The Dems ops realizing after they lost, that the spying was going to be discovered and how the frigg, were they gonna be able to explain that?
They never considered losing the election so the cover story and necessary ground work, never laid.
"it's the Russians"! - a gift & the chance to escape. That's why the claim "Russians hacked the election" as rediculous as it sounds, was shouted by the dems/left/media.
And any new info that came to light, the "it's the Russians" claim just steered right around it or with it. It must be accepted as post discovery of the original justification otherwise, the truth will stand out -high crimes & treason of 0bama's admimistration.
I'm wondering when bodies will start droppin.
No - if 'catnipman', above, has it right - they manufactured the Russian link to Page so they could have a justification for the FISA warrant. This was to give the the requisite "cover" to then spy on the campaign.
Think of it this way: they wanted to spy on the campaign, using all of the broad capabilities of the US intelligence agencies, particularly the NSA. Someone within the administration came up with the idea to work the system - that is, to find someone in the Trump campaign that had spoken with any Russian that could be plausibly tied to Russia's espionage activities. Then leverage that contact to eavesdrop on the REAL targets - Trump and his campaign staff.