Posted on 09/01/2020 10:25:19 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The Justice Department announced new restrictions Tuesday on how it conducts any secret national security surveillance of candidates for federal office or their staff.
The restrictions, announced by Attorney General William Barr in a pair of memos, are part of broader changes to the Justice Departments surveillance procedures implemented in response to problems detected during the 2016 investigation into ties between Russia and President Donald Trumps campaign.
Coming just two months before the 2020 election, the changes are designed to ensure that law enforcement officials have to clear additional hurdles before pursuing the same type of surveillance as was conducted on a former adviser to Trumps 2016 campaign. [ ]
One new policy would require the FBI to consider briefing a federal candidate or staffer that the person was being targeted by a foreign power before applying for a warrant from the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to eavesdrop on their communications.
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BARR: THE HORSE IS OUT OF THE BARN.
GO CATCH IT!!!
You can close the gate when you’ve got the Obamaites LOCKED UP!
If he's not too busy. I mean Panera does have a nice coupon this week.
Nice move, but where is Durham?
The thing that needs to happen is investigation and prosecution of those involved at all levels. All they have done so far is whitewash and rule out all the top players. Shame! They should not be above the law.
This looks like they are trying to create an appearance of doing something by prosecuting a low-level flunkie and set up some new rules.
Slow walking, clearing the names of the high level decision makers, phony investigations, withholding pertinent documents and information - all this has been the name of the game for the last three years.
Great. So when D’s are in power, they weaponize federal agencies, but when R’s are in power, and D’s would be the target, we get reform and restraint. When D’s are once again in power, they’ll just ignore and/or repeal the rules. How do you win fighting asymmetrically like that?
You don’t win, and isn’t that really the whole point of the GOP? Certified losers.
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