Posted on 03/22/2017 10:43:35 AM PDT 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.
Excellent point
Clapper and Brennan were the culprits. This data was posted here on FR .. and I made copies of it for this very reason.
This is a copy of a couple of documents which show what was going on:
Whistleblower Tapes: Trump Wiretapped “A Zillion Times” By ‘The Hammer,’......
Monday, March 20, 2017 11:16:31 AM • by yoe • 9 replies
The American Report ^ | March 17, 2017 | Mary Fanning and Alan Jones
President Obama’s Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper and his Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Brennan oversaw a secret supercomputer system known as “THE HAMMER,” according to former NSA/CIA contractor-turned whistleblower Dennis Montgomery. Clapper and Brennan were using the supercomputer system to conduct illegal and unconstitutional government data harvesting and wiretapping. THE HAMMER was installed on federal property in Fort Washington, Maryland at a complex which some speculate is a secret CIA and NSA operation operating at a US Naval facility.
Project Dragnet: Trump & Family was not just Spied on by Obama, but under Bush Also
The Washington Standard ^ | 03-20-2017 | Tim Brown
Posted on Monday, March 20, 2017 11:50:36 AM by ReformedMedia
You see what happens when you start trading liberty for alleged security. Under George W. Bush, a full-on unconstitutional federalization of airport security and subsequent violations of the Fourth Amendment that take place every single day in this country were passed following the 9/11 attacks . Now, the news is a buzz about Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah’s wiretapping of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, but Project Dragnet records are now providing evidence that Donald Trump and his family were being illegally spied on by the National Security Agency (NSA) under President George W. Bush.
According to the Project Dragnet database, Trump was listed for electronic surveillance for the following companies, locations and times:
Trump International 1 Central Park, NYC, NY 2008
Trump World Tower 845 United Nations Plaza, NYC, NY No Date
Trump Tower SAL 108 Central Park, NYC, NY 2007
Trump Palace Co 200 E. 69th Street A, NYC, NY 2008
Trump Entertainment 725 Fifth Ave. FL, NYC, NY 2007
Trump Organization 725 Fifth Ave. BSM, NYC, NY 2009
Trump Palace 725 Fifth Ave., NYC, NY 2004
Mar-a-Lago Club 1100 S. Ocean BL, Palm Beach, FL 2006
Trump International 401 N. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL 2008
Douglass Limousine 239 Nassau St., Princeton, NJ 2008
Trump International 3505 Summit BLV, West PB, FL 2004
Flights INC P.O. Box 196, Hamilton MA 2004
Trump International 1 Central Park, NYC, NY 2008
Trump Hotels Huron Ave., Atlantic City, NJ No Date
Trump National 339 Pine Rd, Briarcliff, NY No Date
Trump Plaza & C 2500 Pacific Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 2008
Trump Palace Co. 200 E. 69th St., NYC, NY 2008
Seven Springs 66 Oregon Rd, Mount Kisco, NY 2006-2008
(Excerpt) Read more at thewashingtonstandard.com ...
THIS HAS TO BE WHAT NUNES AND SPICER WERE TALKING ABOUT.
Make a copy of this post and send it to those who you believe want to know the truth about this issue.
Everyone should have known Trump was wiretapped when transcripts of phone calls were released. Flynn and Sessions too.
Add to that fact that late in Obama’s administration they opened the NSA signal data to ANY request for it from ANY of the 13 intelligence units (without NSA exercising their privacy & need to know firewalls) which include numerous Obama hold-overs in the deep state, and you have ammunition for “leaks” and mischief.
they still think they can out slick Trump...he’s got them chasing their own tails so bad....great stuff.
Yes. What’s her face there, the AG, Lynch, signed the order as she crept out the back door.
Yep. Good stuff.
I understand that they may have picked up stuff from Trumps people in the normal course of intel gathering. They disseminated it.....hang them from a tree and beat them to death. Anyone and everyone who handled the info and passed it to someone else. EVERYONE.
Nunes is concerned? Awwww....how nice. Does anyone with a brain think that President Trump would have tweeted this out if he didn’t have good intel that this was a fact??? Please spare me! Of course they were bugged - they probably still are. Why do you think he goes to Maralago every weekend. He probably has some safe room down there that’s private in which he can actually have a relaxed conversation. Clean these pigs out of our government.
#DTS
#MAGA
A cocktail waitress working in a restaurant on the third floor was suspected of owning an unlicensed cat... so the NSA, under perfectly legal warrants, wiretapped the entire building to investigate.
>>”He says he believes the intelligence collections were done legally...”<<
Legally? How in the heck would this have been done “legally”?
Intercepted communication and covert surveillance? I would sure hope that the default setting for spying on civilians is to consider it to be “ILLEGAL” unless and until the rare circumstance arises and there is clear proof that it was warranted.
And that “proof that it was warranted” needs to be pretty well explained to We The People.
what did Pelosi, Shumer, Lynch, Zero and Biden know, and when did they know it?
bttt
What the hell is “incidental collection?”
I was reading about FISA the other day. Apparently the FISA has to be renewed every 30 days (on the average). So every 30 days would have been a new FISA, or, an extension by the same judge who (we hope) would have insisted on seeing justification for an extension. Exceeding the original 30 days without a judge’s extension or a new FISA is a YuGE no-no.
Now we need to know which judge signed the original FISA and whether that judge granted extensions and why or why not.
Yep. That’s BS. Incidental.....
The news coming out at this time gives cover for House members voting on the repeal/replace of Obamacare.
They are reassured by this news that Trump is here to stay is likely to get politically stronger.
Yes, very good point.
Not only did the surveillance take place, but Obama’s team saw to it that the intelligence was spread around far and wide. Much easier to hide a leak to the press if tons of people have access.
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