[Kaslin]

The rest of the title is: Assertion That Trump Campaign Wasn't Spied On

[Karliner]

Is there any way to get to Barry Soetero?

[GregNH]

This whole plan was hatched over a decade ago by Glenn Simpson. Report: Russia ‘Dossier’ Based on 10-Year-Old Wall Street Journal Articles

Once he saw the opportunity he simply put the plan out there for Hillaroid to bid on it. Christopher Steel and Simpson know each other so it was easy to set it motion. I think they thought Trump dirt rumors would be enough but it snowballed big time, and Trump won anyway. In come Mueller to cover tracks.

[upchuck]

there are rumblings that the impending IG report on these abuses will be “scorching.”

IT has to go a long, long way to top the last "scorching" report. Remember that one? As I recall, it was a total nothingburger.

[Grampa Dave]

“Was it spying?” asked host Wolf Blitzer.”

Clapper responds: “Well, yeah I guess it meets the dictionary definition of spying—surveillance or spying, a term I don’t particularly like,” Clapper said. “It’s not a term used by intelligence people. It has a negative connotation, a rogue operation, out of control, not in compliance of the law, and that’s not the case at all.”

[gleeaikin]

Ping

[shalom aleichem]

I do not want to see these clowns pulled back to Congress for more testimony. This just gives them an opportunity to further spin their lies. Just indict them and let a prosecutor do his or her thing with a real jury, in a court of law.

[The Pack Knight]

If Comey can articulate a crime that was actually being “investigated,” I’d love to hear it. Otherwise, using the tools of government to uncover confidential private information without investigating a suspected crime is the very definition of “spying.”

[StAnDeliver]

"Well, yeah I guess it meets the dictionary definition of spying—surveillance or spying, a term I don't particularly like," Clapper said. "It's not a term used by intelligence people. It has a negative connotation, a rogue operation, out of control, not in compliance of the law, and that's not the case at all."

Look at Clapper trying to keep his Career Dissipation Light from blinking red (See Backdraft, the movie). This dude is addicted to Lincoln Town Cars with a driver, and CNN green rooms, and probably seeing his big bald head covered with pancake makeup on a 72" monitor...