“Nobody seems to mention how President Obama illegally used the IRS and the BATF against groups like Tea Parties and True The Vote in order to hammer down political dissent.
Why would he not illegally use any other Federal resource if he already used IRS and the like? “
Good point!
Exactly. Just a continuation of a previously established pattern of procedure.
IIRC, they didn't even deny the earlier abuses. They simply said it wasn't wrong, and no one took them to court on it. Except maybe Judicial Watch, I'm not sure.
At any rate, using the counter-espionage powers of the federal government against the Democrat's opponent in the presidential race would simply be a scale-up of previous behavior.
By the way, this sure as hell knocked Al Franken's pseudo-scandal right off the front page, didn't it.