[Billthedrill]

Interesting take. Sundance's case here is that the stakes were high enough to justify the otherwise bizarre Cohen raids because they included a direct link to NSA database inquiries. There are two main sources of this hide-and-seek game going on here: first, and possibly about to be broken, the FISA warrants, including who was monitored, who requested them and with what justification, and who approved them; and the NSA searches on the same basis, especially including the ones allegedly conducted illegally by Fusion GPS representatives and "approved" of by the FBI. It is far less likely that the latter will see the light of day inasmuch as that information must necessarily include classified sourcing and capabilities.

But if the Cohen mis-identification appears there and appears identically elsewhere, that sourcing is going to be impossible to deny, and the case moves directly to the FBI being the conduit of transfer of highly classified NSA data to civilian political operators, which has been rumored all along but extremely difficult to prove given the protected nature of the evidence and the likelihood that the keepers entrusted with it are actively covering for one another.

Congressional oversight turns out to be the court of last resort here, and the danger is that a Democrat majority in the House will enable this matter to be safely tucked back into the box, never to see the light of day. No wonder they're all working so hard on the mid-terms.

[a little elbow grease]

You make a lot of sense.

You write with so much thought and detail that it takes me at least two readings to digest your logic and information.

I appreciate the depth of your thought.

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... damn all the lawyers

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