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Hold the Phone, Call Records Released By Adam Schiff
Townhall.com ^ | December 8, 2019 | Jeff Crouere

Posted on 12/08/2019 4:00:07 AM PST by Kaslin

It was bad enough for House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) to subpoena the phone records of businessman Lev Parnas and President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani and other political opponents, but when he released them in his impeachment report it was a stunning abuse of power. In the view of columnist Kimberly Strassel, Schiff’s move “trampled law and responsibility…it was a disgraceful breach of ethical and legal propriety.”

Not surprisingly, Trump-hating members of the news media trumpeted the release of the call records as a major step toward the President’s impeachment. Their desire to destroy the President is so all-consuming that they missed the bigger picture. Instead, journalists should have been outraged by this invasion of privacy and misuse of power. These records should have never been released to Schiff or any politician and should have never been included in his impeachment report.

The purpose of the release was to embarrass President Trump, Giuliani and Jay Sekulow, the President’s attorneys, John Solomon, investigative reporter, and Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. All of these individuals are on Schiff’s political enemies list.

By releasing the information, Strassel states that Schiff “claims the ignominious distinction of being the first congressman to use his official powers to spy on a fellow member and publish the details.” Congratulations Adam Schiff you have reached a new low in the long history of the United States Congress!

The records prove nothing except that calls were made between certain individuals as no contents of the conversations were provided. Not surprisingly, Schiff has not explained how he obtained the records. Either AT&T complied with a subpoena or this information was provided by the Department of Justice. Some are speculating that the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York released the information. This is the office that has charged Parnas with various violations of campaign finance laws.

Regardless of the source, it is a massive intrusion into the privacy of the individuals involved. By publishing the phone records of Giuliani and Parnas, Schiff has also improperly invaded the privacy of Solomon and other members of the media. For his tireless investigations into the origins of the Russian hoax and Ukrainian corruption, Solomon has now been targeted by Schiff, who is hoping to tarnish his stellar reputation. Hopefully, Solomon’s groundbreaking journalism will be valued even more. If a disgustingly partisan politician like Schiff is willing to use his powers to damage Solomon, it means he must be getting very close to uncovering the underlying truth of this sordid affair.

This disgusting episode reminds us that our privacy is being threatened like never before. According to U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), “your records are not necessarily your records if they are held by a third party – like a phone company, an Internet service provider, a credit card company, or a physician.” This horrible loophole in privacy laws is called the “third-party doctrine.”

Paul is not alone in his concern about this troubling loophole. It is also shared by Ian Pryor, former Department of Justice Deputy Director of Public Affairs. He notes that “Almost everything we do is kept track of by a third party: web browsing, online purchasing history, in-store purchasing history, phone calls, texts, emails, cloud storage, television watching and more. There is no practical way to refrain from all these activities. If all that information can be accessed in some form by the government without probable cause, we are on the fast track to an Orwellian society.”

In our country today, Big Brother is alive and well and becoming more of a problem every day. Our federal government is too large and powerful and it is too easy to intrude into our privacy. There are too few protections available to the American people.

Thus, it was ethically improper, but legal, for Schiff to be able to obtain these phone records. This is a matter of great concern to Senator Paul who believes that “It’s wrong to give Congress this power with no check. And it’s wrong to do this to the president of the United States.”

Of course, he is right as Schiff violated President Trump’s attorney-client privilege. It is a horrible precedent that Schiff created with this invasive tactic. He is hoping that it will lead to an impeachment of President Trump. In contrast, it should lead to Americans putting pressure on Congress to change these laws. As Senator Paul notes action must be taken so “Americans can feel safe in knowing their information and rights are being protected.” Today, none of us should feel safe.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: adamschiff; civilrights; evil; pencilneck; privacy; randpaul; trumpderangement
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To: Kaslin
I can’t wait until the Republicans control the House. Then we will gather all the Democratic phone records and search and seize records from their attorneys’ offices! 😂🤣😂🤣

I know our side will just go back to being meek little boys. That’s the problem, after being A$$ Raped by the Democrats when they were in control, I just don’t get our side....

I will end with

In a 2013 interview, California congresswoman Maxine Waters revealed that Barack Obama possessed a “kind of database that no-one has ever seen before,” with “information about everything, on every individual.”

Now we know where Obama got his data from! Bend overs boys and keep taking it........

21 posted on 12/08/2019 5:41:29 AM PST by Lockbox
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To: Kaslin

Someone needs to remind Schwiffty that parodies aren’t considered parodies in a courtroom!


22 posted on 12/08/2019 5:48:12 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfuAJcWl6DE Kill a Commie for Mommie)
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To: Kaslin

Great news. Perhaps now ‘they’ will cut the powers of .gov. ‘They’ only care when it affects themselves.


23 posted on 12/08/2019 5:54:07 AM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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24 posted on 12/08/2019 5:54:54 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true..)
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To: Kaslin

I read elsewhere that the records were released by AT&T. Interesting how CNN is a division of AT&T.

I’ve also read that the numbers they got the records for aren’t even the right numbers, at least in some cases.


25 posted on 12/08/2019 6:24:54 AM PST by euram
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To: Kaslin
How can we “give up”? Do we have the power to arrest and indict the coup plotters and criminals? No. The only person who can do that is Barr. And he isn’t.
26 posted on 12/08/2019 6:46:35 AM PST by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Kaslin

Unless and until someone is tried and convicted, the abuses will continue. We have lost control of our government. It know only exists to lecture, oppress and tyrannize us.

The Fake Congress is no more worthy of respect or allegiance than a pile of discarded snake skins. This will only end bad for them IF we stop them.


27 posted on 12/08/2019 7:38:23 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: Kaslin

The article is about the fact of Schiff spying and publishing the results.

What chaps me more is that his report lies about the calls. Per Nunes, what was published does not match his own call records. Schiff’s claim that Giuliani was calling the Office of Management and Budget has been debunked (Dems favorite word) — it was a generic White House number likely used to contact his client. Schiff is trying to create false first impressions via sensational sound bites — he knows the truth will only reach a few.


28 posted on 12/08/2019 7:49:44 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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Surveillance once was a tool to monitor and make sure citizens abide by the law, it has now created even more problems.

With surveillance cameras becoming more advanced these surveillance cameras are leading to bigger issues.

CASE IN POINT-—An incident of inappropriate cyberstalking was Pennsylvania parents suing their son’s school, alleging it watched him through his laptop’s webcam while he was at home and unaware. The student and his parents were unaware he was being observed.

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29 posted on 12/08/2019 9:57:24 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Liz

Thanks, Liz.


30 posted on 12/08/2019 9:57:55 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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Is Schiff a Cyberstalker?

Cyberstalking is the use of computers or other electronic technology to facilitate stalking.

These are “criminal stalkers” perpetrate crimes against their targeted victims through electronic and online methodologies.

<><> Facebook and Apple have admitted to allowing government officials to access personal information of their account users.

<><> A device which may be used to abuse surveillance, called a Stingray, acts and looks similar to a cellphone tower but it tricks mobile devices into connecting with it.

<><> After being connected, an operator can take information stored on the device, sometimes intercepting phone calls and text messages.

<><> This method of surveillance can be used on random civilians or in an investigation of a particular person


31 posted on 12/08/2019 9:58:01 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Kaslin

Adam Schiff would need a step ladder to climb up to lick a maggots ass.


32 posted on 12/08/2019 10:03:03 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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And Rep. Nunes has already said that the records Schiffty released on his supposed calls do not match his own records, so Schiffty lied as usual...

Oh, Excuse me, the information Schiff released on Nunes is a parody.


33 posted on 12/08/2019 10:20:56 AM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: knarf

Released on the 9th LOL


34 posted on 12/08/2019 11:18:01 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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