Obama’s Own Defense Deputy Admits Obama White House Spied on Candidate/President-Elect Trump (Video)

Conservative Treehouse ^ | 03/29/2017 | Sundance

[SeekAndFind]

This is stunningly interesting and hopefully will be picked up by MSM and congressional investigators.

Sometimes when a person is deep inside an echo-chamber of like-minded ideologues, they might not realize what they’re saying is rather revealing to those on the outside. That’s the set up for former Obama administration official Evelyn Farkas (Deputy Asst. Secretary of Defense) appearing on MSNBC and admitting first hand knowledge the Obama administration spied on candidate and president-elect Donald Trump’s transition team to gather “intelligence” for political use.

It would appear Ms. Farkas was so caught up in the discussion, she didn’t quite realize the significant admissions she was making about the Obama administration spying on Donald Trump’s team and generating classified intelligence for Ms. Farkas (and others) to spread to Capitol Hill politicians. MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski recognized the ‘oh-snap’ admission and tried to play it off,… but by then it was too late.

I was urging my former colleagues, and, and frankly speaking the people on the Hill [Democrat politicians], it was more actually aimed at telling the Hill people, get as much information as you can – get as much intelligence as you can – before President Obama leaves the administration.

Because I had a fear that somehow that information would disappear with the senior [Obama] people who left; so it would be hidden away in the bureaucracy, um, that the Trump folks – if they found out HOW we knew what we knew about their, the Trump staff, dealing with Russians – that they would try to compromise those sources and methods; meaning we no longer have access to that intelligence.

So I became very worried because not enough was coming out into the open and I knew that there was more. We have very good intelligence on Russia; so then I had talked to some of my former colleagues and I knew that they were also trying to help get information to [Democrat politicians].

But wait, it didn’t just stop there. It gets worse – or better, depending on your position.

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With the help of MSNBC, simultaneous to her admission of first-hand specific knowledge of the administration spying on Mr. Trump, Ms. Evelyn Farkas outs herself as the key source for a New York Times report which discussed President Obama officials leaking classified information to media.

Considerable irony jumps to the forefront when you recognize, the New York Times tried to protect Evelyn Farkas as the source of their reporting by stating:

“More than a half-dozen current and former officials described various aspects of the effort to preserve and distribute the intelligence, and some said they were speaking to draw attention to the material and ensure proper investigation by Congress. All spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were discussing classified information, nearly all of which remains secret.” (link)

D’oh.

Whoopsie.

Looks like Devin Nunes and the House Intelligence Committee has a new person to bring in for testimony. A positive development because at this rate the media leakers will out themselves without much need for investigation.

I wonder what the criminal penalties are for having access to intelligence and sharing it with Democrat politicians [“The Hill People”].

Question #1:

Who, specifically, are these “Hill People” you speak of Mrs. Farkas?

Watch again. Longer version – key moment at 04:50 [prompted] Just hit play:

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UPDATE: The plot thickens:

♦ Evelyn Farkas has stated freely on TV that she and a group of associates from the Obama Administration went to congressional staffers who did not have access to these COMINT products and urged them to seek to gain access to them.

At some point in the recent past Farkas was de-briefed (cut off) from access to the various kinds of compartmented information she had been given as a requirement of her prior job. When that occurred she signed some papers in which she accepted the responsibility to protect the secrecy of that information. (link)

♦ Evelyn Farkas is also a senior fellow of the Atlantic Council –SEE HERE– the Atlantic Council is funded in part by the US State Department, NATO, the governments of Latvia and Lithuania, the Ukrainian World Congress, and the Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk. The Atlantic Council has been among the loudest voices calling for a new Cold War with Russia

And guess who else is a senior fellow of the Atlantic Council? Dimitri Alperovitch – the founder and CTO of CrowdStrike! Alperovitch is head honcho of the Atlantic Council’s “Cyber Statecraft Initiative”.

♦ CrowdStrike, aka Dimitri Alperovitch was the organization that initially claimed they had evidence the Russians were connected to the Trump organization. A claim they have subsequently walked back – SEE HERE

CrowdStrike has retracted statements it used to buttress claims of Russian hacking https://t.co/8AZOvoQl0K

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) March 28, 2017

Combine all of these data-points and you discover that Evelyn Farkas was essentially part of a disinformation campaign with Obama insiders spreading a fake DNC constructed story using false information. However, in addition to pushing the false Trump Russian conspiracy narrative, Farkas has knowledge of the outcome of the original pushing of the narrative leading to actual surveillance of the Trump team.

This bolsters the information already presented by Devin Nunes that an entirely separate network of surveillance, unrelated to the Russian conspiracy story, was directly targeting the candidacy of Trump and the post-election surveillance of the President Elect Trump-transition team.

[marron]

Considering Obama wiretapped congressmen and journalists, its not believable that he didn’t wiretap Trump.

Obama’s history is that he always has the goods on his rivals. Sealed records unseal themselves. Its his MO.

[marron]

If you just listen to these people, they make it plain that they had Trump surveilled rather completely.

And if you listen, all the while they blab on about Russia hacking the election, you hear them admitting that they themselves were hacking the election. Unsuccessfully, thank goodness, but they did it.

[RummyChick]

I have a cloak and dagger theory. It may not apply in the case of this particular person.

Nunes Midnight Uber Escapade..(probably didn’t happen at midnight but that is the word on media outlet used)..has to have put the fear in people. No one knows why he left that Uber after the message or where he went or who he met.

Maybe people are leaving the sinking ship and willing to distance themselves.

[smileyface]

Another bombshell. Please God, let the truth come to light posthaste.

[Mr. Douglas]

Reminds me of when I was in kindergarten. The teacher left the room during nap time and told us to keep our eyes closed while she was gone. When she came back a little girl stood up and said, “billy opened his eyes while you were gone!”.

[Qiviut]

Good article - while I was reading it I ran across this one from Sundance ..... VERY interesting .... Farkas mentioned near the end .... This makes a lot of sense to me - also, the reasoning makes it apparent that the players at risk here are large ones, thus all the flak in the air from the Dems & (IMO) why Omuslim is in Tahiti avoiding the press/questions.

Understanding The Nunes Paradox…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/03/29/understanding-the-nunes-paradox/#more-130628

[ClearCase_guy]

I would like to see a system of investigation where someone could only answer Yes or No (or plead the 5th, I suppose).

Was Congressman Ryan’s divorce settlement sealed by the court?
Yes.
Did these records become unsealed when Barack Obama campaigned against Ryan?
Yes.
Did Obama surveil congress?
Yes.
Did Obama surveil journalists?
Yes.
Did Elizabeth Farkas admit that the Obama Admin surveiled Trump?
Yes.

Is the media pretending that Obama would never do anything of this sort?
Yes.

[IC Ken]

Have arrest warrants been issued? Republicans will do nothing.

[Surrounded_too]

Her life is now in jeopardy.

Stay TF out of Fort Marcy Park.

Stay away from the water.

Stay out of 2 story and above buildings.

Watch out for strangers with umbrellas.

Don’t eat in restaurants. Hire a food taster.

Stay out of elevators.

Get bodyguards.

[caww]

"Oh dear..what have I done!"....Farkas

[caww]

Script of what she said...

“I was urging my former colleagues, and frankly speaking the people on the Hill, it was more actually aimed at telling the Hill people, get as much information as you can, get as much intelligence as you can, before President Obama leaves the administration. Because I had a fear that somehow that information would disappear with the senior people [from the Obama Administration] who left, so it would be hidden away in the bureaucracy...that the Trump folks – if they found out how we knew what we knew about their...the Trump staff dealing with Russians – that they would try to compromise those sources and methods, meaning we no longer have access to that intelligence,” ....Farkas said.

[servo1969]

Didn't this woman just openly admit on-air, at the very least, to misprision of treason?

18 U.S. Code § 2382 - Misprision of treason

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than seven years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 3 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 3, 35 Stat. 1088).

Mandatory punishment provision was rephrased in the alternative.

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.

[Qiviut]

“Oh dear..what have I done!”....Farkas

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Evidently, Mika, who was doing the interview, realized what Farkas was doing, but it was too late to redirect/intervene .... the (feral) cat was out of the bag. Farkas looks like she’d make a good ‘Waffle House’ employee.

[caww]

SMOKING GUN?
Russia didn’t hack the election. Obama and Clinton did. The mad scramble was to destroy the evidence.

[sauropod]

I saw an earlier story on this. It was incomprehensible.

Ty for posting.

[caww]

...”Farkas looks like she’d make a good ‘Waffle House’ employee”.....

Oh yes indeed....her position was far above her pay grade...but then Obama didn’t care....he seated so many to continue “election” gathering and information while in service...the nation and governance of was often on the back burner throughout his terms. All about elections and means to retain power or destroying it...that’s their agenda.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Have arrest warrants been issued? Republicans will do nothing.

I’ve always asked this and no one seems to have given a satisfactory answer — if you are held in contempt of court, you go to jail.

What happens to a person held in contempt of congress? ( e.g. Eric Holder, Lois Lerner )?

Pretty much nothing.

So, what’s the point?

[Mr. Douglas]

Yeah, that is the part that told me that THIS is what should be part of an investigation. What are the sources of which she speaks? Enquiring minds want to know.

[Abundy]

you can bet that the Feds were using an updated version of “Stingray” (Google it) to monitor various foreign persons of interest and one of O’s political appointees (Clapper?, Brennan?) decided to unmask any political opponents that came within range.