On the dossier, did FBI have lower standards than the media?

Larry O’Connor penned an opinion piece at The Washington Times. An excerpt of his latest article, On the dossier, did FBI have lower standards than the media?, is below:

One of the more disconcerting revelations from the long-anticipated FISA memo released by the House Intelligence Committee Friday was that the FBI had barely begun a verification process of the Russian dossier when they used it to justify a FISA surveillance warrant on Carter Page. Meanwhile the media refused to publish the dossier allegations because they could not be verified.

In short: The media had higher standards than the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Steele peddled the Russian dossier to several media outlets and most wouldn’t run with it because the info was so sketchy and uncorroborated. However, the FBI used the same info to justify spying on an American citizen. Think about that.

— Larry O’Connor (@LarryOConnor) February 4, 2018