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The point is that even the liberal NYTIMES acknowledged years ago that the government was abusing the FISA process. What they did to Trump is treasonous.
This must be addressed in the most profound manner with clear heads and brought to a swift conclusion. All involved should be held accountable.

-- This must be addressed in the most profound manner with clear heads and brought to a swift conclusion. --

I think the odds of that happening are mightly slim. The legal system is set up to protect the swamp dwellers. On FISA abuse ...

50 USC 1809(b) Defense
It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a) that the defendant was a law enforcement or investigative officer engaged in the course of his official duties [check, FBI did this "officially and by the book] and the electronic surveillance was authorized by and conducted pursuant to a search warrant or court order of a court of competent jurisdiction [check, see approved FISA warrant].

Illegal FISA snooping is legal. If you don't trust the secret court and the FBI, you are committing sedition.

I dither between beyond pissed and passive aggression (the Gandhi method), either way, I view the federal government as my mortal enemy.

Compare the NYT reader top comments from this article today, vs the comments on the linked article posted from 2013:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/us/2011-ruling-found-an-nsa-program-unconstitutional.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/us/politics/trump-fbi-memo.html

When it benefits them, it’s ok.

The promotion process to top jobs in the FBI/DOJ favours Ivy League elite lawyers, and this cohort of the liberal Deep State will barely be cleaned out before another infiltrates and takes its place.

They will do it again if allowed. And there might not be another Trump to stop them.

There needs to be some sort of separation of powers or majority party/minority built into a reformed and REDUCED scope FISA.