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[Ben Sasse] My Statement on Wiretapping
Twitter ^ | 1:20 PM 4 Mar 2017 | Ben Sasse

Posted on 03/04/2017 5:44:17 PM PST by AndyJackson

The President today made some very serious allegations, and the informed citizens that a republic requires deserve more information. If there were wiretaps of then-candidate Trump's organization or campaign, then it was either with FISA court authorization or without such authorization. If without, the President [Sasse is talking about Trump here, not his snideness Obama] should explain what sort of wiretap it was and how the knows this. It is possible that he was illegally tapped. On the other hand, if it was with a legal FISA Court order, then an application for surveillance exists that the Court found credible. The President should ask that this full application regarding surveillance of foreign operatives or operations be made available, ideally to the full public, and at a bare minimum to the U.S. Senate.

We are in the midst of a civilization-warping crisis of public trust, and the President's allegations today demand the thorough and dispassionate attention of serious patriots. A quest for the full truth, rather than knee-jerk partisanship, must be our guide if we are going to rebuild civic trust and health.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: ass; asse; bensasse; nebraska; trump; wiretap
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How do the good citizens of Nebraska keep electing this pompous jerk.

We know exactly where the "civilization-warping crisis of public trust" is targeted - Trump. But he should be looking in a mirror, because he and his fellow GOPeers and their partners in crime on the other side of the aisle are the ones who created the crisis of trust.

And of course, this smug sophisticated pompous Harvard grad (I repeat myself) thinks that he can posit a false dichotomy and no one will catch on - either this or that, overlooking that Trump was the target of what is by law supposed to be foreign surveillance - with the strictest prohibitions to prevent the divulging of information obtained on American citizens.

And we are never going to rebuild civic trust so long as we have jerks like this making statements like this.

1 posted on 03/04/2017 5:44:17 PM PST by AndyJackson
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Screw that jack ass. This is much bigger than that!! This was a felony by OBOZO!~! He is not immune from indictment!!


2 posted on 03/04/2017 5:48:13 PM PST by WENDLE (Watch this on John McCain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO0mHEJyC3Y)
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To: AndyJackson

Seems to be the settled talking point. If Trump was under surveillance then he was guilty. What a piece of garbage. Some conservative.


3 posted on 03/04/2017 5:48:28 PM PST by nhwingut (Trump Pence 16 - Blow Up DC)
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To: All

Click The Pic

4 posted on 03/04/2017 5:50:11 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!)
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To: WENDLE
jack ass

To my everlasting shame I assiduously avoided using that term in my remarks. I am ashamed of my pusilanimity.

5 posted on 03/04/2017 5:50:16 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: nhwingut

Kellyanne on FNC in 8 mins.


6 posted on 03/04/2017 5:52:26 PM PST by txhurl
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To: txhurl

Watters has some fat slob debating nothing-too much stupid.


7 posted on 03/04/2017 5:55:59 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: AndyJackson

They seem to be pushing the idea that any warrant issued by a FISA court is automatically legal and legitimate. Is that true? I have my doubts but I don’t know.


8 posted on 03/04/2017 5:56:18 PM PST by TigersEye (We all have a stake in MAGA! We all need to contribute our efforts.)
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Hahaha…what a naive sap he is! As though Obama didn’t shop for a Democrat judge to sign off on this spying in hopes of digging up some dirt on Trump because of his sin of running against President Clinton. Remember, this was in Oct. when they all thought Hillary would win. They have probably planted false information in these taps as well to make sure they could nail Trump. Never put anything past Hillary, Obama, Lynch and that stooge, Comey.


9 posted on 03/04/2017 5:57:02 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: WENDLE

BOTTOM LINE: President Trump can be trusted,....

Obama, the communist revolutionary cannot!......The end justifies the means to global socialist subversives....


10 posted on 03/04/2017 5:57:12 PM PST by Trump_vs_Evil_Witch (career libs @ BIG BROTHER Inc.,..... President Trump says your FIRED!)
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To: AndyJackson

I erased what I wrote since ladies should not “talk like that”.


11 posted on 03/04/2017 5:57:29 PM PST by sockmonkey (Donald Trump will ban auto-correct with an Executive Order. Go Trump!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Well, sometime in the next hour. Not necessarily at the top of the hour.

I’ve been glued to FNC all day after boycotting news since Wednesday.....


12 posted on 03/04/2017 5:57:29 PM PST by txhurl
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To: AndyJackson

As a side note its time we end the secret FISA court.


13 posted on 03/04/2017 5:58:51 PM PST by precisionshootist
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To: AndyJackson

don’t be. We arduously avoid the expletive until it is absolutely necessary.


14 posted on 03/04/2017 5:59:40 PM PST by WENDLE (Watch this on John McCain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO0mHEJyC3Y)
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To: txhurl

Never forget Pizzagate! The Podesta brothers. Art. Never forget.


15 posted on 03/04/2017 5:59:45 PM PST by Concentrate (ex-texan was right. And Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. ( Pizzagate, Podt)
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And then there's this...

Flashback: Obama signs warrantless-wiretapping bill into law

16 posted on 03/04/2017 5:59:53 PM PST by TigersEye (We all have a stake in MAGA! We all need to contribute our efforts.)
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To: AndyJackson

Can you imagine just for a SECOND, how the left would have reacted if George W. Bush had done the same thing to Obama, wiretapped his phones during the 2008 election..what the media would have said..what the Commie loons on the left would have said..they would have been rioting in the streets..but when a Commie does it to a Republican apparently its all good


17 posted on 03/04/2017 6:00:09 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: AndyJackson

Sasse is likely one of the pedophiles who is scared of prison time.

This type of NeverTrumper behavior has become the norm for most of them.


18 posted on 03/04/2017 6:01:37 PM PST by Nita Nupress (To Wash DC: America is coming. And we're bringing Galt-Right Donald J. Trump with us.)
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To: AndyJackson

1) it is now more than ever that we need to band together as the prayer warriors that we are abd pray for our president, his family, his cabinet, their families, all of his leadership for their safety and protection here and around the world including Trump’s employees.
2) I do not require a statement from anybody to explain that this is a real illegal wiretap.
3) I have no doubt that President Trump has been all over this for quite a while, he tweeted it appropriately it is the only way he can get the truth out to the masses.
4) there are no coincidences. The timing of his brilliant speech, the work that he did all week and now he brings this to light. Perfect well done thank you Mr. President!
5) no doubt dinner with Jeff sessions is discussing how to best move forward with the cases against the many in the obozo administration
6) I wonder what’s for dessert!


19 posted on 03/04/2017 6:02:59 PM PST by connyankee (#MAGABEGINS)
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To: WENDLE

Here it was necessary.


20 posted on 03/04/2017 6:04:36 PM PST by AndyJackson
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