It looks like Obama did spy on Trump, just as he apparently did to me

The Hill ^ | Sharyl Attkisson,

[ForYourChildren]

Many in the media are diving deeply into minutiae in order to discredit any notion that President Trump might have been onto something in March when he fired off a series of tweets claiming President Obama had “tapped” “wires” in Trump Tower just before the election.

According to media reports this week, the FBI did indeed “wiretap” the former head of Trump’s campaign, Paul Manafort, both before and after Trump was elected. If Trump officials — or Trump himself — communicated with Manafort during the wiretaps, they would have been recorded, too.

But we’re missing the bigger story.

If these reports are accurate, it means U.S. intelligence agencies secretly surveilled at least a half dozen Trump associates. And those are just the ones we know about.

Besides Manafort, the officials include former Trump advisers Carter Page and Michael Flynn. Last week, we discovered multiple Trump “transition officials” were “incidentally” captured during government surveillance of a foreign official. We know this because former Obama adviser Susan Rice reportedly admitted “unmasking,” or asking to know the identities of, the officials. Spying on U.S. citizens is considered so sensitive, their names are supposed to be hidden or “masked,” even inside the government, to protect their privacy.

In May, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates acknowledged they, too, reviewed communications of political figures, secretly collected under President Obama.

Weaponization of intel agencies?

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[hinckley buzzard]

Really. Interesting. So what has this Master Mind of yours taken to a grand jury in the first 8 months of his tenure?

[Mama Shawna]

I believe that was extreme sarcasm on Dr. Dudes part...

[DrDude]

Thank you for noticing. I didn’t think to add a sarc tag as it was very obvious. Frustrated by some Freepers who think Sessions is on the ball and on top of current events. You can’t fix stupid.

[DrDude]

I don’t think Sessions could find the Grand Jury room or the Courthouse with a full escort.

[Pagey]

Bttt!

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[Mama Shawna]

I thought it was more than obvious but I guess some of us are more cynical than others. Can’t say I’ve been overly impressed with Mr. Sessions.

[Gene Eric]

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[upchuck]

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[mywholebodyisaweapon]

Great journalist and beautiful lady.

[Yaelle]

The DOJ is eerily impotent.

It makes no sense at all. Mueller is allowed to run amuck and nothing is said.

[snip]

Our own government goes into court and fights against Judicial Watch’s attempts to get the needed info to drain the swamp.

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I’d also like to know WHAT IS GOING ON? Why is the Trump administration so seemingly impotent at Justice against the government turning on nonleftists?

[LouisianaJoanof Arc]

“I’d also like to know WHAT IS GOING ON? Why is the Trump administration so seemingly impotent at Justice against the government turning on nonleftists?”

Thanks for being the only one to respond to my request for opinions.

This is worse than Watergate. No one doing anything about it. Is Trump being threatened?

[Yaelle]

And I don’t have answers, just the same gaping questions as you. How can so many be so gullible today? The crimes today make Watergate look like a fuss over a bra strap showing. HOW CAN WE AS A NATION BE SO SILENT ABOUT IT??

[SunkenCiv]

Gee, I never suspected a thing. ;^) Thanks ForYourChildren.

[GOPJ]

Turns out Obama and his thugs in ‘intelligence’ thought THEY should make the call on who became President of the United States...

“To hell with the people” - right? Guess the little sh*ts like Brennan, Clapper and Comey thought they were running some corrupt African hellhole... where the biggest thugs make the calls.

How charming. /s