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Sharyl Attkisson explains why one FISA warrant on one person can lead to spying on thousands of people
American Thinker ^ | December 21, 2019 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 12/21/2019 5:44:31 AM PST by george76

The genuine magnitude of the FBI spying on the Trump campaign (or Adam Schiff’s getting ahold of the phone records of journalists and fellow representatives) was far greater than most people realize, reading or hearing about a FISA warrant to spy on Carter Page. Many people naturally presume that an operation to trample on the rights of one man – even an Annapolis graduate who served as a source for the CIA – was bad, but not a major spying operation. After all, Page was not a top-level campaign advisor but an unpaid volunteer. So, what’s the big deal?

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Believe it or now, intelligence agencies can use one legal wiretap to monitor as many as 25,000 people for which there was no wiretap justification.

Through a single warrant, government agents can capture phone calls, texts, emails and bank records from people “two hops” away. That means all of the suspected spy’s direct contacts— “one hop” —and everybody who contacts those people or even visits their Facebook pages or websites—two hops.

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Sidney Powell (former prosecutor and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s attorney): And what most people don’t understand is, they don’t just get everything they want against Carter Page, they get everything they want against every person who communicated with Carter Page, and against every person who communicated with that person. So it goes out what’s called two hops.

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Obama official Samantha Power’s name was on hundreds of attempts to reveal the identities of Americans caught up in secretly-gathered intelligence. Obama adviser Susan Rice also took part. . Sally Yates and James Clapper admit having reviewed intel gathered on US political figures.

If you are a target, Big Brother is watching not just you but everyone you are in contact with, and everyone they are in contact with.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: attkisson; fbi; fisa; johnhuber; powell; rodrosenstein; samanthapower; sharyl; sharylattkisson; sidney; sidneypowell; surveillance
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To: Chewbarkah

-— impartial analysis -—
You are thinking Co exist. We must not co exist.

There is no need to be impartial. In fact, under present circumstances being impartial is foolish.

There must be attack attack attack, kill, kill, kil
The leftist started a war. The war must be won by total annihilation. There is no other rational course of action. Any condition short of total victory is loss


21 posted on 12/21/2019 7:22:45 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: bert
. This was not the first rodeo for the Alphabet Spies.


22 posted on 12/21/2019 7:35:29 AM PST by ptsal ( Media & DNC word game. It wasn't spying, it was just surveillance.)
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To: george76

In the movie “ snowden” this tentacle like web is revealed.

Love him or hate him, Snowden revealed the way the NSA, crooked politicians can find damning evidence to use on anyone.

They don’t care if it some 30 year ago incident , or some distant relation, they will use it to smear, with the help of the MSM, anyone who gets in their way..


23 posted on 12/21/2019 7:38:14 AM PST by patriotspride
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To: shelterguy

It’s a safe bet to believe hussein and hillary have been spying for a long time. Does anyone think they didn’t spy on the 2012 candidates?


Agree. Hillary got away with the paper FBI files. Todays technology is 1000 % more dangerous and to me, thats how the Clintons have survived all these years.

They have the goods on many in Congress, and the individuals know it..


24 posted on 12/21/2019 7:39:41 AM PST by patriotspride
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To: Flick Lives

Someone jerks Romney’s chain regularly.

Is it possible there is dirt on those magic undies?


25 posted on 12/21/2019 7:40:59 AM PST by ptsal ( Media & DNC word game. It wasn't spying, it was just surveillance.)
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To: bert

W. Bush.


26 posted on 12/21/2019 8:08:12 AM PST by bgill
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To: patriotspride

“They have the goods on many in Congress, and the individuals know it..”

Yup. Who was Epstine working for? What happened to all the data/dirt that he had collected?

The world wonders.


27 posted on 12/21/2019 8:35:31 AM PST by Captain7seas (UN EXIT!)
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To: patriotspride
"They have the goods on many in Congress, and the individuals know it.."

Another important reason why we need strict term limits. Dirty politicians beget more dirty politicians, and promote dirty networks and dirty bureaucracies.

28 posted on 12/21/2019 9:43:02 AM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Flick Lives
With some digging, I’d bet there’s evidence out there the Obama Admin spied on Romney’s 2012 campaign.

Mittens was too stoopid to realize that his campaign was compromised.

I'll bet the Mormon dolt still wonders who spilled on his "47 percent" comment.

29 posted on 12/21/2019 2:31:32 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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