Posted on 05/28/2017 5:34:06 PM PDT by John Semmens
Recently declassified documents reveal that the Obama Administration's spying on American citizens went far beyond what the law allowed. Under a pretext of surveilling foreigners, intelligence agencies under Obama gathered data on political opponents and illegally shared this information with outside parties.
Former FBI Director James Comey falsely assured Congress that "this information was lawfully collected, carefully overseen and checked." In contrast, an Inspector General's report found "disregard for rules, inadequate training and deficient oversight." The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) found "hundreds of violations of the FBI's rules" that occurred during Comey's tenure as FBI Director.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that "this is very troubling now that Trump is president. The absence of the calming guidance of former President Obama heightens the risk that snooping will be used for evil purposes. Violations that occurred in pursuit of a more socially just world under Obama could easily be turned toward maleficent ends under Trump."
Blitzer concurred, opining that "no one I know and trust had the least bit of concern when President Obama was in charge. Now, though, anxiety levels are the highest I have ever seen. Will Trump abuse this power to try to spy on progressives? Will he use illegally obtained information to try to intimidate his opposition? I think this may add a new sense of urgency to the movement to remove him from office before this can happen."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,264687.0.html
How does this “semi news semi satire” differ from fake news? Why do you keep publishing this bullsh!t?
Actually, this time at least, this did not sound like satire at all to my mind’s ear.
It sounded like how it really is.
Also; there’s a night and day difference between satire and fake news. Satire, like this, makes fun of the other side or even our side presenting facts in a different light. Fake news is an outright lie.
Remember the Jon Stewart Daily Show? It was almost pure satire and comedy but the leftists loved it; even when it made fun of their own. Of course it targeted the right.
the magic negro and his minions did lots of law breaking and NOT one of these have been charged for any of their crimes.
Which bring in to attention how pathetic our justice system is.
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