Posted on 03/23/2017 7:19:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Wednesday, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), held a press conference where he claimed he possessed proof that U.S. citizens involved in the Trump transition were incidentally surveilled by the Obama administration. Nunes clarified that the evidence hed reviewed was not related to, Russia, the investigation of Russian activities, or the Trump team.
Rep. Nunes announcement came as a shock to ranking committee Democrats, who learned the news via the press conference. The White House was also unaware of Nunes findings until the press conference.
An Intelligence Community (IC) insider approached Rep. Nunes with the bombshell evidence after FBI Director Comeys testimony before Congress Monday. Or at least thats what Nunes claims.
As Nunes explained, members of Trumps transition team were surveilled incidentally, but what concerned him most was that transition team members had been unmasked. Rather than being referred to as American A (or something of the like) in surveillance reports, their identities were listed. Unmasking requires specific request and approval.
This incidental intelligence contained personal information about members of Trumps transition team was then disseminated to other IC members, but this had no intelligence significance at all and that would include people in the White House getting it, said Rep. Peter King (R-NY), House Intel Committee member.
Joining Fox News Bill OReilly Wednesday night Rep. King reiterated Rep. Nunes previous statements. Its worth noting that at the time of his interview with OReilly, King had not personally seen the information in Nunes possession, but had been briefed in detail by Nunes.
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King claimed the reports theyve sifted through are just the beginning and that theres much more. Seemingly contradicting one of Nunes claims, King indicated (again, second-hand knowledge here) that the intelligence reports read like surveillance reports, detailing where the subjects went and with whom they spoke.
According to King, this is not an isolated incident. There are many reports with same type of intel collection.
When questioned, Trump said he felt somewhat vindicated and was glad Nunes found what he did.
Hours later, CNN published a story with the following headline:
Even though, officials cautioned that the information was not conclusive and that the investigation is ongoing.
Its almost like the FBI swatted back. Almost.
AMEN!
I see a trade off coming. The more they get caught spying, the more the Russian influence grows. LOL; “Here’s the deal, you shut up and we’ll shut up. Lets both walk away untouched, its how things are one in DC, doncha know?”
This is the BEST. He can be an international criminal just long enough for the Secret Service to arrest him and stuff him on a JetStream.
I would just as well see him intentionally ditch them and go on the lamb. TOTAL WIN.
Obama thought that hillary would be elected.He committed felonies thinking that he would never be caught.HE IS CAUGHT!! He has fled the country . We need to get him back for trial ( very easy) . Tomorrow is a historic day.THEY WERE ILLEGALLY FOLLOWING AND WIRETAPPING BEFORE THE ELECTION.Nunes is the greatest patriot since Paul Revere. The leftists are in full rout!!Wipe them out!!
You wont beat Trump playing like that.
Who is Andy Kaufman’s aborted baby brother?
I would like to see him in the defendant’s seat in a courtroom.
so much for staying in DC til sasha finishes school.
Adam Bennett Schiff is the U.S. Representative for California’s 28th congressional district.
infomation is coming out in waves,...overloading their ability to respond.
Maybe the strategy is to say “OK, well you got us, Obama and all of us did spy on you. So what. We own the FBI, the DOJ, the judges and everything else. Too bad, there’s nothing you can do about it.”
breaking on Hannity tonight- “Sources” tell fox news smoking gun to come out htis week proving that obama surveilled Trump- EVEN BEFORE he ‘changed the rules’ Making this a much much bigger legal issue
Well, I fear it might eventually take a Pinochet level of law enforcement to actually remove these Communists from government - but this should at least slow them down.
Does anybody remember the family that moved to a remote area of Siberia?
I think the man’s brother had been killed in Russia and he took his family and survival equipment to the middle of nowhere. He was discovered - possibly vis satellite and some explorers - many years later.
That family had a good idea. Get away from politicians, media and their corruption - get away from them all.
He’s going to have a Schiff fit when he hears King is speaking out too.
It seems more and more like justice Roberts’ weird decision might have been coerced.
That’s interesting. No wonder 0hole went to Tahiti.
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