Im not aware that legitimate spying is a “pejorative term”.
Barr did not back off of his claim one bit. He rephrased it and made the question appear stupid. This is a VERY misleading headline, but we should expect no less.
There should be an extremely high bar for any surveillance of a campaign and CLEARLY it was not only unfounded, but there was no predicate crime given that Page was not charged. It was not only the FISA surveillance. The rampant unmasking of NSA data as well as the unfettered access by persons conducting oppo research (Fusion GPS/Nellie Ohr) was illegal and a clear violation of the 4th and 5th amendment.
It also appears quite possible that Papadopolous might have been the subject of a FISA warrant. This is very alarming given that it appears our intel and the 5 eyes group conducted a push-pull effort to entrap him. Bet that was not mentioned in the FISA application on him either.
This is serious stuff that should concern every American.