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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
Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
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: 2) by davester666 on Monday April 17 2017, @07:11PM (1 child)
Well we really fixed that "corporate bribery" problem this time, by electing a corporation to be President. And I'm sure the numbers worked out. It has to be WAY cheaper to just partially pay for getting elected, and then get a bunch of legislation passed that personally benefits you, than to have to pay someone else to enact each change separately. It's like buying bulk at the grocery store.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday April 17 2017, @07:35PM
It's certainly a lot more efficient to have a corporate puppet.
In the 21st century it ought to be possible for corporations to have direct control of the voting buttons in the halls of congress. That way congress critters don't have to actually show up to push their voting buttons. Corporations could do it remotely for them.
New legislation could be uploaded as a PDF and remote corporate voting conducted at rapid speed.
Congress critters would still be involved. They would just spend their time at luxury golfing resorts and other distractions. With such generous corporate support, they wouldn't have to spend so much time on the phones raising money to get re-elected.
Oh, wait! What if Google could help you cast your vote remotely on election day!
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