Could one imagine an FDR or Reagan going out of their way to insult voters? Just a thought.

[darensweeney]

I can't believe giving a guy legitimacy who created a "dossier" based on 1 person with little to no corroboration.

[Semper_Iratus]

the entire globe has lost much hard-fought ground in the war for human rights. the appetite amongst the elite for unrivaled dictatorships across the globe has never been so insatiable. never before in history has corporate interests been so completely able to stifle any whisper of resistance to their whim or their will. we are, as a whole, standing on the last inch of liberty bequeathed to us, as a legacy, by the sacrifices of the greatest generation of our times.

[TWR-drums]

wait, people are still listening to this guy? Asking this guy about disinformation is exquisite irony.

[dylanjohnston]

How can any of you possibly take a thing he says seriously. He has been proven to have seeded purchased fake intel for political purposes. Integrity is everything.

[annoyed]

People should know that sending the jets wasn't even Poland's idea, it was Josep Borrell (the EU foreign policy chief) who came up with the whole thing on 28th feb (you can confirm it easily from whatever source you trust). Poland has responded perfectly in this messy situation as a member of NATO.

[robertholmes]

This man used a phony "intelligence report" as political dirt for a paid client. Abysmal.

[totensrabon]

You got an MI6 agent & yet not a single critical question on Afghanistan, Iraq or Libya??..is this really Oxford!!..

[namasi]

This guy needs to be questioned under oath. They have been trained to lie, lie and lie!

[AntPDC]

"Going forward", used no less than four times by this interviewer. It is inane corporate-speak. Stop it.

[thedolphin]

Omg, they're asking an MI6 to give answers, truthful answers? Rotflmao.

[danieltochinskiy]

Has anyone questioned him on the lies he perpetuated ?