Posted on 02/04/2018 11:41:15 AM PST by Hojczyk
Presentation of any such unverified material to the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court to justify a wiretap would appear to violate crucial procedural rules, called “Woods Procedures,” designed to protect U.S. citizens.
Yet Comey allegedly signed three of the FISA applications on behalf of the FBI. Deputy Director Andrew McCabe reportedly signed one and former Attorney General Sally Yates, then-Acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein each reportedly signed one or more.
It’s incredible to think of how many FBI and Justice Department officials would have touched the multiple applications to wiretap Trump campaign adviser Carter Page — allegedly granted, at least in part, on the basis of unverified and thus prohibited information — if normal procedures were followed.
The FBI’s complex, multi-layered review is designed for the very purpose of preventing unverified information from ever reaching the court. It starts with the FBI field offices.
According to former FBI agent Asha Rangappa, who wrote of the process last year in JustSecurity.org, the completed FISA application requires approval through the FBI chain of command “including a Supervisor, the Chief Division Counsel (the highest lawyer within that FBI field office), and finally, the Special Agent in Charge of the field office, before making its way to FBI Headquarters to get approval by (at least) the Unit-level Supervisor there.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
This is an eye opener....looks like this was done from the TOP and not fron the FBI branch to FBI headquarters and then the DOJ...
It is a must read....there are supposed to be many levels of verification..
BY SHARYL ATTKISSON....she no dummy in these matters
The “Rigging of the Election for Hillary” went well beyond the DNC
Obama is probably not the first president to us the fedz to harass political opponents.
The Clintons have been liars, crooks, thieves, plus much worse for 40 years or so.
Only 4 whole posts before questions about the bears...or the Pope
The Pope hires bears to evacuate their bowels onto him?
BY SHARYL ATTKISSON....she no dummy in these matters
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Having been a similar target by Obammmmma.
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It will be interesting to see whether Carter Page’s revised lawsuit due tomorrow will include the names of the 5 who signed the FISA document!!!
Yes and more surprising is that The Hill published it. It will be interesting to keep your eye on Publications from the left to see if cracks start to appear where they start to realize there on the wrong side of history and start to hedge there bets.
It’s not just two or three top DOJ/FBI players that need to head to the Gray Bar hotel. There’s more who need to be tried, convicted, and sentenced than a person has fingers and toes. It’s going to be messy.
There is two ways to read this article. One the FBI and DOJ had to circumvent a lot of rules to get a FISA warrant and this points to huge corruption. Or.....there is a lot more to the warrant than we are aware of and while this one piece may be suspicious, overall the FISA warrant was justified. I’m just saying......emotions are the enemy of good science. We don’t know all the facts....and that’s the bottom line.
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The pendulum is just beginning to swing the other way.
We'll see more and more media outlets start to report what is going on and open the story wide-open.
It took a long time for the entire Watergate episode to come to head.
Now that this memo has been released with more to follow about the wrongdoings at the DOJ and FBI, it will accelerate the momentum of the investigation.
More of the press will want to jump on the bandwagon of the agency abuse story, rather than remain on the wrong side of history.
Obama may not have been the first politician to use questionable means to undermine his opponents, but he probably was the first in a powerful position to deliberately undermine the United States of America.
He is a traitor. I don't care if he was an elected President. He should be hung.
ML/NJ
LACK OF AN UNBIASED OBJECTIVE WATCHDOG MEDIA HAS TAKEN US TO THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION
Valid point.
There’s that whole 4th Amendment thingy as well. Just saying...
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