Most people did not want to go to war, and Mr Blair hoped the intelligence material would strengthen his case.The dossier was written by the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), which sets the agenda for the intelligence services.
At one point, in any case, a C.I.A. dossier paused to observe: "It is important to note that Szulc's activities can be explained by the combination of his personality, ambition, and the demands on an investigative reporter for the NYT.
While Trump is correct that much of it is unverified, it is not the case that the dossier is "Fake". It was not submitted to the FBI as verified and complete, but, rather, as reports from people with whom Steele had spoken that needed additional investigation.
The inclusion of such sensitive cases in the dossier heightened the tension between the rival campaigners.
Fair Trials International, a charity that wants reform of the European Arrest Warrant, has a dossier of cases involving lives ruined by mistaken identity, bureaucratic bungling and other slip-ups.
The war logs, seen by the Guardian, contain a horrific dossier of cases where US troops killed innocent civilians at checkpoints, on Iraq's roads and during raids on people's homes.
Vera Baird, the commissioner for Northumbria, and Barry Copinger and Ron Hogg, her equivalents in Cleveland and Durham, have handed to the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) a dossier of cases presided over by Judge George Moorhouse, who sits at Teesside crown court.
"The investigation has failed to establish the true causes of the arrest and imprisonment of Wallenberg and Langfelder, the actual circumstances of their deaths or the existence of criminal case documents or personal dossiers," the statement said.
Later, he made Lucky Luciano, a more conventional Mafia story, and films such as The Mattei Case and Illustrious Corpses, dossiers on power and corruption that relied on a much more ornate style and the brilliance of actors such as the great Gian Maria Volonte to sustain their considerable eloquence.
