[Rockitz]

A secret order authorized by the court that handles the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) began after Manafort became the subject of an FBI investigation that began in 2014.

2014??? This means that if Manafort has been surveiled since 2014, that as soon as Trump contacted Manafort about joining his campaign that he, too, was probably under surveillance by the Obama administration. I've been saying that for months that Obama surveiled many, many more including all the GOP candidates, members of congress, and members of the media.

[Major Matt Mason]

I've been saying that for months that Obama surveiled many, many more including all the GOP candidates, members of congress, and members of the media.

Yep, been asking that question myself for months - who aside from Trump and Co. from the GOP has been surveiled? Also, how in 2014 could they know that Manafort would even become a part of Trump's campaign? Trump didn't announce until halfway through 2015.

[Alberta's Child]

I don't think it's a big secret that Manafort was the subject of an FBI investigation long before he began working for the Trump campaign. In fact, we should all come to grips with the possibility that the ongoing investigation that began in 2014 may have been a perfectly legitimate reason to extend the surveillance to the Trump campaign.

I don't know much about Manafort, but I have never been comfortable with Americans like this collecting millions of dollars from foreign political officials to help them run their campaigns. The whole thing has enormous potential for conflicts of interest that could put these people at odds with our own government here at home.

[dandiegirl]

Remember that Scalia told someone that Obama did the same thing to him. I can’t remember the story.