1. Why did the DOJ and FBI want to wiretap Carter Page?
They wanted to hear the people Page was talking to, not Page himself. They knew they could never get authorization to tap Trump or anyone close to him, but by listening to Page, they hoped to hear his conversations with highly-placed Trump people.
3. For the FBI, Comey signed 3 applications, McCabe signed one. For the DOJ Yates, Boente, and Rosenstein each signed one or more. Why were different people the signers? Is that typical?
No, but don't know why.
6. Is Yahoo News considered to be a credible source by the FISA court? If so, why? What makes it credible in the eyes of the court? What other online sources are considered credible?
FBI swore under oath it was true, and judge believed them.
8. There was a lot of evidence concealed from the FISC. Whose decision was that?
Whoever produced the application for the authorization to tap.
10. Why were US taxpayers paying Page and Strzok, who seemed to be spending all day every day texting each other and, aside from plotting against Trump, doing no actual work?
That is far from unusual in DC.
12. What, specifically was meant by the “insurance policy” against President Trump discussed among Page, Strzok, and McCabe? Did this involve more than the dossier? Did it involve some other type of subversion or perhaps even an assassination attempt?
Unknown but that is a very important area of future investigation... but they will lie.
16. When are we going to see arrests?
See below
17. Who is going to be charged?
See below
18. What are they each going to be charged with?
Unknown now. Judge or judges who issued tap auths have almost limitless power to punish those, especially government law enforcement types, who swore falsely in their court.
20. What is going to be done to clean house?
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21. Is someone working to identify everyone involved in these crimes? Not just those named in the memo, but all those who participated? And secondarily, all those who knew what was going on, but said nothing?
When Sessions is replaced as AG, it will begin quickly.
22. Is the FISA court compromised? Who were the judges who signed off on these warrants? Did they actually find probable cause or are they participants in these crimes?
They are probably clean. Perhaps not diligent, but not dirty. And remember, if the head of the FBI comes before you and swears something is true, that's a lot of horsepower.
More to come.
Something I read today: the Chief Justice of the Supreme court appoints the FISA court judges
That would be the seemingly compromised John Roberts ( another swamp that needs to be investigated)
Since 2014 4 of the 5 FISA judges appointed have been Obama or Clinton appointees
Many thanks for your insight!