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Defending spies in the Trump campaign is the height of liberal hypocrisy
New York Post ^ | May 23, 2018 | Michael Goodwin

Posted on 05/23/2018 8:46:29 PM PDT by TBP

The spying is an event of enormous consequences, with no known precedent in American history, because it catches the incumbent party targeting the candidate of the opposition party. Even Richard Nixon didn’t weaponize law enforcement and intelligence agencies to this extent.

Additionally, the timing of the spying effort matters because it began before the FBI says it started its counterintelligence probe into the Trump campaign. So was that official July start date another James Comey lie?

There is an additional option. Trump has the power to declassify virtually any government document, making it accessible by the public under Freedom of Information Law requests. That’s the best route and the only one with a chance to lead to timely transparency. Justice and the FBI could make objections on national security or personal safety grounds, but final decisions should be made by a qualified team led by Kelly, with a prejudice toward openness, not secrecy.

The time is up for professional gatekeepers like Comey and Rosenstein to control what the public knows. They have done nothing but add to distrust of the FBI and that will not change if their ilk makes the final decisions.

By insisting that the documents go online, Trump would be letting taxpayers see for themselves what the government was up to, and what it was hiding. And to connect the dots between the various agencies involved.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: campaign; spies; trump; trumprussia
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To: TBP

It’s a shame how the DNC and their lackey media lie to Democrat voters who are just dumb animals and will believe anything so long as it’s anti-American.


21 posted on 05/23/2018 10:16:03 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Raycpa

Yup. Patience and timing.


22 posted on 05/23/2018 10:48:27 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Democrats: Herd mentality exhibiting melodramatic hysterics.)
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To: TBP

WOW! Is POTUS going to show what transparent means?


23 posted on 05/24/2018 4:01:56 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: MarkL
Keep in mind that just like apartment managers who DO have the keys to homes, only those homes that they want searched will ever be looked at.

Notice how many inner city apartments have the cops called due to drug use or filthy conditions? Very few, due to the danger. Those druggies shoot back.

That's the scenario we see played out before us, in which the corrupt DOJ gets to hand select from an enemies list those they want to search.

Remember, even South Africa had a “Truth Commission”, even if it immediately degenerated into Get Whiteys Money.

24 posted on 05/24/2018 4:25:15 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Dogbert41

Yep. Defund the FBI, give the agents 1 week notice and send them packing. Then hold a white sale on all the equipment and property. All proceeds goes to pay down the deficit.


25 posted on 05/24/2018 6:00:49 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: Dalberg-Acton
It’s a shame how the DNC and their lackey media lie to Democrat voters who are just dumb animals and will believe anything so long as it’s anti-American.

The media actions proves to me how religious they are, they have embraced "turn your cheek" and have expanded it to turn your entire head to avoid seeing the criminality of the deep state even though the proof today is overwhelming.

26 posted on 05/24/2018 6:09:20 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: allendale

BO (AKA Emperor Hussein I) is an anti-American racist. His aim, IMO, was to destroy America as much as he could.


27 posted on 05/24/2018 9:39:12 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Truthoverpower

Beck is on vacation this week, but he has covered this and his guys Pat and Jeffy (who are filling in this week) have been talking about it too.


28 posted on 05/24/2018 9:40:23 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: TBP

Bttt.

5.56mm


29 posted on 05/24/2018 9:41:10 AM PDT by M Kehoe (THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
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To: joshua c

That’s for sure!


30 posted on 05/24/2018 11:35:57 AM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Equine1952

Partner, I did not hear his statements since I was too busy fixing some plumbing around the house.

I really like Rush since he has the best news editorials and really gets into every issue affecting our country. Plus, the fact that he is a conservative helps a lot.

31 posted on 05/24/2018 1:47:28 PM PDT by TheConservativeTejano
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Partner, the media or should I say Fake News MSM is the right arm of the Rat party. They have been the right arm of the Rat party for around the past 50 years and this is why Rush, Fox News, OAN news are so popular since we do not get any news from ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC etc.

These guys are really Anti-American sorta like the "America Hating Piece of Work Imposter Obama".

32 posted on 05/24/2018 1:52:46 PM PDT by TheConservativeTejano
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