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James Clapper Claims FISA Wiretap Of Paul Manafort Conducted Without His Knowledge
Mediaite ^ | September 21,2017 | Larry O'Connor

Posted on 09/21/2017 7:23:49 AM PDT by Hojczyk

Earlier this week CNN reported what radio talk show host (and former Justice Department official) Mark Levin revealed in March, that secret FISA court orders had been implemented during the Obama Administration to wire tap Paul Manafort. Mediaite then pointed out that the former Director of National Intelligence under President Obama, James Clapper, had unequivocally denied the existence of any such FISA wiretap during an interview on Meet the Press:

James Clapper was the Director of National Intelligence overseeing the surveillance and intelligence gathering of seventeen different government agencies. He has correctly asserted that if there was a FISA order to wiretap an American citizen he would know about it. CNN has now confirmed that the FBI had just such an order to monitor Paul Manafort. This leaves us with only a handful of conclusions.

CNN’s reporting is completely wrong resulting it possibly one of the most high-profile journalistic blunders of our time

James Clapper is a serial liar.

James Clapper has a health condition that has damaged his memory

The FBI under James Comey’s direction and under President Obama’s control conducted covert, renegade surveillance of American citizens without the appropriate oversight or constitutional checks and balances at such a high level that even the Director of National Intelligence was kept in the dark.

Either way, we either have a very sick man in James Clapper, or we have a scandal brewing that could shatter the media’s love affair with the Obama presidency. If they’d only have half an interest in pursuing it.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: clapper; clintonnonnews; cnn; fisa; jamesclapper; manafort; perjurer; trumpwiretaps
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To: Lazamataz

All the leftist freaks I’ve seen responding to this since yesterday are shrieking with the same words that this was absolutely necessary and LEGAL.


21 posted on 09/21/2017 7:37:48 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Hojczyk

This revelation should have warranted the ARREST of All the Players involved IMMEDIATELY!!


22 posted on 09/21/2017 7:39:03 AM PDT by eyeamok (Idle hands are the Devil's workshop)
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To: Hojczyk
James Clapper was the Director of National Intelligence

Not very "intelligent", is he.

23 posted on 09/21/2017 7:39:04 AM PDT by RatRipper (Unindicted co-conspirators: the Mainstream Media and the Democratic Party)
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To: Truth29

Clapper should be prosecuted immediately. Sessions will not do it. Appoint a special Counsel into the entire unmasking. We will find out if Clapper knew and was complicit or the more nafarious, Obama/Rice avoided FISA and just tapped whomever they wished. Either way major crimes were committed. Trump needs to act. His AG is worthless.


24 posted on 09/21/2017 7:39:44 AM PDT by DrDude (Hillary Clinton waddles into the swamp on a daily basis for bathing purposes only!)
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To: Hojczyk

Clapper is evil

Investigate him and his actions along with his boss Susan Rice


25 posted on 09/21/2017 7:40:07 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Hojczyk

So, where in hell is Sessions and the DOJ???????


26 posted on 09/21/2017 7:41:53 AM PDT by budj (Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!)
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To: Paladin2

Right, this jackass was so smart that he uttered provable lies when he knew the proof easy easy to find. If you watch the segment with Tony Shaffer last night on Dobbs, he has come out to publicly announce that Clapper was the epitome of an empty suit. My personal opinion is that Clapper couldn’t find his arshe with both hands tied behind his back.

https://twitter.com/LouDobbs


27 posted on 09/21/2017 7:41:59 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: Hojczyk
So this is where Clapper's story has finally gravitated to - stupid as a defense - and he expects us to believe this latest of many lies. What a supreme insult! Slowly, the screws are turning down on these traitors and believe me their deliberate, intentional efforts to damage or undermine the dully elected government of the U.S. has to meet the definition of treason. Now, if our AG were not being blackmailed by him (NSA/FBI) into inaction, we would have had a special counsel yesterday investigating the Obozo administration for treason. There is clearly reasonable suspicion, if not probable cause to proceed. The inaction on this matter is destroying our system of government and the AG of all people must realize this unfolding tragedy..
28 posted on 09/21/2017 7:42:14 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: JBW1949

Just wait until Sessions wakes up. He’ll be right on this.


29 posted on 09/21/2017 7:43:09 AM PDT by hardspunned
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To: JBW1949

Yes people are fed up, there is a tipping point. I am not sure where it is but there is one.


30 posted on 09/21/2017 7:44:03 AM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: Hojczyk

Someone please wake up AG Sessions and have him order the FBI To arrest Clapper, Samantha Power, Susan Rice and every other Obama official who broke the law.


31 posted on 09/21/2017 7:44:14 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Hojczyk
Trump's challenge is that if he does not push for Little Jeffrey to prosecute, by omission he is condoning the corrupt behavior of the Obama Regime. Hard decision!
32 posted on 09/21/2017 7:45:35 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: ClearCase_guy
The world knows that Clapper lied before Congress UNDER OATH about illegal surveillance.

One of the last things that Obama did was say that all these "spy/legal" government entities could share information.

So all we need is the one person who knew "from the beginning".

33 posted on 09/21/2017 7:45:46 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Manafort did not affect the election by emailing a Russing billionaire about the Trump Campaign’s briefings. How would that change the results of the Election? The person never replied to the email.


34 posted on 09/21/2017 7:45:50 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: Hojczyk
Either way, we either have a very sick man in James Clapper, or we have a scandal brewing that could shatter the media’s love affair with the Obama presidency. If they’d only have half an interest in pursuing it.


It does not matter if the media pursues it or not; we all know what they are.

This must be pursued by the opposition media relentlessly.

35 posted on 09/21/2017 7:46:19 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Hojczyk
Has anyone seen
36 posted on 09/21/2017 7:48:00 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: Hojczyk
As more and more of these stories come out about the surveillance of various people associated with the Trump campaign, there's one important point here that hasn't got a lot of attention:

This whole mess effectively makes it impossible for the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute any of the people targeted by the surveillance. I wouldn't want to be Paul Manafort right now with all the legal troubles he may be facing, but I'm sure he can rest a little easier when he knows he can drag half of Washington D.C. into a courtroom as defense witnesses if he ever faces prosecution for even so much as unpaid parking tickets.

There may not be a single scrap of evidence collected against Manafort that may ever stand up in a court of law.

37 posted on 09/21/2017 7:49:31 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: Hojczyk

38 posted on 09/21/2017 7:49:40 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Hojczyk

Liar!

Lock his a$$ up.


39 posted on 09/21/2017 7:51:20 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Hojczyk

Recall him to active duty, charge him, court martial him, reduce him, and jail him.


40 posted on 09/21/2017 7:52:09 AM PDT by canalabamian
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