Posted on 03/06/2017 12:45:44 PM PST by RoosterRedux
Two separate sources with links to the counter-intelligence community have confirmed to Heat Street that the FBI sought, and was granted, a FISA court warrant in October, giving counter-intelligence permission to examine the activities of ‘U.S. persons’ in Donald Trump’s campaign with ties to Russia.
Contrary to earlier reporting in the New York Times, which cited FBI sources as saying that the agency did not believe that the private server in Donald Trump’s Trump Tower which was connected to a Russian bank had any nefarious purpose, the FBI’s counter-intelligence arm, sources say, re-drew an earlier FISA court request around possible financial and banking offenses related to the server. The first request, which, sources say, named Trump, was denied back in June, but the second was drawn more narrowly and was granted in October after evidence was presented of a server, possibly related to the Trump campaign, and its alleged links to two banks; SVB Bank and Russia’s Alfa Bank. While the Times story speaks of metadata, sources suggest that a FISA warrant was granted to look at the full content of emails and other related documents that may concern US persons.
The FBI agents who talked to the New York Times, and rubbished the ground-breaking stories of Slate ( Franklin Foer) and Mother Jones (David Corn) may not have known about the FISA warrant, sources say, because the counter-intelligence and criminal sides of the FBI often work independently of each other employing the principle of ‘compartmentalization’.
The FISA warrant was granted in connection with the investigation of suspected activity between the server and two banks, SVB Bank and Alfa Bank. However, it is thought in the intelligence community that the warrant covers any ‘US person’ connected to this investigation, and thus covers Donald Trump...
(Excerpt) Read more at heatst.com ...
How dare an international business mogul do business in Russia.
I guess this could be milked for months if not years of intrigue.
But I think the best approach (and maybe even Trump will eventually do something like that) will be just to laugh at them and say yeah, we were talking with Russia, and look at the results... we’re now good friends and Russia is off of its conquest-for-self-esteem kick... now if you Democrats and anti-Trump Republicans want to make a conspiracy theory out of that then go right ahead and knock yourselves out, but I think you’ll just look silly.
Ping.
There are only 2 articles cited as sources for the wiretapping, this one and the one by the BBC.
Very odd.
Nevertheless, this is the absolute best election ever!
The story here is not about Russia and Trump. It is about whether or not Obama wiretapped Trump Tower before the election.
I’ll repeat what was posted yesterday here:
1. Earlier, it was reported the FISA warrant request described a ***possible*** connection to a Russian Bank.
2. All FISA warrant requests must have an international foreign party. Otherwise, a warrant request must go through US Courts or an international court.
3. The report from Gateway Pundit, an outfit whose products I generally subscribe to, writes in a manner that there is no question that a server in Trump Tower “was connected to” a Russian Bank.
4. Now how does anyone know what was in the FISA warrant request?
5. Trump Tower Manhattan is a big place zoned for mixed use, 68 stories, 10 stories for the base atrium as part of 26 stories for offices and stores, 39 stories for residences comprising 270 condominiums and then the Trump Organization and the personal Penthouse of Donald Trump occupying the top 3 floors. All the floor heights are taller than comparable building heights so the total height of the building is more than 68 typical stories.
5. The largest Chinese government-controlled bank ‘The Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.’ operates in the Trump Tower. It is highly probable, as in with probability one, that this bank has a server tied to a Russian bank and with many many other banks around the world.
6. A FISA warrant request for tapping Trump Tower based on a ‘server linked to a Russian Bank’ would give, in light of one of the largest banks in the world operating inside Trump Tower, carte blanche to launch a giant fishing expedition for monitoring all communications, transactions, correspondence and file packets coming into and going out of the building ASSOCIATED WITH THE BANK IN QUESTION. Communications intercepted from the Trump Campaign and from Donald Trump’s personal residence WOULD BE ILLEGAL unless there were probable cause to believe the Trump Campaign and Donald Trump were involved in the Chinese bank’s communication with a Foreign bank
7. If the FBI/NSA did, in fact, monitor the Trump’s campaign and personal communications, then that is a crime.
8. Gateway Pundit writes:
“The original FISA request which specifically named and broadly targeted Donald Trump was denied, a second request was redrafted months later which narrowed down on equipment in Trump Tower. The second request is said to have been granted, despite the fact that FBI sources did not believe these servers to be of actual national security or possess any illegal ties to Russia.”
NARROWED DOWN TO EQUIPMENT IN TRUMP TOWER.
That would very likely be the Chinese Bank’s servers linked to Russian Banks and other banks which is normal for international banks.
9. If President Trump has evidence of Obama’s FBI listening to his campaign or his personal communications, then he has evidence of a felony committed by the Obama Administration.
10. Fact: if the Trump Administration has evidence of an Obama conspiracy to violate the law, the Obama underlings will likely agree to a plea deal in exchange for testimony leading to Lynch, Jarrett and others at the highest level. If any of Obama’s inner circle turn evidence on Obama, Obama may be the first President in US history to be charged with a felony.
My sense is that President Trump will decide to either prosecute Obama and all his minions. or reach a deal with them in return for enormous, massive political concessions. Either way, the democrats and their progressive socialism era will be brought to an end.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3531464/posts?page=50#50
Next thing you know, Snowden is shipped home as a ‘gift’
ping
UNLESS, of course if you're Hugh Rodham and you, your sister (who just happens to be Sec of State), and your brother in law, are selling a huge portion of the Country's strategic stockpile of uranium to the russians, and you're receiving $MILLIONS for brokering the deal.
Well done. Excellent post.
Would getting email offering services from the bank qualify?
Thanks for posting this.
The Lord loves a-hangin'.
Or two. Or many...
Here ya go
BTW this seems to tie into the FR thread this morning about the activities of an “Emily McMullin” to update a registered domain with Trump’s name about 3 days after the October FISA warrant
That was an excuse..............
Today on Fox and Friends someone said the Trump server was spamming the Russian bank and that the traffic caught the Feds attention.
Louise Mensch was a Republican For Hillary back during the campaign.
From earlier today
About the domain registration of this account
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3531939/posts?page=1
Just wondering: How many other administration’s launched national security investigations oe criminal investigations against the opposing party’s candidate...?
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