Who passed the controversial dossier compiled by someone who claimed, without any verification, to be a British intelligence agent?

Senator John McCain.

According to the Daily Mail:

Sworn Donald Trump enemy John McCain admitted Wednesday that he passed the dossier of claims of a Russian blackmail plot against the president-elect.

The Arizona senator issued a public statement amid mounting questions of his exact role in the affair – and how a document riddled with errors and unverifiable claims came to be published.

‘Late last year, I received sensitive information that has since been made public,’ he said.

‘Upon examination of the contents, and unable to make a judgment about their accuracy, I delivered the information to the Director of the FBI. 
 

The longer this goes on, the more it looks like nothing more than a petty vendetta carried out by the neoconservative national security establishment. The folks who brought you the Iraq boondoggle have, for the most part, been shut out of Trump’s administration. 

Are you surprised?