Exactly....if it came in in the typical linear fashion she would have reviewed it, and potentially questioned it. When your boss's boss signs off on it, the train has already left the station. You simply sign it and not even give it a second thought.
I do and don't blame her. Yes, she should have as a matter of policy reviewed it and questioned it where appropriate, though that may have ended her career right then.
trish anderson left the fbi and joined covington and burling, where eric holder now works. stuart eizenstat from the clinton era also works there. covington and burling represented big tobacco in washington, dc.
letting anderson off the hook just perpetuates the denial of responsibility within the deep state swamp. after nuremberg, “i was just doing my job” is not supposed to be a good enough excuse for crimes performed under the color of law.
and anyway anderson is a top lawyer. signing off on a fisa order that could result in wiretapping the future president without reading it just does not parse... imho.
if nothing else, ... rico.
If it goes over our head as this did, I don’t think many people would have questioned it.
It rests on the people who did approve it.
I hope they get what they deserve.