Legacy Media Runs PR for Disgraced CIA Analyst as Russia Hoax Questions Mount [WATCH]

Retired CIA counterintelligence chief Susan Miller has stepped back into the public eye to defend her role in producing the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) that concluded Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election.

In a series of media appearances, Miller accused both Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and President Donald Trump of spreading falsehoods about the report’s findings and origins.

Miller, who oversaw the team responsible for compiling the 2017 assessment, appeared on NBC News and CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins to address renewed scrutiny over the report.

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The attention follows recent statements by DNI Gabbard and President Trump suggesting the ICA was part of a broader effort to undermine Trump’s presidency and link him to a false Russia collusion narrative.

In her interview with NBC News, Miller said, “The director of national intelligence and the White House are lying, again. We definitely had the intel to show with high probability that the specific goal of the Russians was to get Trump elected.”

She added, “At the same time, we found no two-way collusion between Trump or his team with the Russians at that time.”

Miller maintained that her team was instructed to submit only credible intelligence and claimed the assessment was not politically motivated.

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She stated that her team had opposed including the now-discredited Steele Dossier in the final report, placing responsibility for its inclusion on the FBI.

According to Miller, the dossier was ultimately added as an annex at the FBI’s insistence so the agency would sign off on the report.

Speaking on CNN, Miller further defended her work and her former superior, then-CIA Director John Brennan.

She said the intelligence was compiled “dispassionately” and added, “It is clear that Trump and his followers have a script they want to follow, despite the facts.”

“I think it is wrong in every single way. What Tulsi is saying is we only want to hear anything that is pro-Trump, pro-Trump policy, pro-this, pro-current Republican Party from any of our intel services. And if we hear anything that’s not that, then we are going to come after… pic.twitter.com/7bkJtuwKOS

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Miller also appeared on a July 17 podcast with Times Radio London, where she again defended the 2017 assessment and claimed Trump had threatened to prosecute her and other intelligence officials.

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Former CIA official Susan Miller tells #TimesRadio Trump’s delays on Ukraine aid and attacks on US intelligence services show he “wants to be very much like Putin.” pic.twitter.com/M8X3zgBULt

— Times Radio (@TimesRadio) July 17, 2025

Miller said she was subjected to an eight-hour interview during the investigation overseen by then-Attorney General Bill Barr and U.S. Attorney John Durham, which reviewed the origins of the Russia investigation.

The inquiry found no criminal wrongdoing in the compilation of the assessment, and Miller said she was never contacted again after her interview.

Miller’s comments come after House Republicans and conservative media outlets have renewed questions about the origins of the Russia investigation and the role of senior intelligence officials under the Obama administration.

In July, former House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes revealed that a document uncovered during his investigation indicated top officials—including John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey—knew the Russia collusion allegations had been politically driven by the Clinton campaign.

Miller, a graduate of California Polytechnic University, has recently returned to public attention.

On July 1, Cal Poly’s campus newspaper Mustang News published a profile highlighting her career, including her nine overseas assignments and her tenure as the CIA’s Chief of Counterintelligence.

The article also noted that she will be honored with the “Hidden Hero Award” by the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., in November and will serve as keynote speaker at Cal Poly Journalism’s Mustang Media Fest in October.

In the Cal Poly article, Miller again claimed the intelligence community acted appropriately and accused Trump of turning routine intelligence into what she called a “witch hunt.”

The original 2017 assessment, which asserted that Russia sought to interfere in the election and benefit Trump’s candidacy, became a central piece of the now-discredited Trump-Russia collusion narrative.

While multiple investigations ultimately found no evidence of conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and Russian operatives, the assessment and its aftermath played a significant role in shaping public discourse during Trump’s first term.

Miller’s renewed visibility comes at a time when Trump administration officials, including DNI Gabbard, have questioned the integrity of the intelligence community under the Obama-era leadership.

Gabbard and others continue to raise concerns about political motivations behind the Russia probe and the use of federal agencies to pursue partisan agendas.

As scrutiny over the origins of the Russia investigation continues, Miller’s statements and the legacy media coverage surrounding them are expected to draw further attention from lawmakers and watchdogs seeking accountability for the events that followed the 2016 election.