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FBI restricts information obtained from Carter Page FISA surveillance
Washington Examiner ^ | January 25, 2020 02:26 PM | Daniel Chaitin

Posted on 01/25/2020 7:50:58 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

The FBI has restricted all the evidence obtained through the wiretapping of former Trump campaign staffer Carter Page.

Revealed in a Jan. 7 filing by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that was made public on Thursday, the government said the bureau chose to “sequester all collection the FBI acquired pursuant to the Court’s authorizations” to grant a warrant and three extensions for the electronic surveillance of Page, a U.S. citizen who was suspected of acting as an agent of Russia but was never charged with any wrongdoing.

The filing, signed off by presiding FISA court Judge James Boasberg, further stated that the "sequester" would remain in place until the completion of a further review of the DOJ inspector general report on the Page FISA warrants and the "outcome of related investigations and any litigation."

"The government has not described what steps are involved in such sequestration or when it will be completed," Boasberg wrote. "It has, however, undertaken to 'provide an update to the court when the FBI completes the sequestration.'"

Boasberg's filing made headlines on Thursday for showing the Justice Department conceded that there was insufficient evidence to justify the last two of four orders covering the final several months of electronic surveillance of Page during the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign. The initial order came in October 2016, and the electronic surveillance stretched into the summer of 2017 with a trio of extensions at three-month intervals. It remains unclear whether the Justice Department believes the first two orders targeting Page were similarly flawed.

"Today’s unprecedented court filing represents another step on the road to recovery for America’s deeply damaged judicial system. I hope that this latest admission of guilt for these civil rights abuses by the Justice Department marks continued progress towards restoring justice and...

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KEYWORDS: carterpage; fbi; fisa; obstructionofjustice
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To: Alberta's Child

George Pappadopolis


21 posted on 01/26/2020 12:11:08 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

>> Trust the plan!

LOL... I say that every time I have a good run at craps.


22 posted on 01/26/2020 12:23:08 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Like so many others I had hopes Christopher Wray would be the one to clean up that rats nest FBI.

But instead. at each turn, he seems to be protecting the FBI as it is.

It looks like he is just another Deep State operator.

Their loyalty is to the Deep State, their own bureaucracy and themselves - not to the nation and the constitution.


23 posted on 01/26/2020 1:54:26 AM PST by Vlad The Inhaler (I love Mankind - It's Just Most Of The People That I Can't Stand)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

Wray says white males are our country’s greatest threat. Don’t count on much from Wray.


24 posted on 01/26/2020 2:01:36 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: datricker

No need to apologize. You explained it well!


25 posted on 01/26/2020 2:30:21 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: Nifster

Flynn’s case has nothing to do with a FISA warrant. His phone calls were intercepted because he was speaking with the Russian ambassador. There’s no need to get a FISA warrant on a foreign diplomat.


26 posted on 01/26/2020 2:32:39 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: Nifster

Was there any FISA evidence introduced in his case?


27 posted on 01/26/2020 2:33:37 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why hasn’t Christopher Wray been fired?


28 posted on 01/26/2020 2:55:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Why are Christopher Wray and the FISA court obstructing justice?


29 posted on 01/26/2020 3:14:47 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Alberta's Child

FISA was used to commit criminal acts.


30 posted on 01/26/2020 3:20:03 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: shanover

FISA was once and always an unconstitutional tool to protect America. /Fixed


31 posted on 01/26/2020 4:00:35 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: shanover

And we should have seen this coming. Whenever proposing a law or regulation one must think what will Democrats do with this once they are in charge.


32 posted on 01/26/2020 4:04:41 AM PST by outpostinmass2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why hasn’t Christopher Wray been fired?

He wasn't FBI director when any of the FISA warrants were made. Wray's general council Dana Boente has his fingerprints on the last 2 FISA renewals which were just declared invalid. He signed the 2nd renewal as acting DAG and was acting AAG for NSD at DOJ for the 3rd renewal. One would think he would just retire after getting dinged by the OIG and the recent disclosure the last 2 renewal are invalid.

33 posted on 01/26/2020 4:08:54 AM PST by EVO X
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist; Lurker
Yup.

So here is a question - which one is it?

These?

__________________________________________________________________

Or this?

Gee, I wonder who is Wray's boss? Hmmmmmm……He could do something, right?


34 posted on 01/26/2020 4:23:09 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Re: “The FBI has restricted all the evidence obtained through the wiretapping of former Trump campaign staffer Carter Page.”

Trump is the Chief Executive Officer of the FBI, the Department of Justice, and the Intelligence community.

He could personally post every page of evidence on the Whitehouse.gov website - before lunch.

Instead, Trump does nothing.

Since the Impeachment started, the Democrats and the Hard Left press have getting unredacted anti-Trump executive branch FOIA documents delivered within weeks.

Conversely, pro-Trump FOIA documents literally take years of litigation, and they are redacted to the point of uselessness when they finally arrive.

And, Trump does nothing.

35 posted on 01/26/2020 4:24:20 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: EVO X
He wasn't FBI director when any of the FISA warrants were made.

Yes, but he was when Devin Nunes blew the whistle on the fraudulent FISA warrants almost two years ago. Wray did nothing until the IG forced his hand.

36 posted on 01/26/2020 5:06:57 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sequester? Susan Rice “unmasked” all of this stuff years ago.


37 posted on 01/26/2020 5:11:37 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Yes, but he was when Devin Nunes blew the whistle on the fraudulent FISA warrants almost two years ago. Wray did nothing until the IG forced his hand.

I agree. We don't hear much from him other more training and check lists for employees..

38 posted on 01/26/2020 5:19:58 AM PST by EVO X
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Today’s unprecedented court filing represents another step on the road to recovery for America’s deeply damaged judicial system."

Still waiting for the step when DeepStaters, including Comey, Brennan, Clapper, McCabe, and some FISA court judges, are indicted and we see them doing their perp walks up Pennsylvania Ave.

39 posted on 01/26/2020 5:32:21 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: EVO X

Exactly.


40 posted on 01/26/2020 5:33:27 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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