Posted on 05/02/2019 9:59:43 PM PDT by bitt
The New York Times admitted on Thursday that the Obama administration deployed multiple spies against the Trump campaign in 2016, confirming recent comments by Attorney General William Barr that 'spying did occur' during the campaign.
Following months of angry claims by journalists and Democratic operatives that the Obama administration never spied on Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, The New York Times admitted Thursday that multiple overseas intelligence assets were deployed against associates of the Republican nominee. It is not the first time the Times has revealed widespread spying operations against the campaign.
In addition to noting that long-time informant Stefan Halper was tasked with collecting intelligence on the Trump campaign, the Times story details how a woman was sent overseas under a fake name and occupation to oversee the spy operation. The woman’s real name is not mentioned in the article, though the Times says she went by “Azra Turk” and has a relationship with an unidentified federal intelligence agency.
Halper was handpicked by a seasoned FBI counterintelligence agent out of the New York office, according to the article. While the Times does not identify the agent by name, the paper says the FBI agent spoke at a conference organized by Halper about a 2010 case involving Russians posing as Americans. The public schedule for a 2011 conference hosted by Halper about the exact same case shows that three FBI counterintelligence agents were invited to speak on the topic.
The three agents publicly identified as speaking at that conference on the topic are George J. Ennis, Jr., Alan E. Kohler, Jr., and Stephen M. Somma. Ennis currently serves as the special agent in charge in the FBI’s New York office, according to his LinkedIn profile, and worked closely with Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New..
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I’m betting the NYT thinks this makes Obama even more of a hero. Trump is evil personified, and Obama had to pull out all of the stops.
Well what came out of the Ukrainian Embassy today isn’t gonna help dems much either.
They is in trouble.
I still say a few special counsels need to be appointed to investigate all of this. Need non-political investigation with teeth and an unlimited budget. Take every one of them to a grand jury, indict them, pull their clearances, remove them from work, then convict and jail or execute them.
Arrests in 3 2 1 0....1 2 3 4 5 6... 110,000 110,001.....
Bttt
“Not a hint of scandal.” Yeah, right, Joe.
Funny how we react, compared with the legal formailities.
Deploying a confidential informant is not considered invasive by the law - no court oversight is required. Compared with wiretapping, which is viewed as invasive and (cough cough) requires court oversight.
And yet the public is more aghast at the “no court oversight” method of going after an opponent. Going to be a bit of disconnect, to the extent the public gets aware that the government can and does use confidential informants at whim. FBI uses CI to goad unstable people to act of fantasy, busts them, and makes points with the technique. Pathetic.
That was why the Dems jumped at the Dossier and it’s assertions without any real criticism of the “facts” it presented. It gave them the reason/excuse to put the resources of the government into a plan to take Trump down. The media will say it was reasonable of Obama because of the information provided to him from the FBI/DOJ. The alphabet groups were in the tank for the Dems. Some intentionally some just didn’t do their job. Proving that Obama knew the real truth is going to be tougher than taking down the employees. I have no doubt he knew. What you know and what you can prove are two different things. Time to put the screws on those who did know and get them to turn on their masters.
“A tragic note in the news today as dozens of process servers all died while trying to serve papers on Hillary Clinton, Podesta and others. Police have announced that it was just a phenomenally bad day for accidents and coincidences. Nothing more.” — a newscast sometime in 2020.
;-)
“Not a hint of scandal.” Yeah, right, Joe.
Not even a smidge. LOL.
One more strike against the corrupt, incompetent Obama thugs.
Ennis is would seem to be a partisan given his work with that Trump hater and works in the NY Times hometown. If I was Barr I would have him under the microcope right now. The leak is likely from him or somebody close to him in CYA mode.
And the Left said,
“Well, Trump is evil...so?”
great analysis.
I wonder who knew, or should have known what illegal NSA political spying was taking place???????
Robert S. Mueller, III, Director of the FBI September 4, 2001- September 4, 2013
Now wouldn't that just be the shits if MuleTeam ended up with a grand jury subpoena as a thank you note for his efforts? And inspite of their long time friendship, Bill Barr is just the kind of guy who would do it.
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