Darth Omar
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Did this raw intelligence include Flynn’s calls with the Russian ambassador? Depending on what Schiff and Nunes turn up, this could be a real scandal, particularly if the names of other Trump associates picked up in incidental surveillance were unmasked and distributed widely within the government.
This would mean that the Obama administration had effectively short-circuited the FISA process by checking to see if Trump associates were picked up incidentally on existing surveillance, and then disseminating the take widely within the intelligence bureaucracy. That’s not the same as ordering — without court oversight — a targeted wiretap on Trump Tower. But it’s pretty serious, nonetheless.
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Trump may be on to something even though Obama didn't 'personally' wire tap Trump Tower lol.
And it may be that the real scandal is Obama lowering the classification level [just before he left office] of unredacted intelligence involving Russians and Flynn so as to bypass the FISA court.
It would explain the leaks, since the information would be seen by more eyes in the IC.
If true, Trump is 'lying' only in the sense he wasn't being factually accurate in his Tweet. But he would be right in the sense his campaign was *illegally tapped* under orders from Obama.
The reader can decide which is the bigger scandal.
This would mean that the Obama administration had effectively short-circuited the FISA process by checking to see if Trump associates were picked up incidentally on existing surveillance, and then disseminating the take widely within the intelligence bureaucracy. That’s not the same as ordering — without court oversight — a targeted wiretap on Trump Tower. But it’s pretty serious, nonetheless.
http://m.centralctcommunications.co...f5c-0b76-11e7-b6dd-43d19783e6d5.html?mode=jqm
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Trump may be on to something even though Obama didn't 'personally' wire tap Trump Tower lol.
And it may be that the real scandal is Obama lowering the classification level [just before he left office] of unredacted intelligence involving Russians and Flynn so as to bypass the FISA court.
It would explain the leaks, since the information would be seen by more eyes in the IC.
If true, Trump is 'lying' only in the sense he wasn't being factually accurate in his Tweet. But he would be right in the sense his campaign was *illegally tapped* under orders from Obama.
The reader can decide which is the bigger scandal.