Ex-FBI lawyer: Carter Page FISA application approved in 'unusual' way by McCabe, Yates, and Baker

Washington Examiner ^ | May 22, 2019 | Jerry Dunleavy

[Oscar in Batangas]

I just looked up the word ‘fraudulent’ in my dictionary.

“Unusual” was NOT listed as a synonym.

[Ann Archy]

Come on.....it’s ALL part of the SCAM INVESTIGATION!!! Carter PAGE IS A SPY!

[DoughtyOne]

If it goes over our head as this did, I don’t think many people would have questioned it.

It rests on the people who did approve it.

I hope they get what they deserve.

[DoughtyOne]

It’s been under scrutiny since we knew about it several years ago. They just want it to seem like it was just uncovered. That’s a bald faced lie, and they’re trying to pass it off.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Carter Page is a douche bag puppet of the Deep State wing of the FBI who is STILL PRETENDING he was set up. Carter is a LIAR who sold his soul to the Deep State so he could feel important as a secret agent man. Camera whore Carter is a sell-out and a loser who belongs in prison.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Before the inauguration in Jan. 2017, some people began to see what the O administration was doing, but they were not in power yet, while those in charge in O’s doj/state/intel, either because of treason in some cases, or stupidity/laziness in others, were not doing their jobs. And after the inauguration it has been excruciatingly slow because of Bush, Clinton, and O holdovers.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the mention.

I haven’t followed all of it closely.

Having followed other things like Foster’s Death, I gave up trying to learn the detail only to be shot down by bureaucrats.

[enumerated]

What a crock!

She is attempting to justify rubber stamping the warrant by arguing that it had already received enough scrutiny from higher-ups!

But that is like saying a lead detective shouldn’t bother investigating or studying the forensic evidence in a murder, if the Mayor and District Attorney have already decided who’s guilty.

I sure hope the Republicans on the committee didn’t let her get away with this bald-faced lie.

[enumerated]

Even if he deserves to rot in jail, I’d rather see him skate if it means going after the big fish.

I don’t expect Obama or Clinton to serve time - but I do expect history to record their shameful acts.

If Richard Nixon can be publicly shamed for all time for whatever he was supposed to have done, I’ll be damned if Barrack Obama or Hillary Clinton will be glorified as saints after what they have done, just because they are Democrats.

[piasa]

Anderson said it “typically would not have been the case” that people such as McCabe and Yates would sign off on a FISA application before she did. "That part of it was unusual, and so I didn't consider my review at that point in the process to be substantive in nature," Anderson said. "In other words, there were smart lawyers, high-level people on both sides of the street who had reviewed and signed off on the application, the details of the application. And so I was simply signaling, yes, this package is ready to go forward." Anderson said the seal of approval from such high-ranking FBI and DOJ officials meant that her signature on the FISA application was mostly perfunctory.

If I were just perfunctory, you'd only be required to stamp it or check a box. Sigs are required where accountability is critical, such as where the rights of others are at stake. If your superiors' signatures aren't enough to make it legal by themselves, then their sigs should not be enough to persuade you to blindly sign off.

If this were truly unusual, who among us would not be more curious than "usual"- and given the sensitivity and timing, who among us would not be more acutely aware of the need to be very careful about covering all the bases before signing anything "unusual?"

Either it wasn't unusual due to poor management and she did it out of habit ... Or it was unusual, and she decided her allegiance was to her superiors instead of doing her job as a public servant with an eye out for the rights of the citizen ... either way she should expect to be held accountable.

[piasa]

Some “top lawyer.”

[trebb]

But Anderson stressed “in this particular case, I'm drawing a distinction because my boss and my boss’ boss had already reviewed and approved this application.” She emphasized “this one was handled a little bit differently in that sense, in that it received very high-level review and approvals — informal, oral approvals — before it ever came to me for signature.”

IOW - they told her to sign the damn thing but don't bother varifying the legality....

[MayflowerMadam]

“What an unlucky guy.”

I, for one, don’t buy his innocent babe-in-the-woods behavior. I think he was in deep, knew exactly what waas going on, and was a willing participant.

[MayflowerMadam]

Amen! X 2.

Although I do expect Obama and Clinton to serve time and/or be executed for treason. If they don’t, we have no country.

[MayflowerMadam]

The more of this crap I hear about, the more angry I get when Hannity spews his 99.9% of the FBI are honorable people. They aren’t. One of them gave him his cute little 50-cent lapel pin, and that’s all it took to get him to tell that particular lie every day of the week.

[enumerated]

“Although I do expect Obama and Clinton to serve time and/or be executed for treason. If they don’t, we have no country.”

The angry part of me really wants that, but I believe President Trump and AG Barr will handle this in a different way.

They will lay all the facts bare and heap shame upon Obama and his minions for everything they did. They will call it exactly what it was; gross abuse of executive powers and agencies, conspiracy to commit election tampering and treason. But they will stop short of sentencing, even issuing pardons if necessary, and let the voters decide which political party they trust going forward.

[Svartalfiar]

Even in normal circumstances, Anderson said she likely would not read the full FISA application before signing off on it “unless there were an issue that was identified by the cover note," due to time constraints.

Hmm.. What I'm reading here is that the leadership isn't taking the time to properly vet all of these major potential Constitutional breaches?

[qaz123]

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates signing off on the application before she did. Because of that unusual high-level involvement, she didn’t see the need to “second guess” the FISA application.

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I think it was either:

“Hey, what are you two up to?” “We’re trying to frame the President.” “Really? Awesome. Do you want some help?”

OR

“Hey, what are you two up to?” “Mind your business”. “Ok”

I think it’s the former.

[kiryandil]

  

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