UH OH: RealClearInvestigations: Two Colleagues Contradict Brennan On Use Of Dossier. “These accounts are at odds with Brennan’s May 2017 testimony before the House Intelligence Committee that the Steele dossier was ‘not in any way used as the basis for the intelligence community’s assessment’ that Russia interfered in the election to help elect Donald Trump. Brennan has repeated this claim numerous times, including in February on ‘Meet the Press.'”