Posted on 12/10/2019 1:25:54 AM PST by Yo-Yo
To understand just how shoddy the FBIs work was in securing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant targeting the Trump campaign, you only need to read an obscure attachment to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitzs report.
Appendix 1 identifies the total violations by the FBI of the so-called Woods Procedures, the process by which the bureau verifies information and assures the FISA court its evidence is true.
The Appendix identifies a total of 51 Woods procedure violations from the FISA application the FBI submitted to the court authorizing surveillance of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page starting in October 2016.
A whopping nine of those violations fell into the category called: Supporting document shows that the factual assertion is inaccurate.
For those who dont speak IG parlance, it means the FBI made nine false assertions to the FISA court. In short, what the bureau said was contradicted by the evidence in its official file.
To put that in perspective, former Trump aides Mike Flynn and George Papadopoulos were convicted of making single false statements to the bureau. One went to jail already, and the other awaits sentencing.
The FBI made nine false statements to the court.
And the appendix shows the FBI made another nine factual assertions that did not match the supporting evidence in the file. In another words, the bureau was misleading on nine other occasions.
The vast majority of remaining Woods violations 33 in total involved failing to provide any evidence in the Woods procedure backing up assertion in the FISA warrant application.
Thats serious too since the sole purpose of the Wood procedures is to ensure all evidence cited in a FISA application is documented as accurate and reliable so it can be trusted by the courts.
The FBI has no credibility
If I am seated on a jury and the FBI came anywhere near the evidence, I’m voting to acquit. So should you.
Do you understand that the DOJ IG does not have the power to issue indictments?
The press are certainly working hard to whitewash the report, but anyone who believes them are fools. John Solomon points out very clearly that it is not a whitewash and the report will result in indictments. In addition, the resulting civil suits will succeed for the victims of these crimes.
Horowitz has done what he had the mandate to do. He did not have the power and authority to do more. The statements of Mr. Barr and Mr. Dunham indicate that the DOJ will do what they have power to do, deliver indictments.
So, other than the 51 violations and the 9 false statements, The FISA warrant was just fine?
Reminds me of Monty Python's "Merely a Flesh Wound".
What did Hillary know? Surely she knew the $10 million for Steele was going somewhere for something.
What did Obama know about the domestic counter intelligence operation against his rival?
When will the swat teams converge upon the Clinton campaign officials in the wee hours of the morning?
When will CNN produce a screen of thumbnails of the charged Clinton campaign officials?
His mandate did not restrict him from calling a spade a spade. The truth is, he whitewashed the guilt of his fellow Dept of Injustice bureaucrats, and the Federal Bureau of Injustice Gestapo coup plotters. All Horowitz had to do was write words on a report that told the truth, and he couldnt even do that.
Are they claiming right-wingers are paranoid conspiracy types ,yet?
It’s a great report, providing the essential framework for the criminal indictments that will follow from Durham. This is a win for us and instead of spending your energy criticizing it, criticize the travesty that is going on in the House of Representatives.
There is a wise saying: The last is prologue. I dont expect Durham and Barr to hold Obama and Hillary accountable. Nor will the Congressional Criminal Class lay for their treason and corruption.
lay = pay
Of course you don't. You suffer from the malaise that infects this forum, with the sufferers spending all their time nit picking our side while ignoring our real enemy, the Communist Democrat Party. I choose to support Trump and encourage all of those who are helping him.
Yes, that is what Durham is for.
And I repeat, I want to see INDICTMENTS! And not just a single FBI lawyer for changing a single email. I want to see the entire chain of command that KNOWINGLY falsified the FISA renewals.
I'll grant them the original FISA warrant, but by the first renewal they knew they had nothing yet they withheld and falsified information to gain three more renewals of that FISA warrant.
Further, you are 100% wrong that I dont criticize Democrats. Lol. Your accusation borders on insanity.
I dont know how this all ends. But my belief is that the criminal class and coup plotters will mostly skate. They may give us a couple of scalps: Strozk, maybe even Comey or Brennan. But never Obama. Never Hillary. Never high ranking members of Congress.
The FBI are not the big fish in this. The focus on them is a distraction. The leaders of the coup are Hillary who ordered up and paid for the fake dossier and Obama who used it to wire tap a presidential candidate and then president-elect Another reason why those two should be in prison.
That might be a little excessive. I would basically treat anything they say as not worth more than hearsay. i.e., nothing at all.
Exactly. I saw a post somewhere yesterday where someone mentioned that if you flipped a coin 51 times and it came up heads every time, that you might want to take a look at the coin.
OK, no Christmas Card from me for you. Merry Christmas anyway.
Sorry Centurian, it's not just malaise. It's just reality and the logical acceptance of same. Anyone who thinks that the deep state, or any of its minions other than perhaps some of the lowest level pawns will actually pay for their malfeasance is delusional.
delusional:
having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions:
Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
Psychiatry. maintaining fixed false beliefs even when confronted with facts, usually as a result of mental illness:
He was so delusional and paranoid that he thought everybody was conspiring against him.
From dictionary.com, emphasis added.
Those of us who have been paying attention have noticed that we've seen this movie before, and we know how it ends.
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