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F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims
New York Times ^ | 18 May 2018 | Adam Goldman, Mark Mazzetti and Matthew Rosenberg

Posted on 05/19/2018 4:32:28 AM PDT by Magnatron

President Trump accused the F.B.I. on Friday, without evidence, of sending a spy to secretly infiltrate his 2016 campaign “for political purposes” even before the bureau had any inkling of the “phony Russia hoax.”

In fact, F.B.I. agents sent an informant to talk to two campaign advisers only after they received evidence that the pair had suspicious contacts linked to Russia during the campaign. The informant, an American academic who teaches in Britain, made contact late that summer with one campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos, according to people familiar with the matter. He also met repeatedly in the ensuing months with the other aide, Carter Page, who was also under F.B.I. scrutiny for his ties to Russia.

The role of the informant is at the heart of the newest battle between top law enforcement officials and Mr. Trump’s congressional allies over the F.B.I.’s most politically charged investigations in decades. The lawmakers, who say they are concerned that federal investigators are abusing their authority, have demanded documents from the Justice Department about the informant.

Law enforcement officials have refused, saying that handing over the documents would imperil both the source’s anonymity and safety. The New York Times has learned the source’s identity but typically does not name informants to preserve their safety.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhodoj; carterpage; crossfirehurricane; dearlove; halper; martland; papadopoulos; petermartland; resignations; richarddearlove; stefanhalper; trump2016; trumprussia; trumpwiretaps; yourefired
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It’s absolutely incredible to watch the media attempt to downplay this — and even willingly participate in covering it up.

How far we have fallen...

1 posted on 05/19/2018 4:32:28 AM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Magnatron

To investigate an enemy surreptiously is to spyon him

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!


2 posted on 05/19/2018 4:35:27 AM PDT by Thibodeaux (Long Live the Republic!)
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I'm afraid we will never see any on these law breakers sent to jail this is a travesty
3 posted on 05/19/2018 4:35:30 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Magnatron

Spin by Slimes.....


4 posted on 05/19/2018 4:35:41 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Magnatron

Its clear the Slimes is only interested in investigative reporting when it fits their agenda. The NY Times, “Only our agenda is fit to print.”


5 posted on 05/19/2018 4:36:56 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Magnatron

He was there to spy, not to spy. Which is OK. Because spying on political candidates is OK. If it benefits the Democrats. Everybody does it. It’s for the children. This is old news. Can we move on?


6 posted on 05/19/2018 4:37:39 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: Midwesterner53

Shameful.


7 posted on 05/19/2018 4:38:25 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Magnatron

btt


8 posted on 05/19/2018 4:39:23 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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Did the FBI also send an informant to Hilliary’s campaign? After all, they were the ones supposedly hacked by the Russians and should have their ties checked as well. Haha


9 posted on 05/19/2018 4:44:52 AM PDT by tirednvirginia ( But help is on the way!)
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To: Magnatron

Weasels talking.


10 posted on 05/19/2018 4:45:40 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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If about 100,000 people showed up to loudly protest outside the offices of the NY Times, maybe this type of dishonest obfuscation would stop.

But alas, only the left is that firm in their convictions. Conservatives just bitch and moan but never take any real action at all. They treat us like hapless idiots. And we let them.


11 posted on 05/19/2018 4:45:53 AM PDT by KyCats
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Call it an informant or a spy—what’s the difference?

The goal was to bring down Trump by any means necessary. And this was a real challenge, considering Trump’s decades of public life, in which he was never caught at any crime.

This scandal makes Watergate seem about as serious as ripping the tags off of pillows once you get them home by comparison. Using the resources of the government to spy on a candidate, attempt to frame him, and then to try to render him ineffective once elected is unspeakably corrupt and outrageous. These are actions one would expect in a dictatorship like the old USSR. What has happened to our country? (I know—Bill Clinton and Barack Obama).


12 posted on 05/19/2018 4:46:39 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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....and the actress arrested for shoplifting was only preparing for an acting gig.

Yeah....sure....OK...


13 posted on 05/19/2018 4:48:15 AM PDT by gdzla (Tyrannis Seditio, Obsequium Deo)
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... the pair had suspicious contacts linked to Russia during the campaign...

The pair were low level nobody’s who were used by the FBI to obtain a FISA warrant from a judge who apparently doesn’t mind his court being run by kangaroos.


14 posted on 05/19/2018 4:48:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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Now we have the NYT fully admitting that the FBI SPIED on the Trump campaign. The NYT is simply justifying this based on their opinion of why they were SPYING. It doesn't matter why, it only matters that they were, and that matters greatly. The political party in power cannot spy on the campaign of their opponent.
15 posted on 05/19/2018 4:48:37 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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I'm afraid we will never see any on these law breakers sent to jail this is a travesty

More and more we see that the real enemies are the press. They believe they can 3-d print the society they faithfully hold to. News will find a different media very soon I think. Everything else will just be politics.

16 posted on 05/19/2018 4:48:39 AM PDT by Religion and Politics (It is time for more than one denomination of "Political Correctness".)
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It all starts with a limited hangout. Then they slowly admit what they must, only when forced to do so. Here’s the thing...these rogue agents worked inside an FBI that still had a vast majority of patriotic agents, who will help weed out the criminals in their midst. We are watching history unfold.


17 posted on 05/19/2018 4:50:34 AM PDT by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!!)
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To: Magnatron

Spinning!


18 posted on 05/19/2018 4:51:18 AM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: norwaypinesavage

Carter Page, who long before the Trump campaign helped the FBI after he was approached by actual Russian spies in the course of his work. He became an FBI asset and helped them bust those Russians. Most likely the FBI asked him to approach the Trump campaign and then report to them. The FBI based the FISA court case on Page’s history with the Russians (not mentioning that he was an FBI asset) and the fictional dossier. This is felony on top of felony.


19 posted on 05/19/2018 4:53:03 AM PDT by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!!)
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Isn't this strikingly similar to when Walter Duranty of The Times ran political cover for Joseph Stalin? Duranty became know as Stalin's apologist.
20 posted on 05/19/2018 4:53:03 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The MSM is the enemy of the American people)
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