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The FBI and DoJ Were Granted a FISA Warrant to Monitor a Trump Campaign Aide Last Summer
A FISA warrant was obtained to monitor Trump campaign aide Carter Page before the election:
The FBI obtained a warrant to secretly surveil former Donald Trump aide Carter Page last summer under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), according to a Tuesday Washington Post report.
The FBI and Justice Department demonstrated probable cause that Page is acting on behalf of a foreign state in order to be granted the warrant.
The FISA warrant was part of the FBI's investigation into possible ties between Russia and Trump campaign associates, law enforcement and U.S. officials told the Post.
"This confirms all of my suspicions about unjustified, politically motivated government surveillance," Page told the Post Tuesday. "I have nothing to hide."
Page has not been accused of committing a crime.
Also at MarketWatch.
DiGenova: Rice Ordered 'Spreadsheets' on Calls Involving Trump, Aides
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Former President Barack Obama's national security adviser Susan Rice ordered U.S. spy agencies to produce "detailed spreadsheets" of legal phone calls involving Donald Trump and his aides when he was running for president, according to former U.S. Attorney Joseph diGenova.
"What was produced by the intelligence community at the request of Ms. Rice were detailed spreadsheets of intercepted phone calls with unmasked Trump associates in perfectly legal conversations with individuals," diGenova told The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group Monday.
[...] Other official sources with direct knowledge and who requested anonymity confirmed to TheDCNF diGenova's description of surveillance reports Rice ordered one year before the 2016 presidential election.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 17 2017, @03:46PM (4 children)
"Why does it matter if Trump has ties to Russia and they possibly messed with our election?"
Russia. Russia. RUSSIA. RUssia. Russia. Russia. russia. RUSSIA!
The 80's called. They want their foreign policy back.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 17 2017, @04:43PM (1 child)
Nothing special about Russia. If it were China, like it was with Jeb Bush, [theintercept.com] that would be a problem too. But Jeb isn't the president of the united states so foreign influence on him isn't quite such a pressing issue.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by gawdonblue on Monday April 17 2017, @10:16PM
America cannot have policy decision making dictated by China or Russia, nor India nor any other foreign power. Israel won't allow it.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 17 2017, @04:51PM
Wackadoodle dee your short on brains. This isn't about the Cold War, this is about a conflict of interest with the highest office of the US. You can shill all you want, it only shows others how far gone you are.
Let me turn it around for you...
Emails. Emails. EMAILS. EMails. Emails. Emails. emails. EMAILS!
The sanitarium called, it wants you all back in your straight jackets.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday April 17 2017, @08:44PM
Yeah, Murica needs to whack some evil commie Russkies! Whenever you open the lid on your trashcan you can be assured their agents pop up scribbling down in their note book whatever you say or do. As of lately they gotten the toasters join the russkie party. ;-)