Take Donald Trump's Wiretap Claims Seriously

New British Herald ^ | Friday, March 17, 2017 9:02 pm | Eli Lake

[SaveFerris]

Krauthammer was calling it “ridiculousness” on Brett Baier today.

Not saying I agree. Just noting he’s still who he’s always been. All over the map.

[Yosemitest]

Pay very close attention to ITEMS #5 and #6:

Found by Mrk Levin at Mark Levin PROVES Trump Wiretapping Claims: ‘The Evidence Is Overwhelming’ #ObamaGate
(They went to the FISA, that's the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Court not once ... BUT TWICE ! ) :

1. Heat street, November 7, 2016 EXCLUSIVE: FBI ‘Granted FISA Warrant’ Covering Trump Camp’s Ties To Russia
“Two separate sources with links to the counter-intelligence community have confirmed to Heat Street that the FBI sought, and was granted, a FISA court warrant in October, giving counter-intelligence permission to examine the activities of ‘U.S. persons’ in Donald Trump’s campaign with ties to Russia.

… The first request, which, sources say, named Trump, was denied back in June, but the second was drawn more narrowly and was granted in October after evidence was presented of a server, possibly related to the Trump campaign, and its alleged links to two banks; SVB Bank and Russia’s Alfa Bank. While the Times story speaks of metadata, sources suggest that a FISA warrant was granted to look at the full content of emails and other related documents that may concern US persons.”


2. The Guardian, Jan 10 2017 John McCain passes dossier alleging secret Trump-Russia contacts to FBI
“ … The Guardian has learned that the FBI applied for a warrant from the foreign intelligence surveillance (Fisa) court over the summer in order to monitor four members of the Trump team suspected of irregular contacts with Russian officials. …

“ … The Fisa court turned down the application asking FBI counter-intelligence investigators to narrow its focus. According to one report, the FBI was finally granted a warrant in October, … “


3. McClatchy, JANUARY 18, 2017 FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump
“The FBI and five other law enforcement and intelligence agencies have collaborated for months in an investigation into Russian attempts to influence the November election, including whether money from the Kremlin covertly aided President-elect Donald Trump, two people familiar with the matter said.

The agencies involved in the inquiry are the FBI, the CIA, the National Security Agency, the Justice Department, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and representatives of the director of national intelligence, the sources said. …”


4. New Your Times, January 19 2017 Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates

“… The F.B.I. is leading the investigations, aided by the National Security Agency, the C.I.A. and the Treasury Department’s financial crimes unit. The investigators have accelerated their efforts in recent weeks but have found no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing, the officials said. One official said intelligence reports based on some of the WIRETAPPED communications had been provided to the White House. …”


5. New York Times, Jan 12 2017 N.S.A. Gets More Latitude to Share Intercepted Communications
“In its final days, the Obama administration has expanded the power of the National Security Agency to share globally intercepted personal communications with the government’s 16 other intelligence agencies BEFORE APPLYING PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.”


6. New York Times, March 1 2017 Obama Administration Rush To Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking
"In the Obama administration’s last days, some White House officials scrambled to spread information about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election — and about possible contacts between associates of President-elect Donald J. Trump and Russians — across the government.”


7. New York Times, Feb 9 2017 Flynn Is Said to Have Talked to Russians About Sanctions Before Trump Took Office

8. Washington Post, March 2 2017 The Daily 202: Trump’s Russia headache gets worse, as Sessions struggles to spin undisclosed meetings
“ U.S. Investigators have examined contacts Attorney General Sessions had with Russian Officials during the time he was advising Donald Trump’s Campaign. The focus of the U.S. Counter Intelligence Investigation has been on communications between Trump Campaign Officials and Russia. … The inquiry involving Sessions is examining it’s contents while serving as Trump’s Foreign Policy Advisor in the spring and summer of 2016. “


9. The Wall Street Journal, March 2 2017 Investigators Probed Jeff Sessions’ Contacts With Russian Officials
“U.S. investigators have examined contacts Attorney General Jeff Sessions had with Russian officials during the time he was advising Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. ”

[Yosemitest]

Also, read this from " hoosiermama" :

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Dennis Consejo
GOP leaders associated with the NeverTrump movement and what is known as the GOP “Mormon Mafia” hired a company named Fusion GPS in Washington DC to conduct “opposition research” against now President Trump in late 2015. Fusion GPS is run by three former Wall Street Journal reporters: Glenn Simpson; Tom Catan; and Peter Fritsch. Individuals involved in recommending and securing Fusion GPS services included Sen. John McCain, Mitt Romney, Frank VanderSloot and Evan McMullin.

Fusion GPS hired UK based Orbis Business Intelligence, run by ex-British spies Christopher Steele and Christopher Burrows. Steele was MI6 and had been posted in Moscow in the 1990s. Orbis used Steele’s ex-KGB sources to attempt to dig up information against Trump. Orbis created the famous and now discredited “dossier” against Trump. Sen. John McCain notified the FBI of the dossier in October 2016. He hand delivered the dossier alleging secret Trump-Russia contacts and extremely embarrassing allegations to the FBI in November. The files were widely circulated within the Obama administration.

In their enthusiasm, FusionGPS/Orbis and their Russian operatives placed numerous calls and sent emails to both to Trump campaign members and to current Russian intelligence operatives early in 2016. The volume of these calls and emails caught the attention of the CIA. An FBI Counter-Intelligence project was started to assess whether these communications represented a threat to the US. Because of the sheer volume of the communications and the known Russian agents involved, FBI Director James Comey sought a FISA Court warrant to investigate the nature of the calls in June 2016. The FISA Court rejected the request. Not to be thwarted, the FBI, working with the CIA and the NSA, created a list of Russian individuals that had communicated with the Trump campaign that would be monitored. The calls and emails were intercepted without warrant under current FBI Counter-Intelligence authorizations. The communications were recorded and attempts to identify the US person(s) on the lines were conducted. The now famous call between Gen Flynn and the Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak was captured in this sweep.

Following the GOP Convention, the funding for FusionGPS/Orbis from NeverTrump and the GOP Mormon Mafia ended. Fusion GPS did not want to see their efforts end and solicited the continuation of the project to Democracy Partners and others in the DNC. They were successful in securing some additional funding form DNC affiliated donors. With the assistance of James Comey, the FBI agreed to pick up some of their expenses to continue forward. The FusionGPS/Orbis efforts continued until early January 2017. James Comey and all of the members of the Obama administration national security leadership knew that the Trump/Russian interference conspiracy was based on these FusionGPS/Orbis activities in October of 2016.

No evidence of wrong-doing by any member of the Trump campaign was found.
... Mar 9, 2017 5:11am

[vette6387]

Do we know what individuals comprise the “Mormon Mafia?” Have they been named specifically?

[Chainmail]

Wow!

[hoosiermama]

Google Mormon mafia
Lots of hits from CI A / FBI group to people who embezzled
Bain, Gay , Romney are some names mentioned
Was named back at time of MLK jr murder.

[InterceptPoint]

Adam Schiff may not have many fans on FR but in this case he’s doing exactly the right thing for the wrong reasons.
++++
Exactly. Excellent observation. He is searching for dirt on Trump but he is going to find quite the opposite.

[Avalon Memories]

President Trump is making a lot of Americans face reality for the first time in their lives.

You are so right. My brother is a perfect example of this. He is totally non-political, rarely votes and until Trump, he paid zero attention to politics and how the country is run. Then, like so many others, my brother became a Trump supporter. Now he has Fox News on many hours a day and is shocked at what he is learning about judges, Congress, the media, etc.

[kenmcg]

Does anyone think Obama and his criminal cohorts would follow legal standards in order to “wiretap” Trump. It is easy to plant a bug anywhere and anyplace, where no one is the wiser.

[Faith65]

bkmk

[thirst4truth]

A week before BHO left office he signed EO 12333, which gave 16 other intelligence agencies access to all NSA collecting data. All of it spread out over 17 total agencies, with thousands of federal government employees, where 96% of them voted for HRC, now have NSA raw collection material at their fingertips.

[thirst4truth]

Does anyone think Obama and his criminal cohorts would follow legal standards in order to “wiretap” Trump.

No legal standards required for the dems, including Comey and Clapper, known liars, in front of congress. Will not believe one word out of their mouth, they will NOT admit that they approved the surveil of Trump. In cahoots with the former CIC, and 17 intelligence agencies.

[arthurus]

About the time the frenzy over Trump’s “false” claims reaches maximum pitch it will all suddenly deflate as it will be found to be the source of the severe tearing of MSM and other Liberal glutean flesh by some fanged and unforeseen jaws.

[arthurus]

but by doing an infestigation,

Interesting and appropriate neologism.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Circa News: Investigation into Trump server found nothing; Rep. Kevin McCarthy addresses criticisms of health care bill
Published March 09, 2017
FoxNews.com

http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2017/03/09/circa-news-investigation-into-trump-server-found-nothing-rep-kevin-mccarthy/

Circa News reporters talk Trump Tower server investigation
Mar. 16, 2017 - 6:11 - Sara Carter and John Solomon provide insight on ‘Hannity’

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5362579332001/?#sp=show-clips

SEAN HANNITY - 3/17/17 | THE RUSSIA CONNECTION? | SARA CARTER ON HANNITY FOX NEWS HD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYaY3YnRh80

[onyx]

[sheikdetailfeather]

The last video I posted is now unavailable! Probably because Sara Carter said the Dir. of FBI or the head of the CIA had to have signed off on such classified material! So..I found the whole Hannity show for 3-17-17. At 25:25 in the video is Sara Carters interview.

Hannity 3/17/17 ¦ Fox News ¦ March 17, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlk8Vhd6tI4

[GBA]

"...Trump’s supporters took him “seriously, but not literally,” whereas the press took him “literally, but not seriously.”"

? Not unlike with Jesus, then and now.