Old And Busted: There Was No Wiretap. New Hotness: Trump Declassified Sensitive Information

RedState ^ | March 5, 2017

[2ndDivisionVet]

President Carter did that by mentioning certain Keyhole (satellite) systems when I was in the intelligence game.

[drewh]

media is getting the vapors, oh dear!

[stylin19a]

Anyone who would reveal the existence of a wiretap would violate federal law,” he said. “It is against federal law to disclose the existence of a wiretap, whether that wiretap is for criminal purposes or intelligence purposes.”

Can it be mentioned without penalty after someone else mentions it first ?
Like assuming the NYTimes article of 1/19/2017 is true ?

[blackdog]

If this is the latest defense of Obama’s lawlessness, that it is unlawful to disclose that you were targeted by lawlessness by the government, then the media is forever lost.

[dila813]

I think he should and go back and look at Iraq while you are at it.

[doug from upland]

It would be epic justice if an editor and writer at the SLIMES went to prison for this.

[meyer]

Aw baloney!

If the government wiretapped me and I found out about it, I would shout it out to the world. The First Amendment of the Constitution says that I can.

[Texas Fossil]

“If any other government employee had single-handedly made such revelations they could see prison time for potentially damaging U.S. national security”

Unless he was a Democrat.

[doug from upland]

Perhaps Clapper denied it because he was not allowed to confirm. That appears to be the law. Only the Prez can declassify.

[StAntKnee]

Your Vapors image just about wraps it up. That was a fun little piece. Appreciate the post, 2nd Division

[Alberta's Child]

I think we’ve reached the point where every political figure and media hack inside the Beltway would rather eat a swimming pool full of horse crap than admit that Trump was objectively truthful in one of his hilarious Twitter messages.

[Baynative]

“Anyone who would reveal the existence of a wiretap would violate federal law,” he said. “It is against federal law to disclose the existence of a wiretap, whether that wiretap is for criminal purposes or intelligence purposes.”

But, Hillary did that exact thing in her October 31 tweet.

[aynrandfreak]

Apparently President Trump is the only one that can expose the truth to the American People about Obama’s misdeeds as President!

[WENDLE]

OUR president needs to crack down very hard and very soon. No mercy.

[Texas Fossil]

That may be true, unless you signed the document required to work in the intelligence field.

[Carl Vehse]

"If the government wiretapped me and I found out about it, I would shout it out to the world. The First Amendment of the Constitution says that I can."

The restriction applies to those who have security clearance. Even if they see a secret revealed in the media, they cannot confirm it or talk about it.

[silverleaf]

Hillary tweeted it on October 31 2016
By this logic she broke yet another law by disclosing the wiretapping on Trump and did so a week before the election in attempt to damage her opponent

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/03/hillary-tipped-off-trump-wiretap-tweeted-one-week-prior-election/

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Good thing Hillary never released any secret intelligence.

[drierice]

So let’s see: it’s OK if the media/deep state leaks inside, private, or classified info to the press... as long as you don’t mention the use of wiretapping. OK, got it!

[piasa]

Actually it was Hillary last year who tweeted out the existance of the wiretap...