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Posted on 02/03/2018 6:41:41 AM PST by Wolfie
The Truth About The Nunes Memo
Let's boil the Nunes memo down for all of you who are screaming for heads -- but newly, just today.
First, there's the fact that the "Steele Dossier" was critical to the granting of a FISA court warrant. The memo makes clear that absent the Dossier there would have been no warrant as the court would have refused to grant it for lack of evidence, no spying on the Trump campaign and no grounds for the current Mueller investigation.
Now that wouldn't by itself be enough to toss every single individual involved in the clink except for the following, which turns the above into a serious criminal felony that reaches everyone involved including quite-probably then-President Obama himself:
You see, the memo also documents that the FBI intentionally concealed the source and nature of the "Steele Dossier", including who paid for it, from the FISA Court Judges. The DOJ officials knew the Steele Dossier was paid for by Democrats and intentionally failed to include that in both the original warrant and three renewals aimed at Carter Page. Worse, the FBI had terminated Steele as an FBI source for unauthorized disclosures to the media months prior -- and didn't disclose that to the court either! In short despite the DOJ and FBI knowing that Steele had a personal animus against Donald Trump's campaign, was financially motivated by the Democrats who were paying him, and in addition had been disqualified as an FBI source due to prior personal misconduct they intentionally concealed all three facts from the FISA court not just once -- but four times in total.
This standing alone is a crime; it constitutes not only obstruction of justice but also perjury, and is further a fraud upon the court.
Attorneys and others presenting documentary evidence to a court have a duty before their client under the law. Their first duty is to the integrity of the process itself. It is a specific offense to fail to uphold that responsibility.
That, we now know, appears to have happened in this case.
But this case is not the first time. In fact it has been the very process and procedure of not only the FBI and NSA in multiple cases, thousands of them yearly, but it is also the case that this is extraordinarily common in state and local investigations.
In 2013 I wrote on a case in a nearby county to where I live, in which the Sheriff's Office intentionally concealed how they obtained the information necessary to get a warrant, which led to an arrest for someone who had (and presumably was or was intending to sell) a large amount of marijuana. The reason they concealed how they came by the information is that they knew they had broken the law and had they disclosed this fact their case would have instantly collapsed. It was only through diligent work by the defense that the ruse was uncovered. The accused walked as we have at least one honest Judge in the local area who refused to give aid and comfort to criminal violations of the Constitution by the cops.
This is not a singular case. In fact it's utterly common for law enforcement at all levels to do exactly this sort of thing -- use an unlawful means to develop a case and then lie, generating a "parallel excuse" that leads them to the arrest. This is not just an offense against the Constitution it is felony perjury as well when they lie in their pleadings and presentations to the courts of this nation. While this act is most-common in drug cases it's hardly confined there. All of this is illegal and yet not one cop has gone to prison -- although a few defendants that uncovered it before sentencing or appeal have had their convictions tossed.
The root problem is that you, America, will not get off your ass. Where was the demand for everyone involved in that crap in 2013 to be fired and prosecuted? It's not like I didn't report on that case or try to bury it, you know. Nor was I the only one -- a local paper ran the story as well and thousands of subscribers read the article.
Suddenly you're outraged that this very same thing was done to a Presidential candidate.
These events happened because you failed to get out your pitchforks, torches and a demand for criminal prosecution and disbandment of all agencies involved in the thousands upon thousands of similar cases aimed at other people over the previous few decades.
It's certainly true that you don't want 100 kilos of heroin flooding your town. But when you get down to it the process exists to conduct surveillance and obtain warrants legally for a reason -- it prevents perversions of justice and rank abuse exactly as appears happened in this case. The law forbids intentional concealment as occurred here for that exact reason and it is the American public's refusal to call for prison terms and instant disbandment of all state, local and federal law enforcement agencies that have intentionally, wantonly and with complete disregard for the law engaged in such practices that led to this abuse.
If you are only upset about this because you like Trump then you're no better than they are, in that you're perfectly ok with so-called "law enforcement" committing felonies so long as "the right people" are arrested, charged and prosecuted.
Then there's Ari Fleischer, who says "that's not the FBI I know":
" Based on my one and only experience with McCabe, it proved to me that he has a “circle the wagons and protect James Comey at all costs” approach that is inconsistent with the type of behavior our nation should expect from a man who, at the time, was leading the FBI.
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The FBI I know is better than this."
No it's not. In fact Ari Fleischer, who was the Press Secretary for George W. Bush, did this exact sort of corrupt thing dozens of times both during his tenure and both before and after. Ari knows this -- factually.
The events that led to the Nunes memo would have never occurred had the public risen up a decade or more ago and demanded that this crap not only stop but also that the people doing it go to prison on pain of all of them, and their families, being unable to buy a gallon of gasoline, a single banana to eat or even manage to walk down the street without having the public at-large spit on their shoes and fly the bird in their faces.
Let me know when your attitude changes and you're willing to make that demand and back it up until every single one of these people are sitting in prison and their salaries, pensions and benefits are forfeit with said agencies shut down.
I read nothing in the memo that I hadn’t heard before. Are the Democrats all wound up because it just confirms what has been long suspected?
HILLIARY COLLUDED WITH RUSSIA!!! And Russia Wanted Hilliary since they had ALL the goods on her...and she didn't care as long as she WON!
I have always supported the 4th and 5th amendments knowing full well that the majority if not the vast majority of the absuses are made against actual criminals. But that is in fact the only way to protect everyone’s freedom and protect the innocent.
There are seditionists and traitors in our midst. Where are our Patriotic “leaders”?
The memo has now been released and my question is still the same as it was before it was released.
What happens next? What is the next step in this process of exposing the wrong-doing? When do any concrete actions from justice officials or law enforcement start. Oh, my bad. That would be the DOJ and FBI involved in the wrong-doings. How convenient.
Or will all the alleged suspects lawyers up and this will be argued back and forth in a partisan he said/she said manner and it eventually all goes away?
Can someone please offer what they think is the road map is for this case from here on out? Doesn't anybody have the same questions?
What's next?
The author has a very good point, we should rise up with pitchforks and torches and demand the criminals face justice.
Lets start with this case, and work down from there. The way police automatically grab any large amounts of cash they find in the course of an “investigation” and say gimme, is a flagrant violation of law and Justice.
Time for the Democratic Police State tactics to stop.
Yep - now they have to spin against verified facts....
Special prosecutor, just to start. The FBI and DOJ can’t investigate themselves; it’s a legal fundamental.
Nothing will happen. They’ll use this to insulate their own, but the illegal abuse will continue against the rest of us. And we’ll take it.
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They didn’t give a rat’s patoot that nearly a million of us gathered in DC to say “no”. That’s because they knew we would do nothing more. They do not fear us. Yet.
Food for thought.
If you put all the pieces together here’s what you get. The DNC rigs the Democratic Primary Election against Bernie Sanders so Hilliary can win the nomination. Obama’s administration starts to request surveillance on Trump, his family, his transition team, and anyone associated with him.
Donna Brazil gives Hilliary the questions to a debate. The DNC pays Christopher Steele to come up with a smear dossier about Trump. The mainstream media releases a taped conversation about Trump talking about grabbing women parts.
After all this Trump still wins the General Election. Obama orders an investigation into Russia meddling in our elections. Obama changes Executive Order 12333 to allow more agencies to have access to surveillance data. The Democratic Party comes up with a scandal that Trump Colluded with Russia to win the election with no evidence or proof. This wild claim is backed up by the mainstream media.
Obama hold overs start unmasking Trump’s transition team and staff members then release the classified information to the mainstream media. Why? Because the DNC and the Obama administration colluded with the intelligence community to thwart Trump’s campaign efforts to get him elected president.
All this Russia collusion is an attempt to cover up the fact that the Obama administration, the intelligence community, the DNC, along with the mainstream media used our nations surveillance as a political tool to try to get Hilliary elected President.
This makes Watergate look like a kindergarten play. Let that sink in…
I have read reports that this memo is only 10% of what is going to be revealed in the coming weeks ahead.
Comey smirked “is that it?”
Reply from the Intelligence Committee “ You ain’t seen nothin’ yet”
I am wondering “What did Obama know?” and “When did he know it?”
Let me know when your attitude changes and you’re willing to make that demand and back it up until every single one of these people are sitting in prison and their salaries, pensions and benefits are forfeit with said agencies shut down.
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Earlier in the article the writer said something about it’s the American People’s fault for not getting off their ass.
I totally agree with this article. Great Post! Thanks.
But I am talking about what actually will happen next? Legal charges? More investigation? Indictments? Arrests?
And who will do all of this? The same DOJ and FBI that are exposed as being the wrong-doers in the memo?
Everybody on FR is giddy for the prospect of people going to jail as a result of the memo being released.
But in the real world, people aren't just thrown in jail or hanged without evidence, lawyers, trials, appeals, etc. These people won't be punished by the system based solely on the wishes of the members of an internet website.
My serious question is still, what's next? How does this scenario proceed?
Nunes says Phase II is coming.
......what’s next? Sessions fires a few Obamabot cockroaches still hiding in the DOJ. Wray fires a few more in the FBI. Indictments are obtained. Arrests are made. People ratting on each other begins in return for plea bargains.
It will take a while. But, it’s coming. I have “faith”.
If I remember Hillary was not so sure about her future.
She had that meltdown after the laurer interview said lauer was done she would get rid of him (he has since been fired) and they would “all hang from nooses if that effing bastard Trump won”
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