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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 17 2017, @09:31PM (1 child)
Yep. Trump seems to lie a lot. That said, it doesn't seem too far off for him to say "Obama ordered wiretaps on me", when the truth was "Obama['s top security official] ordered wiretaps on [Trump campaign aide]". Some people will think that this was the right move (it is their job to monitor things like ties to Russia). Some people will think that it was the wrong move (monitoring a citizen accused of no crimes).
That said, it was covered up. Some people will think that this was the right move (can monitor citizens if you tell them they are monitored). Some people will think that this was the wrong move (abuse of political power to monitor citizens with a warrant from the 'Secret Court').
Trumps 'lies' (this was pretty close to truth) don't enter the equation.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 18 2017, @12:14AM
Actually his lies do enter into it, top elected official of the US lying about something like this definitely is an issue.