Wiretaps may prove Trump right — and that’s absolutely terrifying

NY Post ^ | September 19, 2017 | Michael Goodwin

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Yet even as Trump spoke, a threat to his presidency gained new steam. Reports that special counsel Robert Mueller had wiretapped former Trump campaign boss Paul Manafort and plans to indict him sent Washington into a new tizzy of speculation.

According to CNN, which first carried the wiretapping report, Manafort was surveilled under a FISA warrant, meaning the FBI suspected he was operating as a foreign agent. The network said it is possible G-men listened to the president talking to Manafort because the wiretap continued into this year and Trump and Manafort often talked in 2017.

If so, that would mark an infamous history — an American president being overheard by secret agents of his own government. It would also be additional support for Trump’s charge that former President Barack Obama “had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory.”

It was in March when Trump made that explosive claim, and the Democratic media rushed to denounce him even before Obama did. Subsequent denials from then-FBI boss James Comey and other Obama aides all were rock-solid in declaring that no such thing had happened. There was no wiggle room in their denials, some of which were made under oath before Congress.

But something certainly happened. And what if it was the worst imaginable something? What if the Republican candidate for president was put under surveillance by a Democratic administration that was trying to elect another Democrat?

There was reason to suspect that was true before the Manafort reports added fuel to the fire.

Recall that, starting last fall, continuing throughout the transition and into the early months of the administration, much of the media was obsessed with the narrative that “Russia hacked the election and Trump colluded.”

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Enough with this crap about top FBI aides and people from other agencies refusing to testify before Congress. Trump is in charge and he should start leaning on their bosses to get some answers.

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[Rapscallion]

Wiretaps are obsolete compared to modern electronic surveillance. Why do we keep saying “wiretaps”? That is not what was done.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I wish David Clark or at least Ted Cruz was attorney general.

[BenLurkin]

Obama should be handcuffed, manacled, and frog-marched into a prison cell.

[Fhios]

No, wire tapping has become colloquially known to mean electronics surveillance and monitoring.

Denying it is dissembling.

[I want the USA back]

Apologies from all who refused to accept what Trump said.

[Intolerant in NJ]

Reports that special counsel Robert Mueller had wiretapped former Trump campaign boss Paul Manafort and plans to indict him sent Washington into a new tizzy of speculation...I'm going to need some explanation as to how Mueller, who was appointed special counsel only a few months ago, "wiretapped" Manafort before the November election and on into this year.....

[Robert357]

It is long past time that the Deep State gets shown the door. Even if it takes some good people with it, it is well past time to clean house on anyone with any hint of political abuse of government power and that includes spying on politicians.

DRAIN THE SWAMP.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

It’s a general term.

[Despot of the Delta]

They are just figuring out, when Trump tweets an accusation, he already knows the answer.

[Texas Fossil]

Physically? No

Effectively? Yes it did.

[SkyPilot]

Attorney General Sessions, you are the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the United States. What are you going to do about the fact that crimes were committed against the President by the "Special Counsel"?

Who? Me?

[DoughtyOne]

Because it’s still a term that folks instantly recognize for what it is.

Technically you are right.

Explain that in one word.

[Jeff Chandler]

Why do we keep saying “wiretaps”?

It's a shortcode.

[PGR88]

This is 3rd world dictatorship stuff - the long-term one-party state using all its bureaucratic powers, friendly insiders, and stretching any law available to attack the opposition.

[hinckley buzzard]

We say "wiretap" for the same reason we say "food stamp." There are no "food stamps." But the term has meaning beyond the narrow concreteness of its origin.

[Jim from C-Town]

That is exactly what Trump said. Modern surveillance all falls under the umbrella of ‘wire tapping’. Everyone knows what he meant and everyone knows Obama called for it to aid in the election of Hillary. Most of the ‘Swamp’ is complicit and they darn well don't want anyone in ‘Flyover’ country to know.

[SaveFerris]

Works for me. Take Loretta and James with him, too. Put them in separate cells.

[UCANSEE2]

Why do we keep saying “wiretaps”?

Why do we park in a DRIVEWAY and drive on a PARKWAY ?

Why do people on FR mention that they HEARD this or that, when they really mean they READ this or that ?

Why do people say "I COULDN'T care less" when the mean "I COULD care less" ?

"Why are computers and touch screen phones HARDER to use now than they used to be ?