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Bongino: Democrats Won’t Say ‘Spy’ Because It Implicates Obama
Daily Caller ^ | 5/28/2018 | amber athney

Posted on 05/29/2018 10:03:11 AM PDT by bitt

Former secret service agent Dan Bongino said on Fox News Monday that Democrats and the legacy media are reluctant to use the word “spy” to refer to a confidential informant in the Trump campaign because doing so could implicate former President Obama.

“The reason they’re dancing around this spy vs. informant narrative is precisely because of what you just asked…the role of Obama,” Bongino asserted.

News outlets like CNN and The New York Times have suggested President Donald Trump is lying when he says there was a “spy” in his campaign and have instead claimed the person was just an “informant” keeping tabs on Russian election meddling. (RELATED: Dear New York Times: Call A Spy A Spy)

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhodoj; bongino; bonginointerview; obamaknew; obamaspygate; omaba; spy; spygate; trumprussia; trumpwiretaps
good video
1 posted on 05/29/2018 10:03:11 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 05/29/2018 10:03:25 AM PDT by bitt (t\\)
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3 posted on 05/29/2018 10:05:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: bitt

An informant is not a spy?

Left Twix versus Right Twix argument.


4 posted on 05/29/2018 10:07:39 AM PDT by alloysteel (Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.)
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To: bitt
I think neither spy nor informant are the correct words.

These people weren't sent in to gather information. They were sent in to provide a reason for a FISA warrant.

5 posted on 05/29/2018 10:10:36 AM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: bitt

An informant is a person, who because of their existing situation and relationships has information, which is then provided to legal, legitimate law enforcement personnel.

A spy is a person who is selected, and then placed inside an organization for the purpose of being a conduit of gleaned information out of and also inputting bogus information into that organization.

The people we are discussing are not only spies, but illegal spies who were placed there for illegal purposes by a rogue organization, not legitimate law enforcement.


6 posted on 05/29/2018 10:14:00 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: bitt
A CI investigation with national security implications and the National Security Advisor and POTUS didn't know about it?

Try again. Ask for the tapes.

7 posted on 05/29/2018 10:20:09 AM PDT by Salvavida
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To: rigelkentaurus

“The people we are discussing are not only spies, but illegal spies who were placed there for illegal purposes by a rogue organization, not legitimate law enforcement.”

And by “rogue organization,” you are referring to the Obama Administration, right?


8 posted on 05/29/2018 10:26:14 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: rigelkentaurus

I agree.


9 posted on 05/29/2018 10:34:17 AM 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: bitt

Precisely.


10 posted on 05/29/2018 11:37:19 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Salvavida
Of course POTUS knew about it. That's why Susan Rice emailed herself this memo:

"President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities 'by the book'. The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book."

11 posted on 05/29/2018 12:01:55 PM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: bitt
Eventually, it will ALL come out. It can't be hidden forever. I'm enjoying this slow motion train wreck known as the Democrat Party.

When it all starts coming out, the Democrats will throw Obama under the bus, claiming "We didn't know!"

By the time it's over, we'll know about Obama's true birth certificate and his transcripts from college. It will be wonderful!

12 posted on 05/29/2018 12:26:11 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: palmer

That statement is the book answer that absolves him. But what did he really know, and what is provable?


13 posted on 05/29/2018 1:09:22 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: bitt

Most people could not understand why Hillary had such a panic attack when she learned that she had lost the election. It’ only an election after all. But, remember, she knows where all the bodies are buried and with the Republicans in the White House both her and The Magic Negro could both go down along with many of the their sycophants.

Everything that we have seen since November has been part of the damage control operation. Overthrowing the legitimate government would be the best fix, but short of that they certainly want to avoid legal consequences and future election consequences. Now that the coup has failed, they are going to do their best to avoid the law and the outraged voters.


14 posted on 05/29/2018 2:22:36 PM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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To: alloysteel

Informant implies that the group being spied upon is criminal, communist, or some other nefarious organization. So, the average person reading about this sort of activity thinks it’s OK because they deserve to be spied upon. Democrats deliberately misuse words to try to get away with their machinations. However, the Trump Campaign was a not criminal enterprise, so Clapper et al. are being nefarious themselves. It certainly appears that the current leadership of the Democrat Party is acting like a bunch of criminal deceivers.


15 posted on 05/29/2018 3:00:03 PM PDT by anarabismybrotherinlaw
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To: Cowboy Bob; bitt

Eventually, it will ALL come out. It can’t be hidden forever. I’m enjoying this slow motion train wreck known as the Democrat Party.

When it all starts coming out, the Democrats will throw Obama under the bus, claiming “We didn’t know!”

By the time it’s over, we’ll know about Obama’s true birth certificate and his transcripts from college. It will be wonderful!

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I like where you’re coming from cowboy bob


16 posted on 05/29/2018 7:29:19 PM PDT by thinden
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To: Cowboy Bob
When it all starts coming out, the Democrats will throw Obama under the bus, claiming "We didn't know!"

They can’t ever do that. Too many black true believers in the divinity of Saint Barack would stop voting Democrat. They’ll try to brazen it out and claim Obama had to act as he did because Trump was so evil.

17 posted on 05/29/2018 9:21:10 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Mr. Jeeves

When it all starts coming out, the Democrats will throw Obama under the bus, claiming “We didn’t know!”

They can’t ever do that. Too many black true believers in the divinity of Saint Barack would stop voting Democrat. They’ll try to brazen it out and claim Obama had to act as he did because Trump was so evil.
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Nah I disagree they will never stop voting democrat. That would stop their money-making machine. they would throw Obama under the bus in a heartbeat if it meant no more money.


18 posted on 05/30/2018 10:07:56 AM PDT by zaxtres
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