Trump team communications captured by intelligence community surveillance, Nunes says

[anatta]

Members of the intelligence community "incidentally collected" communications from the Trump transition team during legal surveillance operations of foreign targets, a top Republican lawmaker said Wednesday afternoon.

House Intelligence Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said this produced "dozens" of reports which eventually unmasked several individuals’ identities and were "widely disseminated."

He said none of the reports he had read mentioned Russia or Russians and he was unsure whether the surveillance occurred at Trump Tower -- as President Trump has suggested. Nunes also was unsure if then President-elect Trump was captured by the surveillance, which occurred in November, December and January.

“I recently confirmed on numerous occasions the intelligence community incidentally collected intelligence,” Nunes said.

The revelations could at least partially back up some allegations made by Trump earlier this month, in which he tweeted that former President Barack Obama had "wiretapped" him, though top lawmakers have sharply disputed those claims.

Nunes said he told House Speaker Paul Ryan earlier Wednesday and was set to tell Trump and the White House later in the afternoon.

"There’s a lot of questions that I think his statement raises, and that I hope we can get to the bottom of,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said.

He said the NSA had been "very helpful" during the investigation, however, he was unsure if "the FBI is going to comply."

Nunes said the surveillance collection was "legally collected foreign intelligence under FISA incidental collection." But Nunes said he was "alarmed" the intelligence "ended up in reporting channels and was widely disseminated."

It was previously reported that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was "unmasked" in this way, however, Nunes said "additional names" were unmasked as well.

He said he didn't know what foreign intelligence value the surveillance had "and why people would need to know that about President-elect Trump and his transition team." Nunes did not identify which foreign targets were under surveillance.

Asked if he thought Trump was spied on, Nunes replied: "I'm not gonna get into legal definitions here, but clearly I have a concern."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...unes-says.html

[anatta]

why the wide surveillance -and it does look like it was done by a FISA request.
Was this a fishing expedition masked as ...what?

this produced "dozens" of reports which eventually unmasked several individuals’ identities and were "widely disseminated."

bingo..this corroborates the NYTimes article about Obama lowering the 'walls' between the IC agencies.
That coupled with "breadcrumbs" to generate a LOT of reports, and those reports being "widely disseminated" shows the extent of the leaking.

The "unmasking " shows the criminal desire to go after Trumps associates by the leakers (I'm thinking politically motivated IC) - but at least we know it's top level IC (leadership) to smear /unmask Trump's associates.

AND this is not incidental to the FBI "counter-intelligence" investigation Comey testified about.

The fuckers in the IC upper echelon are our Rasputins. they need to be dug out and locked up.

[Jarod]

Members of the intelligence community "incidentally collected" communications from the Trump transition team during legal surveillance operations of foreign targets, a top Republican lawmaker said Wednesday afternoon.

House Intelligence Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said this produced "dozens" of reports which eventually unmasked several individuals’ identities and were "widely disseminated."

He said none of the reports he had read mentioned Russia or Russians and he was unsure whether the surveillance occurred at Trump Tower -- as President Trump has suggested. Nunes also was unsure if then President-elect Trump was captured by the surveillance, which occurred in November, December and January.

“I recently confirmed on numerous occasions the intelligence community incidentally collected intelligence,” Nunes said.

The revelations could at least partially back up some allegations made by Trump earlier this month, in which he tweeted that former President Barack Obama had "wiretapped" him, though top lawmakers have sharply disputed those claims.

Nunes said he told House Speaker Paul Ryan earlier Wednesday and was set to tell Trump and the White House later in the afternoon.

"There’s a lot of questions that I think his statement raises, and that I hope we can get to the bottom of,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said.

He said the NSA had been "very helpful" during the investigation, however, he was unsure if "the FBI is going to comply."

Nunes said the surveillance collection was "legally collected foreign intelligence under FISA incidental collection." But Nunes said he was "alarmed" the intelligence "ended up in reporting channels and was widely disseminated."

It was previously reported that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was "unmasked" in this way, however, Nunes said "additional names" were unmasked as well.

He said he didn't know what foreign intelligence value the surveillance had "and why people would need to know that about President-elect Trump and his transition team." Nunes did not identify which foreign targets were under surveillance.

Asked if he thought Trump was spied on, Nunes replied: "I'm not gonna get into legal definitions here, but clearly I have a concern."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017...unes-says.html

I bet Rump is shitting in his pants. Worried about what they got on him.

[tsuke]

i was just watching this. SO trump is right again?

[Jarod]

why the wide surveillance -and it does look like it was done by a FISA request.
Was this a fishing expedition masked as ...what?

bingo..this corroborates the NYTimes article about Obama lowering the 'walls' between the IC agencies.
That coupled with "breadcrumbs" to generate a LOT of reports, and those reports being "widely disseminated" shows the extent of the leaking.

The "unmasking " shows the criminal desire to go after Trumps associates by the leakers (I'm thinking politically motivated IC) - but at least we know it's top level IC (leadership) to smear /unmask Trump's associates.

AND this is not incidental to the FBI "counter-intelligence" investigation Comey testified about.

The fuckers in the IC upper echelon are our Rasputins. they need to be dug out and locked up.

Rump Tower was full of Russian Mafia types, Paul Manafort, before he was with the Rump campaign for example, and so it would be perfectly reasonable that the FBI might be investigating him. IF Manafort was being investigated and Rump got on the phone with him, it would be legally captured.

[BRUTALITOPS]

House Intelligence committee chairman Devin Nunes says he has briefed President Donald Trump on intelligence collection involving Trump and members of the transition team.

Nunes is addressing reporters at the White House after meeting with the president.

The chairman says some of the intelligence collection seems "inappropriate."

http://bigstory.ap.org/8f45d6141e4e4cce86024af85841a9f7?utm_campaign=Soci alFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

[Jarod]

i was just watching this. SO trump is right again?

About what?

[Stretch]

i was just watching this. SO trump is right again?

It always seems to turn out that way

[Stretch]

why the wide surveillance -and it does look like it was done by a FISA request.
Was this a fishing expedition masked as ...what?

bingo..this corroborates the NYTimes article about Obama lowering the 'walls' between the IC agencies.
That coupled with "breadcrumbs" to generate a LOT of reports, and those reports being "widely disseminated" shows the extent of the leaking.

The "unmasking " shows the criminal desire to go after Trumps associates by the leakers (I'm thinking politically motivated IC) - but at least we know it's top level IC (leadership) to smear /unmask Trump's associates.

AND this is not incidental to the FBI "counter-intelligence" investigation Comey testified about.

The fuckers in the IC upper echelon are our Rasputins. they need to be dug out and locked up.

I've been following this for the past 2 weeks on different talk shows. Yeppers, the Don was right yet again.

[Jarod]

I've been following this for the past 2 weeks on different talk shows. Yeppers, the Don was right yet again.

What was he right about?

[tsuke]

It always seems to turn out that way

the technical term for this is

"rekt"

[Jarod]

the technical term for this is

"rekt"

What are you guys talking about, Rump was right about something?

[Cancel 2020.1]

What are you guys talking about, Rump was right about something?

I posted about this earlier today.

The talking points for a week+ now have been about the surveillance - not about Trump's accusation on Obama. They've set it up so that if there was ANY surveillance whatsoever, Trump was "right."

This is life in post-truth America. We need to get used to it.

[Jarod]

I posted about this earlier today.

The talking points for a week+ now have been about the surveillance - not about Trump's accusation on Obama. They've set it up so that if there was ANY surveillance whatsoever, Trump was "right."

This is life in post-truth America. We need to get used to it.

Regardless, I like to stick to the truth, what was he right about?

I know they wont answer because they cant actually discuss it because the claim wont hold up.

[anatta]

Rump Tower was full of Russian Mafia types, Paul Manafort, before he was with the Rump campaign for example, and so it would be perfectly reasonable that the FBI might be investigating him. IF Manafort was being investigated and Rump got on the phone with him, it would be legally captured.

This was recent. it was November,December,and January. It was "multiple unmaskings" incidental to "foreign targets" and it was done "legally" (FISA)..??