Posted on 03/29/2017 8:48:10 AM PDT by xzins
Judge Andrew Napolitano spoke on Fox News, Wednesday, making his first appearance on the network after pushing a controversial report in defense of President Trumps claims of wiretapping during the 2016 election.
Anchors Bret Baier and Shepard Smith previously said that Fox could not independently confirm the accuracy of Napolitanos claim that the British intelligence service GCHQ facilitated the wiretapping. During Napolitanos spot on Americas Newsroom today, Bill Hemmer noted that youve had a few quiet days.
ALSO ON MEDIAITEShep Smith: Fox News Cannot Confirm Judge Napolitanos Commentary
Hemmer then asked the judge whether he was still confident in the story, to which the Fox judicial analyst said yes.
The American public needs to know more about this rather than less because a lot of the government surveillance authorities will expire in the Fall and therell be a great debate on how much authority we want the government to have to surveil us, and the more the American public knows the more informed there and Congresss decisions will be.
Napolitano has been absent from the network ever since White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer cited his allegations in defense of the presidents claims. The White House was ultimately forced to (sort of) apologize to the United Kingdom after GCHQ called the charge utterly ridiculous.
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To irritate grammar police on FreeRepublic?
I suspect that Fox management was informed that Napolitano's statements will shortly be proven accurate, and that Fox could avoid looking stupid by lifting the suspension.
I want to get rid of most NSA recording inside our country.
1. It must be of a foreign suspect calling into or present in the USA, its embassies, or its military locations
2. Any American targeted must be approved by house, senate, potus, and scotus, all within a brief period of time.
Good for Judge Nap and I’m happy to see he’s back.
Same here
Because the UK has a mutual legal assistance treaty with America, GCHQ can make an application through the US department of justice, which will make the approach on its behalf. - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3538130/posts
Then conversely, DOJ can apply to GCHQ.
Executive order 12139. Surveillance WITHOUT a court order can be ordered by the Attorney General. (h/t Whenifhow) - https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12139.html
Did Atny Gen Lynch request records from GCHQ?
Your remark below re Shrimp is a sign of wisdom and how to allocate our precious time.
If Shrimp Smith were kicked off the air I might consider watching some FoxNews again. As long as hes around, I boycott the POS channel along with all the others.
I wonder if he saw Andrea Tantaros when he was in Siberia.
Lucky man if he did. She was a smart lady.
Happy to see him back. The Gritish eft wing 5th column is involved. Word is that Comey paid for the false dossier from former British spy that was pure fiction.McCaine got hold of it and circulated it as true.
No, part of the Brit government was out to do the president in.Nothing to see here folks, move on?
Ditto that!
I love Judge Nap; also that is a minority opinion ‘round these parts. >:0
Hope Larry Johnson comes back now also although he has been critical of the judge for being inaccurately quoted as source material.
I agree with with you.
Don’t forget Sharyl Atkison too. She was survielled.
Probably at the request of Slick Willy on the tarmack.
The judge being suspended and returning, sticking to his story, will actually wind up giving him more credibility, as well as more prominence.
Perhaps he has agreed not to sue Fox if he’s allowed to go on as many shows as possible and state his case. Hope so.
The media is run by a cabal that has a vision for America that is not in most Americans interest. That is unless you consider a country in turmoil and being torn apart by special rights for some and lesser for others as in the interest of average people. Everything the media reports and projects is intended to keep us at each other’s throats. That’s what Marxism is about. Divide and conquer.
I notice the papers call his claims “baseless” but don’t give the same treatment to the nonsense about the Russian-Trump so called conspiracy.
Shouldn't that be Muffy Smith?
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