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Top Obama adviser to Trump: 'No president can order a wiretap'
thehill.com ^ | 3/4/17 | Brooke Seipel

Posted on 03/04/2017 9:43:14 AM PST by ColdOne

A former policy adviser to President Obama is firing back at President Trump's claim that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower, saying it didn't happen — at least not under Obama's orders.

"No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you," Ben Rhodes tweeted Saturday morning.

He also said "only a liar" could make the case, as Trump suggested, that Obama wire tapped Trump Tower ahead of the election.

No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you. https://t.co/lEVscjkzSw

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benrhodes; itgate; obamafisa; trumpgate; trumptowertapped; watergate2
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The vile and loathsome Ben Rhodes is one of the Obamatrons who must be destroyed. He was said to be Obozo’s right hand and “mind meld” buddy within the NSC. Everything he did from the NSC wrt the dishonest treasonous Iran deal, and many other shady operations, must be exposed. Ben Rhodes is a leading target as a Swamp Thing to be exposed to the light, humiliated, and crushed.

p.s. His brother, David Rhodes, is President of CBS News. The liberal MSM’s incestuous swamp is in play yet again.


21 posted on 03/04/2017 9:50:02 AM PST by Enchante (Libtards are enemies of true civilization!)
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To: HarleyLady27

See Post 16


22 posted on 03/04/2017 9:50:10 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: stylin19a

“Honest your honor, I couldn’t have robbed the bank because bank robbery is illegal”


23 posted on 03/04/2017 9:50:12 AM PST by Cementjungle
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To: stylin19a

Aside from the reality that Rhodes lies, Val The Reptile could order a wire tap in the Obama regime ... and Comy would do as he was told.


24 posted on 03/04/2017 9:50:15 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: ColdOne

It would be illegal, but that’s no certainly no indication Barry didn’t do it.


25 posted on 03/04/2017 9:50:38 AM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: ColdOne

Hey Ben Rhodes- did President Nixon order the Watergate break-in?

What a punk this failed novelist is


26 posted on 03/04/2017 9:50:50 AM PST by Stingray51
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To: Professional

Yes, keep talking Rhodes. You have been Trumped. He intends to flush all this out over the weekend..


27 posted on 03/04/2017 9:51:04 AM PST by LouisianaJoanof Arc (Proud horrible deplorable)
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To: ColdOne

And I’ll bet 100$ Nixon did not order the Watergate break in.


28 posted on 03/04/2017 9:51:25 AM PST by usual suspect
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To: Sacajaweau

I didn’t say he could or couldn’t, I said No, maybe a PRESIDENT can’t (???) but he could get someone else to do it...DOJ as an example...


29 posted on 03/04/2017 9:52:57 AM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: LouisianaJoanof Arc

I wonder about this Saturday timing.

So, obviously this is going to dominate Sunday news, full of all sorts of people “talking”....

Then on Monday, the evidence comes out pulling the trap closed? I wanna see some arrests man...


30 posted on 03/04/2017 9:53:18 AM PST by Professional
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To: Grampa Dave
Another reason Obama stayed in DC.

Obama shut down tow Russian owned properties close to or in DC....and kicked all the Russians out. Wonder what Obama removed from the sites and who's in there now.

I believe his seizure was illegal.

31 posted on 03/04/2017 9:53:18 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ColdOne

Figures Fake Yapper would be on the retweet.

Jake Tapper Retweeted
Ben Rhodes Verified account @brhodes 1h1 hour ago

Ben Rhodes Retweeted Donald J. Trump

No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you.Ben Rhodes added,

Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump
Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!


32 posted on 03/04/2017 9:53:35 AM PST by maggief
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To: Bryanw92
Obama has an army of devoted Alinskyite minions who believe that the end justifies ANY means. They are like Lois Lerner and the nanny in The Omen (”Look at me Damien. It’s all for you.”). They don’t even need orders.

Below is a painting of those minions in the last days of the Obama reign of terror against Americans.

The last good old days of the Obama presidency!


33 posted on 03/04/2017 9:53:54 AM PST by Grampa Dave (We are winning every day, while the Dems and Never Trumpsters are whining every day!!!)
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To: ColdOne

Those same restrictions were put in place to prevent an illegal operation like Fast and Furious.

oops


34 posted on 03/04/2017 9:54:09 AM PST by VeniVidiVici
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To: HarleyLady27

Just showing a source that verifies that it can be done by a President.


35 posted on 03/04/2017 9:55:09 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ColdOne

Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! They can green light hits on Osama Bin Laden but not wire taps!!!

Riiiiight!!


36 posted on 03/04/2017 9:55:19 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: maggief

see post 16


37 posted on 03/04/2017 9:55:50 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: ColdOne

He is correct. Only a judge can do that....at the President’s request.

Why did the President order a wiretap?


38 posted on 03/04/2017 9:55:58 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: ColdOne

Gosh Ben Rhodes, we know that the FISA court “ordered” the surveillance, not Obama himself. Aren’t you clever?

Tell us who ordered and conducted the application to the FISA court for such an order last summer (without success), and again in October 2016 (with success). Did Obama have knowledge that this was happening? Is there a relationship with Obama EO to share raw intel across 17 agencies?


39 posted on 03/04/2017 9:56:24 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: ColdOne

Is this the Lied to Congress about the Iran Deal and bragged about it...Ben Rhodes. He has no credibility.


40 posted on 03/04/2017 9:57:06 AM PST by rod1 (CTLY)
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