Andrew McCarthy: Behind the Obama administration’s shady plan to spy on the Trump campaign

New York Post ^ | 4/16/2019 | Andrew McCarthy |

[detective]

se in Washington. (AP) In Senate testimony last week, Attorney General William Barr used the word “spying” to refer to the Obama administration, um, spying on the Trump campaign. Of course, fainting spells ensued, with the media-Democrat complex in meltdown. Former FBI Director Jim Comey tut-tutted that he was confused by Barr’s comments, since the FBI’s “surveillance” had been authorized by a court.

(Needless to say, the former director neglected to mention that the court was not informed that the bureau’s “evidence” for the warrants was unverified hearsay paid for by the Clinton campaign.)

[detective]

The fact that spying had occurred was too clear for credible denial. The retort, then, was misdirection: There had been no spying on Donald Trump or his campaign; just on a few potential bad actors in the campaign’s orbit.

[Grampa Dave]

How Comey’s FBI Abused FISA Warrants To Spy On The Trump Campaign!:

Journalist Sharyl Attkisson, the host of “Full Measure,” follows up on her interview with former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell about her allegation that the “entire Russia collusion narrative was made up” by anti-Trump political partisans in the FBI and Department of Justice. Attkisson reports how one FISA warrant against Trump staffer Carter Page could be used to legally surveil 25,000 people who were associated with him:

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/02/27/sharyl_atkinson_how_comeys_fbi_spied_on_the_trump_campaign.html

[Grampa Dave]

Rep. Matt Gatez (R-FL) on Wednesday filed a resolution to remove House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) from the Committee and revoke his security clearance.

#BREAKING: Today I filed the “PENCIL Act,” expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that “Congressman Adam Schiff should be removed from the House Intelligence Committee and his security clearance immediately revoked.” pic.twitter.com/1FsMt6NUjr— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) April 11, 2019

Gatetz appeared on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" to explain why he filed the resolution.

“I have filed legislation today, sent to the House, that Adam Schiff needs to be removed from the Intelligence Committee, because how are the rest of us supposed to be able to rely on a man, who you just showed, lied to the American people when he said that there was not spying? Or when he lied and said that there was actual evidence of collusion or clear evidence of collusion?” Gaetz began.

“If Adam Schiff is able to review covert operations and intelligence, and if we have to rely on his representation, our whole system is broken," Gatez said. "It would be like putting Lori Loughlin in charge of the college board. It would be like putting Jussie Smollett in charge of the hate crime of the FBI.

[onyx]

Andrew McCarthy lays it all out perfectly.
He's been on top of the Mueller "investigation" from the beginning and before its beginning.

[a little elbow grease]

Great article ......... great picture.

Perhaps a great summer to remember when all our waiting is answered.

[onyx]

BUMP

[Ann Archy]

Carter Page was a SPY PUT INTO the TRUMP Campaign just SO they could SPY on Trump!! Page had JUST helpled the FBI to put a Russian Spy in Prison!! HELLO!!!!

[a little elbow grease]

"Andrew McCarthy lays it all out perfectly. He's been on top of the Mueller "investigation" from the beginning and before its beginning."

_______________________

As I said above ...

Great article .... great picture.

Perhaps a great summer to remember when all our waiting is answered.

My God it's been frustrating!

[xzins]

In each Page surveillance warrant application, after describing Russia’s espionage operations, the Justice Department told the court, “The FBI believes that the Russian Government’s efforts are being coordinated with Candidate #1’s campaign[.]” Candidate #1 was Donald Trump — now, the president-elect.

Comey repeatedly told Trump that Trump was not being investigated. IOW, he lied to the president. Trump knew early on that Comey was a liar, so he fired him.

I'm convinced that's what Trump meant by his "Russia" comment regarding Comey's firing.

[PGalt]

BUMP-TO-THE-TRUTH

[VRWCarea51]

One thing Andy doesn’t address is Brennen’s individual briefings to the Gang of 8 shortly before the Presidential Election. What McCain, Warner and others did with that information...

The Briefing by Brennen to Senate Minority Leader Black Eye Reid led to Reid writing two demand letters(Which were leaked to the Prestitutes) to Comey to provide information to Congress on the Russsia Collusion.

[jerod]

If the Bush administration had spied on Obama in the same manner, the howling from the lunatic left and the socialist media would have made the screams of banshee’s sound docile.

[AppyPappy]

Yep. “Don’t call our spying ‘spying’?”

[Luke21]

Part of the hypocrite left’s past shenanigans involved turning the government media complex against Richard Nixon for far less. And preaching their morality while they did it.

[Political Junkie Too]

Instead, Obama officials made the Trump campaign the subject of a counterintelligence investigation. That only makes sense if the Obama administration’s premise was that Donald Trump himself was a Russian agent.

It makes sense if President I-I-I-Me-Me-Me-My-My-My believed he could do whatever he wanted with his DoJ, FBI and CIA, just as he did with his IRS, BLM, and DoD four years ago.

-PJ

[Retvet]

Remember Watergate? This seems much larger. But the press refuses to follow it.

[Sa-teef]

Some of Steele's "intelligence" was pulled off a web forum; totally lacking any vetting or confirmation of source. And some likely pulled out of his butt.

The "gang of eight" were not informed as per the law and the only reason that Comey told the President about the salacious bits were so the media, already informed, could say the President had been briefed.

It was a criminal conspiracy against the duly elected president and the Cardinal needs to hang.

[genghis]

And still msm is in denial and cover up

[trebb]

...Today I filed the “PENCIL Act,” expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that “Congressman Adam Schiff should be removed from the House Intelligence Committee and his security clearance immediately revoked.”

Shouldn't that be the "PENCIL-NECK" Act?

[mewzilla]

Was it the Obama admin’s plan?

Or were they just the useful idiots carrying it out...?

We need to know just how big a problem we really have.