[phoneman08]

I hope you are right....but...how do we get around an intepretation which says simply, “the FISA court obviously believed the Trump campaign was seriously engaged with the Russians”? Could this not also be, theoretically, “proof” that the collaboration with the Russians is something that people were worried about? I get it that that’s the Dem talking point. But in order to truly bury the Dems, we gotta get around. Because on the face of it, it seems plausible. (I’m still trying to get up to speed here...so please forgive me if that comment is stupid :)).

Remember the initial request was rejected. So there was no there, there. The second request was for a computer only...so it was said.

The thing is, Obama could have approved the original surveillance while the FISA redo was underway.

[ez]

If the second request was for a computer only, then any transcripts generated of phone conversations were either outside the scope of the warrant or ordered by Obama.