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To: PJ-Comix

Before everyone goes TOO far off the deep end, the congressman mis-spoke when he said “tapping”. This was still discussing the obtaining of the AP phone records, not actually tapping lines. What the congressman was referring to is the fact that some of those phone records were records of calls between AP reporters and phones in the congressional cloak room. So those records could possibly show that certain congressmen were in touch with AP reporters, but ostensibly could not show what was discussed. That does not make it any better, but probably keeps it from reaching the “I” word...


20 posted on 05/15/2013 6:30:32 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: CA Conservative

Yep. But FR is going full tin foil today.


23 posted on 05/15/2013 6:33:25 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: CA Conservative

Will anyone be surprised if we learn they did more than obtain records? #taping


25 posted on 05/15/2013 6:33:57 PM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: CA Conservative

If one is investigating leaks, what would be the purpose of only tracking
phone numbers and not phone conversations? You can bet these conversations were recorded.


29 posted on 05/15/2013 6:38:02 PM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: CA Conservative
How do you know the congressman misspoke on this?
Did he clarify his statement or is this an assumption of yours?
31 posted on 05/15/2013 6:39:15 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: CA Conservative

Just to clarify, the obtained phone record showed only who’s calling whom at what time?

No actual content was included?


43 posted on 05/15/2013 6:47:28 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: CA Conservative

His sentence is a little confusing. For sure they have the record that reporter A spoke to Congressman B. But do they have the transcript of what was said?


49 posted on 05/15/2013 6:51:52 PM PDT by DManA
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To: CA Conservative

It’s very hard to believe that they obtained phone records without also tapping the phones. In the case of the House telephone, how would they know which congressman made the call and was it passing “secrets”? There are 435 members of the House and any one of them could have placed a call.

The purpose of the investigation stated was that it was to identify who was passing confidential information. Without knowing the content of the calls, how would DOJ be able to put together a case against anyone?

If they did tap, then they also heard House members calling their girlfriends (or boyfriends), talking with their donors, passing on stock tips to their relatives, etc. They would have gained a lot of info that would be useful in future campaigns, an opportunity almost too good for them to pass up.

You can bet that more than a few House members are frightened about this.


132 posted on 05/15/2013 8:00:20 PM PDT by excopconservative
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To: CA Conservative
Before everyone goes TOO far off the deep end, the congressman mis-spoke when he said “tapping”.

Several people have been saying "tapping" today, including two or three talk show hosts. No tapping AFAIK either, but there definitely been several using the word today.

141 posted on 05/15/2013 8:30:29 PM PDT by Will88
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To: CA Conservative
Interesting thought process. So, you are saying that the Executive Branch can secretly obtain phone records of the Legislative Branch?

If I were Speaker of the House, I would be retaining the best Constitutional lawyers in the country and kick some Executive Branch A$$. This is beyond the pale. This is a Declaration of War on the Legislative Branch.

178 posted on 05/15/2013 10:49:33 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: CA Conservative

I’m sorry, but it would be a violation of commie Standard Operating Procedure if they did not use all possible means against their conservative foes.

I would be shocked if they did NOT utilize all the capabilities of the NSA, FBI, DoD, and every other arm of government to wiretap and attack us.

The technical capabilities of the fedgov are just this side of magic. I know because I helped develop them.


228 posted on 05/16/2013 12:08:26 PM PDT by darth
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To: CA Conservative
The point still is that the Left went nuts when the NYT reported that Bush was tapping international phone calls where one end of the call was in America and the other end was a known terrorist overseas. They couldn't stand the part about the American end being tapped.

Now we have an entirely domestic phone call where one end is inside Congress? And nobody cares anymore because it's a Democrat who's doing it?

-PJ

229 posted on 05/16/2013 12:12:07 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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