[kabar]

1) A dossier that was paid for by the Democrat party was used as a basis to spy on American citizens.

This point needs to be emphasized again and again. It goes beyond Carter Page. This was the hook to monitor the entire Trump campaign. And we still haven't got to the unmasking issues that used queries to the NSA database to monitor the Trump campaign, transition team, and finally a sitting President.

This monitoring went on well into the Trump Presidency. And what access does Mueller have to these data? The Dems have used this phony scam to undermine Trump and gain access to the Trump campaign, the biggest ops research against a political opponent ever seen. And it goes on to this very minute with the Mueller investigation as the vehicle.

[Freee-dame]

Did Trump end the last minute Obama policy that allowed all raw data colllected by any of the 17 intelligence agencies to have immediate access to each others data? We learned about this outrage during the transition but not whether PDJT ended it after his inauguration.

[Cboldt]

-- It goes beyond Carter Page. This was the hook to monitor the entire Trump campaign. --

The FBI was probably monitoring all along. It needed cover for its unconstitutional warrantless surveillance. The warrant allows them to review email and other material that predates the issuance of the warrant. The point of FISA is to surveil foreign agents, not to prosecute crimes.

-- And we still haven't got to the unmasking issues ... --

Unmasking is the undoing of minimization. It is an end-run around the terms and conditions of the warrant. Unmasking is totally within the power of the executive, and can be done with NO oversight. No judge reviews, and of course the legislature is out of the fact gathering loop.

-- ... what access does Mueller have to these data? --

He has all of it if he wants it.

-- The Dems have used this phony scam to undermine Trump and gain access to the Trump campaign, the biggest ops research against a political opponent ever seen. --

Opposition research in public, to the extent that the false rumor of Russian collusion justified appointing the SC in the first place. The intended net effect is to delegitimze, hamstring and preoccupy the president. The press is part of the tag team. It's use of falsehood makes Comey and the FBI look like Boy Scouts.

[rodguy911]

The Dems have used this phony scam to undermine Trump and gain access to the Trump campaign, the biggest ops research against a political opponent ever seen. And it goes on to this very minute with the Mueller investigation as the vehicle.

Brilliant stuff had to be repeated.

[CDB]

1) A dossier that was paid for by the Democrat party was used as a basis to spy on American citizens.

This point needs to be emphasized again and again.

Agreed. To paraphrase "Plugs" Biden, "This is a BFD."

Has the MSM made ANY mention of this? Have they tried to "analyze The Memo with any of the level of "scrutiny" they devote to a POTUS Trump tweet?