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Exclusive: US government wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman (BREAKING!!!)
CNN.com ^ | September 18, 2017 | Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz and Pamela Brown

Posted on 09/18/2017 4:26:09 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

Washington (CNN)US investigators wiretapped former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election, sources tell CNN, an extraordinary step involving a high-ranking campaign official now at the center of the Russia meddling probe.

The government snooping continued into early this year, including a period when Manafort was known to talk to President Donald Trump.

Some of the intelligence collected includes communications that sparked concerns among investigators that Manafort had encouraged the Russians to help with the campaign, according to three sources familiar with the investigation. Two of these sources, however, cautioned that the evidence is not conclusive.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: etcb

How about Hillary’s private email server and classified material.


201 posted on 09/18/2017 6:20:22 PM PDT by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant--a bad ass elephant)
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To: null and void

Something weird there, for sure.

One tinfoil hat in 7-3/4 please.


202 posted on 09/18/2017 6:24:05 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: LS

You might want to read renato mariotti ...who used to work in the office that is now prosecuting Firtash...one of manaforts contacts.

He understands the tactics and the law better than you.

There may be no impeachment but manafort will likely get indicted unless he flips


203 posted on 09/18/2017 6:25:08 PM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: PJ-Comix

We knew it then and we know it now. What are we going to do about it? I am used to flashing lights and red letter Drudge headlines,breaking news,hyperbole scrolls on a screen,Wikileaks dumps,4Chan,whistle blowers,Senate hearings and other bombshells only to be underwhelmed and disappointed.


204 posted on 09/18/2017 6:26:52 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: PJ-Comix
A secret order authorized by the court that handles the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) began after Manafort became the subject of an FBI investigation that began in 2014.

2014??? This means that if Manafort has been surveiled since 2014, that as soon as Trump contacted Manafort about joining his campaign that he, too, was probably under surveillance by the Obama administration. I've been saying that for months that Obama surveiled many, many more including all the GOP candidates, members of congress, and members of the media.

205 posted on 09/18/2017 6:27:58 PM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Add Ryan to the A-Hole list.


206 posted on 09/18/2017 6:30:35 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: PJ-Comix

Remember when democrats were outraged when Nixon had the other side wire tapped?


207 posted on 09/18/2017 6:31:44 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Rockitz
I've been saying that for months that Obama surveiled many, many more including all the GOP candidates, members of congress, and members of the media.

Yep, been asking that question myself for months - who aside from Trump and Co. from the GOP has been surveiled? Also, how in 2014 could they know that Manafort would even become a part of Trump's campaign? Trump didn't announce until halfway through 2015.

208 posted on 09/18/2017 6:33:00 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (The U.S. Senate - where American freedom goes to die.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Who signs on wire tapping the other political party?


209 posted on 09/18/2017 6:33:29 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: SaveFerris

I ALMOST reported this for abuse...


210 posted on 09/18/2017 6:33:51 PM PDT by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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To: PJ-Comix

I believe the NSA collects everything.

This is Mueller going to FISA to allow them to get records. I would expect they queried them to see if it was worth going thru the fisa subterfuge that allows them to keep up the pretense that that haven’t already collected everything


211 posted on 09/18/2017 6:38:14 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: KC Burke
I think part of the reason Trump behaves the way he behaves is that he is a walking example of projection. Whatever he's doing and whatever he thinks is happening he will accuse somebody else of.


http://www.npr.org/2017/09/18/551217204/hillary-clinton-says-shes-optimistic-about-our-country-but-i-am-not-naive

212 posted on 09/18/2017 6:38:19 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: PJ-Comix

Back in HS, fathers told their girls to stay away from *Paulie*. True.

IIRC, I don’t think anyone would go to the prom with him. Paulie had to take his cousin.


213 posted on 09/18/2017 6:38:56 PM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: SaveFerris

What a fag. He makes my skin crawl, as do all faggots.


214 posted on 09/18/2017 6:39:20 PM PDT by Gargantua (The wheel is spinnin' and it can't slow down... ;^)
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To: RummyChick

Btw....there were some sketchy shenanigans alleged with marcos and manafort that never really went anywhere for whatever reason. It will be INteresting to see if this ends up being something similar to whatever happened back then


215 posted on 09/18/2017 6:40:45 PM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: Major Matt Mason

Sir:

What I’m saying is that as soon as they could surveil Trump, they did. Probably not as early as 2014, but as soon as Manafort and Trump connected.


216 posted on 09/18/2017 6:42:11 PM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: monkeyshine

Its that ol’ reversaroo !!!


217 posted on 09/18/2017 6:42:22 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: KC Burke

Are there no Patriots in government employ who personify “I regret I have but one life to give for my country”? Sad .


218 posted on 09/18/2017 6:47:17 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: SkyPilot

Halloween is All Hallows’ Eve... Hallows being Saints...a/k/a All Saints’ Eve, the date before All Saints’ Day and the beginning of a liturgical period set aside for remembering the saints and martyrs and the Christian departed ...a Christian celebration predating pagan records. As it happens, All Saints’ Day is also Reformation Day.

Others just try to usurp it, claiming it has something to do with Celtic harvest festivals, and a Gaelic celebration, which it does not, other than the coincidence of taking place in autumn.

The association of pagan lore with All Saints’ Eve is recent and due to secular tendencies to try to make a buck on a holy day.


219 posted on 09/18/2017 6:47:51 PM PDT by piasa
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To: Spacetrucker

LOL well him as pResident WAS one, for sure.


220 posted on 09/18/2017 6:48:05 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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