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Defending spies in the Trump campaign is the height of liberal hypocrisy
New York Post ^ | May 23, 2018 | Michael Goodwin

Posted on 05/23/2018 8:46:29 PM PDT by TBP

The spying is an event of enormous consequences, with no known precedent in American history, because it catches the incumbent party targeting the candidate of the opposition party. Even Richard Nixon didn’t weaponize law enforcement and intelligence agencies to this extent.

Additionally, the timing of the spying effort matters because it began before the FBI says it started its counterintelligence probe into the Trump campaign. So was that official July start date another James Comey lie?

There is an additional option. Trump has the power to declassify virtually any government document, making it accessible by the public under Freedom of Information Law requests. That’s the best route and the only one with a chance to lead to timely transparency. Justice and the FBI could make objections on national security or personal safety grounds, but final decisions should be made by a qualified team led by Kelly, with a prejudice toward openness, not secrecy.

The time is up for professional gatekeepers like Comey and Rosenstein to control what the public knows. They have done nothing but add to distrust of the FBI and that will not change if their ilk makes the final decisions.

By insisting that the documents go online, Trump would be letting taxpayers see for themselves what the government was up to, and what it was hiding. And to connect the dots between the various agencies involved.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: campaign; spies; trump; trumprussia
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The President should declassify EVERYTHING related top this case, as Goodwin says, and put it online for the people to see. That would bring this case to a quick end.

president@whitehouse.gov (202) 456-1111

1 posted on 05/23/2018 8:46:29 PM PDT by TBP
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Didn’t 0bama write a book about that? “The Audacity of Bull S#!t.”


2 posted on 05/23/2018 8:49:31 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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And defending this spying will make it hard to deny. So proud they are today. Hopefully charges follow and let’s see how they feel bankrupted and in prison.


3 posted on 05/23/2018 8:56:05 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Reno89519

publish now.


4 posted on 05/23/2018 8:57:20 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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Maybe we should start referring to these spies as plumbers, and Trump as Deep Throat.

We can name Mueller and Rosenstein Haldeman or another cast character.


5 posted on 05/23/2018 9:00:01 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: TBP
The Left (and a good number on the "right") are now openly opposed to the 1st, 2nd, and 4th amendment.

Particularly, in this case, the 4th.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

And the Media right along with them.

6 posted on 05/23/2018 9:01:39 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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Classification is determined by the Executive Branch. We all know who heads that. If the President says it is releasable, done. I wonder, how many rats, DOJ stooges, and FBI traitors would immediately try to cut a deal or flee to s non-extradition country....


7 posted on 05/23/2018 9:02:32 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Doing my part to help make America great again!)
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To: TBP

Trump is playing his cards very well.


8 posted on 05/23/2018 9:02:52 PM PDT by Raycpa
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Defending spies in the Trump campaign is the height of liberal hypocrisy

Partner, these "Giant Sixth Grade Brain Jouralists" have got the gall to try and change the narrative!!!

I would let the FBI field agents testify on what really was going on with that Lying James Comey who was fired. Yes----President Trump did us a great favor by firing this incompetent, lying, back stabbing and worthless former FBI chief James Comey.

This goes all the way to that "America Hating Piece of Work Imposter Obama". Of course, Obama had the most corrupt administration ever since he had Valerie Jarrett, Susan Rice, Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, James Comey, James Clapper, Brennan, and Hillary Clintoon. These folks are the ultimate losers.

Jeff Sessions will be fired as Attorney General since he is so incompetent.

9 posted on 05/23/2018 9:04:59 PM PDT by TheConservativeTejano
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Rush hit this one outa Park on his radio program today.


10 posted on 05/23/2018 9:08:04 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Carry, practice, pray it don't happen. You ain't carrying you lose automtically.)
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What a mess! Can’t be fixed. Needs to be gutted and torn down to the very foundation.


11 posted on 05/23/2018 9:11:36 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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To: TigersEye

Didn’t Obama say his administration was the most transparent ever.

How about “The Transparency of Bull S#!t”?


12 posted on 05/23/2018 9:13:27 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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This country needs a cathartic series of hangings on Pay Per View.


13 posted on 05/23/2018 9:22:32 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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Its all about protecting Obama. Obama, the most vile man ever to be President, corrupted Federal agencies and plotted to subvert American democracy. Justice demands arrests and convictions of not only the Obama commissars ( Brennan, Clapper, Comey, McCabe and Lynch) but Obama himself.


14 posted on 05/23/2018 9:25:35 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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According to the liar Clapper, the police department should have keys to every home, apartment, and business in America, and be able to search them at any time, in order to protect them from allegations of theft and holding stolen property. Law enforcement would just be protecting everyone in the country, if they could search your home at any time.

Mark

15 posted on 05/23/2018 9:27:16 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: joshua c

He evolved from transparent to opaque.


16 posted on 05/23/2018 9:28:07 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: TBP

Trump as usual is playing the long game
Hannity covers this daily
Levin. Daily
Rush. Daily
In great detail
Savage. Out in left field. Talking about meatballs


17 posted on 05/23/2018 9:29:08 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: allendale

Change “lock her up” to “string them up” The he11 with draining the swamp. Burn it down!!!


18 posted on 05/23/2018 9:33:19 PM PDT by Equine1952 (Carry, practice, pray it don't happen. You ain't carrying you lose automtically.)
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They weren’t “spies”. They were agent provocateurs assigned specific missions. These missions were NOT to “be on the lookout for Russians colluding with the Trump campaign or attempting to effect the election”. The agent provocateurs working for OBAMA’S intelligence leaders were assigned to arrange for the APPEARANCE of the Trump campaign “colluding” with Russians.


19 posted on 05/23/2018 9:41:28 PM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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Yes. President Trump should absolutely declassify everything related to this. Sunshine is the best disinfectant.


20 posted on 05/23/2018 9:50:27 PM PDT by FLT-bird (..)
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