Posted on 03/04/2017 3:52:05 PM PST by vannrox
FBI tried to get a FISA surveillance warrant on Trump and his campaign operation at Trump Tower in the summer, according to multiple reports, and only succeeded in getting one in October for people around him according to other reports. Investigators at the FBI may have done that on their own, but they did so in Obama's Attorney General's Department of Justice. One would think that a request to get a counter-espionage warrant that includes surveillance on a major-party presidential candidate or campaign would need some approvals from high up the hierarchy. It seems difficult to believe that the FBI’s attorneys would go to the FISA court for that kind of request just on the say-so of field agents. Possible, but rather unlikely. The acting attorney general for Obama, Loretta Lynch, pursued the wiretapping order request and was turned down by the Fisa court which is a court of different appointees, appointed By Bush, Reagan, Carter, Obama and Bill clinton. Once the non partisan committee turned down the request, it goes to the appeal court which just happen to be all Bill Clinton appointed judges. Now we understand why Bill Clinton met with the attorney general on that airplane in secret. Denials of FISA applications by the FISC may be appealed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. The Court of Review is a three judge panel. Since its creation, the court has come into session twice: in 2002 and 2008. Who are these judges serving on the panel at the time of the election and who approved the Fisa warrant Appeal on wiretapping President Trump? 1) William Curtis Bryson, (Presiding). Nominated by Bill Clinton on June 22, 1994. 2) Jose Alberto Cabranes. Nominated by Bill Clinton on May 24, 1994. 3) Richard C. Tallman. Nominated by Bill Clinton on on October 20, 1999. Thus, one can see that Hillary Clinton operatives in the Federal Courts system were a sure guarantee for obtaining the wiretapping and were all political hacks appointed by Bill Clinton. Current Membership - Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
The first [FISA] request, which, sources say, named Trump, was denied back in June, but the second was drawn more narrowly and was granted in October after evidence was presented of a server, possibly related to the Trump campaign, and its alleged links to two banks; [sic] SVB Bank and Russia’s Alfa Bank.
Ryan’s eyes remind me of Clinton.
He's on the 9th circuit. I wonder if he recused himself on the immigration ruling.
What a weasel!
He never addressed the question of whether or not Trump was tapped.
Sessions said the other day that he was not informed of what the meeting was to be about but when asked to meet, he approved and met with the Russian Ambassador. Sessions said after the meeting was over he still had no idea what the purpose of the meeting was. Now we know.
My question is how many Republicans knew about this?
My understanding is that the president can “de-classify” any information at any time.
opps, sorry
Because you are a Freeper and understand they are power hungry and just plain evil? /obvious
I never bought the notion that they met on the airplane to discuss the email server-espionage act violations of Hillary.
The reason is that Hillary's investigation was suppressed and fixed long before that meeting, back when DOJ denied the FBI use of search warrants and a grand jury and handed out immunity agreements like candy to Hillary's people.
But discussing strategy on secretly wiretapping Trump, yes that is something that a meeting alone on a private airplane would make sense for.
Trump has decided to bring this baby to the people.
Obama had access to conversations from Trump HQ.
They get paid $500,000 per annum. They have a $1,000,000/year budget, each, for interns and clerks, and a suite of offices at some office building in Alexandria, leased from a brother-in-law by the DoJ, if you want to make an appointment.
It's the SOP for government jobs.
More likely he pressured Robart.... after being presented with tapped conversations of the travel pause.
You must be pulling my leg?
Is it on or near a Metro stop?
paul ryan new about the wiretap: see ~3:20
But now claims ignorance... Weasel
ping
They get paid $500,000 per annum. They have a $1,000,000/year budget, each, for interns and clerks, and a suite of offices at some office building in Alexandria, leased from a brother-in-law by the DoJ, if you want to make an appointment.
It's the SOP for government jobs. As for the "work" part, there is work for you and I, and there is work performed by judges hired by Clinton.
Was this rental arrangement put out to bid by the GSA?
"With this workload, what do these three individuals do during their other work hours?"
They get paid $500,000 per annum. They have a $1,000,000/year budget, each, for interns and clerks, and a suite of offices at some office building in Alexandria, leased from a brother-in-law by the DoJ, if you want to make an appointment.
It's the SOP for government jobs.
50 U.S.C. WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 36 - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE
SUBCHAPTER I - ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE Sec. 1802 - Electronic surveillance authorization without court order; certification by Attorney General; reports to Congressional committees; transmittal under seal; duties and compensation of communication common carrier; applications; jurisdiction of court
(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year if the Attorney General certifies in writing under oath that—
Is she simply not aware of this law?
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