Posted on 02/06/2018 7:41:13 AM PST by deplorableindc
An attorney selected to advise the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court says he might have recommended against surveilling former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. But he was never asked for an opinion.
John Cline was one of the first people designated by the shadowy courts judges as eligible to advise them on privacy and other intelligence collection issues, but he was not consulted on the Page case or any other during his two years on the amici curiae roster.
Cline served as an on-call expert alongside five others when the FBI and Justice Department sought a warrant to spy on Page, a businessman who had worked in Russia, on Oct. 21, 2016. The government received the warrant the same day, and later three 90-day renewals.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
One would hope the FISA judge would be that advocate, but looking at the success rate of the applicants that's not happening.
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