CNN: House Intel chairman: Trump's personal communications may have been collected

CNN Online ^ | 3/22/2017 | Tom LoBianco

[Vermont Lt]

They kind of, sort of collected his communications.

I would have to wonder what agency was kind of, sort of, collecting his stuff. I am not sure there are any that are supposed to work in the US aside from the FBI.

(I know they do. My Dad was in the Counter Intelligence Corps during the mid 1950s. He would tell me a story and I would say, “but that’s not legal.” He would look back at me like I was an idiot. Which at the time, I was.)_

[1Old Pro]

Yeah waiting for apologies from those who called him an idiot and a liar..guess he was right he WAS wiretapped!!Can't wait for Scott Pelley to stop reporting Trump's claim as "Trump's false claim" - but won't hold my breath.

[Enterprise]

They’re going to go to the mattresses on this. It was necessary to monitor Trump and his staff because - THE RUSSIANS!

[Grampa Dave]

More on this “accidental monitoring aka
Bombshell: Nunes Says There Was “Incidental Surveillance” Of Trump During Obama Administration

Bombshell: Nunes Says There Was “Incidental Surveillance” Of Trump During Obama Administration
ZeroHedge.com ^ | Mar 22, 2017 1:35 PM | by Tyler Durden
Posted on 3/22/2017, 10:43:35 AM by b4its2late

It appears Trump may have been right, again

Two days after FBI director Comey shot down Trump’s allegation that Trump was being wiretapped by president Obama before the election, it appears that president Trump may have been on to something because moments ago Politico reported that according to the House Intelligence Chairman, Devin Nunes, “members of the Donald Trump transition team, possibly including Trump himself, were under surveillance during the Obama administration following November’s election”, he told reporters on Wednesday.

As AP confirms, Nunes said that President Donald Trump’s communications may have been “monitored” during the transition period as part of an “incidental collection.”

Nunes told a news conference Wednesday that the communications appear to be picked up through “incidental collection” and do not appear to be related to the ongoing FBI investigation into Trump associates’ contacts with Russia. He says he believes the intelligence collections were done legally, although in light of the dramatic change in the plotline it may be prudent to reserve judgment on how “incidental” it was.

BREAKING!!! Rep Devin Nunes (Intel Cmte Chmn): There was “Incidental collection” of @realDonaldTrump thru IC surveillance <- BOMBSHELL

— Eric Bolling (@ericbolling) March 22, 2017

Nunes says the communications of Trump associates were also picked up, but he did not name those associates. He says the monitoring mostly occurred in November, December and January. He added that he learned of the collection through “sources” but did not specify those source

Politico adds that Nunes is going to the White House later Wednesday to brief the Trump administration on what he has learned, which he said came from “sources.”

Nunes says he is “bothered” by this. Won’t say whether or not intel community spied on Trump et. al. But says he is “concerned.”

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 22, 2017

While there are no further details, we look forward to how the media narrative will change as a result of today’s latest dramatic development.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3537065/posts

[frnewsjunkie]

Comey might come out and hold a short media alert... and change what he said Monday. I knew he was lying then... but the questions were toooo easy and toooo pro dems. He hid behind the truth. Don’t tell me he didn’t know this when he stated the opposite at the hearing. He is a snake in the weeds!!!

[Fhios]

Invoking plausible deniability clause.

[bray]

Incidental 24/7 collection.
Paging Mr Nixon...

[bushsupporter30]

“May have been collected”. They are really stretching the definitions of terminologies to make it fit the narrative.

[mewzilla]

Can you say modified limited hangout, boys and girls!

I knew you could!

[Grampa Dave]

More on this “accidental monitoring aka
Bombshell: Nunes Says There Was “Incidental Surveillance” Of Trump During Obama Administration

Bombshell: Nunes Says There Was “Incidental Surveillance” Of Trump During Obama Administration
ZeroHedge.com ^ | Mar 22, 2017 1:35 PM | by Tyler Durden
Posted on 3/22/2017, 10:43:35 AM by b4its2late

It appears Trump may have been right, again

Two days after FBI director Comey shot down Trump’s allegation that Trump was being wiretapped by president Obama before the election, it appears that president Trump may have been on to something because moments ago Politico reported that according to the House Intelligence Chairman, Devin Nunes, “members of the Donald Trump transition team, possibly including Trump himself, were under surveillance during the Obama administration following November’s election”, he told reporters on Wednesday.

As AP confirms, Nunes said that President Donald Trump’s communications may have been “monitored” during the transition period as part of an “incidental collection.”

Nunes told a news conference Wednesday that the communications appear to be picked up through “incidental collection” and do not appear to be related to the ongoing FBI investigation into Trump associates’ contacts with Russia. He says he believes the intelligence collections were done legally, although in light of the dramatic change in the plotline it may be prudent to reserve judgment on how “incidental” it was.

BREAKING!!! Rep Devin Nunes (Intel Cmte Chmn): There was “Incidental collection” of @realDonaldTrump thru IC surveillance <- BOMBSHELL

— Eric Bolling (@ericbolling) March 22, 2017

Nunes says the communications of Trump associates were also picked up, but he did not name those associates. He says the monitoring mostly occurred in November, December and January. He added that he learned of the collection through “sources” but did not specify those source

Politico adds that Nunes is going to the White House later Wednesday to brief the Trump administration on what he has learned, which he said came from “sources.”

Nunes says he is “bothered” by this. Won’t say whether or not intel community spied on Trump et. al. But says he is “concerned.”

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 22, 2017

While there are no further details, we look forward to how the media narrative will change as a result of today’s latest dramatic development.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3537065/posts

[Sarah Barracuda]

Remember last week when President Trump told Tucker Carlson that “In the next two weeks new info would be coming out” and of course the media that never lies said that Trump was an idiot and a total liar and should “Apologize” to Barack Obama..well guess what..TRUMP WAS RIGHT LIKE ALWAYS

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The Obama administration gathered information on Trump with the intent to use it in a “Clinton administration” to destroy Mr. Trump, his businesses, family, and associates. The fatal flaw was that Hillary was a terrible candidate and lost bigly.

Remember, Obama used the power of government to prohibit conservative organizations from forming tax-exempt organizations in an election year, tapped phones on 20 AP reporters, James Rosen from FOX News including his parents, and other abuses of power.

Someone needs to go to prison.

[Yosemitest]

Pay very close attention to ITEMS #4 and #5:

Found by Mark Levin at Mark Levin PROVES Trump Wiretapping Claims: ‘The Evidence Is Overwhelming’ #ObamaGate
(They went to the FISA, that's the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Court not once ... BUT TWICE ! ) :

1. Heat street, November 7, 2016 EXCLUSIVE: FBI ‘Granted FISA Warrant’ Covering Trump Camp’s Ties To Russia
“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.

… 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.”


2. The Guardian, Jan 10 2017 John McCain passes dossier alleging secret Trump-Russia contacts to FBI
“ … The Guardian has learned that the FBI applied for a warrant from the foreign intelligence surveillance (Fisa) court over the summer in order to monitor four members of the Trump team suspected of irregular contacts with Russian officials. …

“ … The Fisa court turned down the application asking FBI counter-intelligence investigators to narrow its focus. According to one report, the FBI was finally granted a warrant in October, … “


3. McClatchy, JANUARY 18, 2017 FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump
“The FBI and five other law enforcement and intelligence agencies have collaborated for months in an investigation into Russian attempts to influence the November election, including whether money from the Kremlin covertly aided President-elect Donald Trump, two people familiar with the matter said.

The agencies involved in the inquiry are the FBI, the CIA, the National Security Agency, the Justice Department, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and representatives of the director of national intelligence, the sources said. …”


4. New Your Times, January 19 2017 Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates

“… The F.B.I. is leading the investigations, aided by the National Security Agency, the C.I.A. and the Treasury Department’s financial crimes unit. The investigators have accelerated their efforts in recent weeks but have found no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing, the officials said. One official said intelligence reports based on some of the WIRETAPPED communications had been provided to the White House. …”


5. New York Times, Jan 12 2017 N.S.A. Gets More Latitude to Share Intercepted Communications
“In its final days, the Obama administration has expanded the power of the National Security Agency to share globally intercepted personal communications with the government’s 16 other intelligence agencies BEFORE APPLYING PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.”


6. New York Times, March 1 2017 Obama Administration Rush To Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking
"In the Obama administration’s last days, some White House officials scrambled to spread information about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election — and about possible contacts between associates of President-elect Donald J. Trump and Russians — across the government.”


7. New York Times, Feb 9 2017 Flynn Is Said to Have Talked to Russians About Sanctions Before Trump Took Office

8. Washington Post, March 2 2017 The Daily 202: Trump’s Russia headache gets worse, as Sessions struggles to spin undisclosed meetings
“ U.S. Investigators have examined contacts Attorney General Sessions had with Russian Officials during the time he was advising Donald Trump’s Campaign. The focus of the U.S. Counter Intelligence Investigation has been on communications between Trump Campaign Officials and Russia. … The inquiry involving Sessions is examining it’s contents while serving as Trump’s Foreign Policy Advisor in the spring and summer of 2016. “


9. The Wall Street Journal, March 2 2017 Investigators Probed Jeff Sessions’ Contacts With Russian Officials
“U.S. investigators have examined contacts Attorney General Jeff Sessions had with Russian officials during the time he was advising Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. ”

[forgotten man]

So, the January 21, 2017 front page article in the New York Times was right. Maybe Trump should apologize to the New York Times because they were correct for once. Make it a limited apology and rub their noses in it at the same time.

[Sarah Barracuda]

President Trump told Tucker Carlson some new info would come out in the next two weeks I told ya all Trump was telling the truth!

[bray]

Sounds like Comey perjured himself.

[Grampa Dave]

Well gee the media has been saying that Obama did NOT wiretap Trump yet here ya go, they were just collecting his personal communications for what purposemonitoring using high tech surveilance conversations Trump had with his people.

[mewzilla]

Obama makes Nixon look like a piker...

[DAC21]

Trump said last week news was coming. If true another example of Trump playing Sheldon Cooper 3D chess with the rest of Washington playing Checkers missing half the game pieces.

[TTFlyer]

DAMMIT TRUMP START FIRING PEOPLE!! AND ARREST AND PROSECUTE THEM IF WARRANTED!