In plain English the raw search returns were being shared with unknown entities without any attempt to “minimize” or redact the results. The person(s) attached to the results were named and obvious. There was no effort to hide their identity or protect their 4th amendment rights of privacy:
But what’s the scale here? This is where the story really lies.
Read this next excerpt carefully.
The operators were searching “U.S Persons”. The review of November 1, 2015, to May 1, 2016, showed “eighty-five percent of those queries” were unlawful or “non compliant”.
85% !! “representing [redacted number]”.
We can tell from the space of the redaction the number of searches were between 1,000 and 9,999 [five digits]. If we take the middle number of 5,000 – that means 4,250 unlawful searches out of 5,000.
That’s why the FBI small group, which later transitioned into the Mueller team, are so strongly committed to and defending the formation of the Steele Dossier and its dubious content. The Steele Dossier contains the cover-story and justification for the pre-existing surveillance operation.
Holy smoking cow!
This is the Mad Maxine "Obama Database" that she mouthed off about.
And you want a taste of how big this thing really is?
More importantly, research indicates the modern political exploitation of the NSA database, for weaponized intelligence surveillance of politicians, began mid 2012.
Yeah, THAT big.
No wonder the progs are making gibberish accusations.
This drops it squarely in little bammy's lap.
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You’re right as rain. Mad Max spilled the beans.
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I think many of us have suspected this went much further than the FISA and the goal of the FISA was to legitimize some stuff, but wow, just wow.
This is a pretty plausible connecting of the dots here and every FReeper should read it.
This is stunning stuff. If this is true and it sure fits a lot of pieces together this is beyond scandalous. This is a wholesale violation of civil rights and illegal in the extreme.
When Sundance finally rubs your nose in the enormity of Barry’s spying operation it is as he said, jaw dropping. Never in Orwell’s most fevered nightmare could he have imagined Obama with his hands on America’s cutting edge computerized spying network.
Montgomery’s “Hamer” program was built to gather information on America’s foreign enemies.
Barry Soetoro re-purposed the capability to spy on political opponents to advance an overthrow of the Constitutional Republic