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House Intel Committee: Trump was Monitored, inadvertently


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2017 Mar 22, 11:21am   14,595 views  79 comments

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Members of the Donald Trump transition team, possibly including Trump himself, were under U.S. government surveillance following November’s presidential election, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) told reporters Wednesday.

Nunes said the surveillance appeared to be legal but that he was concerned because it was not related to the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the election and was widely disseminated across the intelligence community.

“I have seen intelligence reports that clearly show that the president-elect and his team were, I guess, at least monitored,” Nunes told reporters. “It looks to me like it was all legally collected, but it was essentially a lot of information on the president-elect and his transition team and what they were doing.”

Nunes said he is heading to the White House later Wednesday to brief Trump on what he has learned, which he said came from “sources who thought that we should know it.” He said he was trying to get more information by Friday from the FBI, CIA and NSA.

Nunes described the surveillance as most likely being “incidental collection.” This can occur when a person inside the United States communicates with a foreign target of U.S. surveillance. In such cases, the identities of U.S. citizens are supposed to be kept secret — but can be “unmasked” by intelligence officials under certain circumstances.

Nunes said his new information appears to show that additional members of the Trump transition team — beyond former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn — were unmasked. This means they were identified in U.S. intelligence reports.

He said the information that he had seen and was disseminated across the intelligence community appeared to him to have "little or no apparent intelligence value."


http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/devin-nunes-donald-trump-surveillance-obama-236366

In other words, the Obama Admin - which in early January issued an EO spreading this intel as far and wide as possible, probably to maximize leaks - had POETUS transition team info. If you think they didn't leak or utilize it in some way, I have a bargain bridge for sale, cheap. Inquire within.

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41   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2017 Mar 24, 9:53am  

Ironman says

Just who is paying you to spew such crap day after day??

Google: is trump treasonous
547,000 results.

I'm pretty much just stating the obvious. Comey said that his associates were being investigated for illegal behavior related to Russians hacking computer networks and meddling with our election. That could easily be classified as treason. Here's why: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/12/16/trump-raises-specter-treason/zdwgXRuJBMChEXmX5kchhP/story.html .

42   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2017 Mar 24, 10:31am  

Ironman says

It's been multiple months... where's the proof... ANY?

That's exactly what you were saying a year into the HRC investigation. When it comes to anything of substance, you are as consistent as a random number generator. When it comes to bitching about the MSM, you are as consistent and interesting as a fence post.

43   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Mar 24, 11:00am  

YesYNot says

Google: is trump treasonous

547,000 results.

I got almost 13M for "UFOs are Real"

Great 70s Electronics Soundtrack
www.youtube.com/embed/hJz6M8WEU20

44   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Mar 24, 11:06am  

YesYNot says

I'm pretty much just stating the obvious. Comey said that his associates were being investigated for illegal behavior related to Russians hacking computer networks and meddling with our election. That could easily be classified as treason.

That was the point of the October FISA search, which came back with jack shit, according to the House Intel Committee.

After a year of Dem Operatives planting false accusations in the Media, which led to huge amounts of time and effort and money spend by Bezos and Slim's blogs, the Obama Administration, and all the Dem Dirty Tricksters, literally no connection between Trump and Russia has been found.

Now they're moving on to Roger Stone, gotta keep the rumor mill churning so the Dem Voters don't start asking how the Clintonistas running the DNC lost the election. Or how Two (2) DNC Chairs resigned within weeks of each other during a Presidential Campaign for rigging the elections.

Meanwhile Schiff is rehashing accusations from the thoroughly discredited "Golden Showers" 35-page memo by the MI5 agent turned oppo research consultant.

45   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 24, 11:21am  

"Meanwhile Schiff is rehashing accusations from the thoroughly discredited "Golden Showers" 35-page memo by the MI5 agent turned oppo research consultant."

You have no idea what he's "rehashing" and you're 100% incorrect that the dossier have been thoroughly discredited. As a matter of fact, a good deal of it has been verified as accurate.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-russia-dossier-a7574536.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-russia-dossier-us-news-media-corroborate-christopher-steele-allegations-cia-a7617856.html

46   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Mar 24, 11:32am  

joeyjojojunior says

You have no idea what he's "rehashing" and you're 100% incorrect that the dossier have been thoroughly discredited. As a matter of fact, a good deal of it has been verified as accurate.

Yes, the accurate part: "There's a place called Russia and the President is named Putin."

Hahahahahahah

Like Cohen being in Prague when he proved he was in LA and was never in Prague in his life?
Like Trump's Golden Showers with Russian Hookers?

Yeah, okay. Also, dossier implies it's some kind of official intel document created and approved by an agency, when it's the ramblings of an oppo research consultant.

Why the Trump Dossier is fake:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2017/01/13/the-trump-dossier-is-false-news-and-heres-why/#79a11f206867

Putin-Trump Allegations are the Democrats' Pizzagate

47   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Mar 24, 11:40am  

If the Dems want to get to the bottom of the Russian Hacking truth, the DNC should turn over it's hacked server to the FBI (not their own paid contractor Crowdstrike) where world class team of forensics personnel can try to determine whodunit?

This is a very serious accusation. Certainly the Democrats wouldn't simply make baseless accusations for political hay while refusing to cooperate with US Counter-Intelligence by refusing to turn over the single strongest potential source of evidence for "Russian Hacking".

Turn it over, or STFU.

48   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 24, 12:23pm  

"Why the Trump Dossier is fake:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2017/01/13/the-trump-dossier-is-false-news-and-heres-why/#79a11f206867"

lol--a fact free editorial? That's the best you've got? bwahahaha. Try again.

"If the Dems want to get to the bottom of the Russian Hacking truth, the DNC should turn over it's hacked server to the FBI (not their own paid contractor Crowdstrike) where world class team of forensics personnel can try to determine whodunit?"

That's old news. The Russians hacked it. There is no question anymore. What's being debated now is whether Trump and his team were active participants as part of a quid pro quo deal with Putin.

50   FortWayne   2017 Mar 24, 5:01pm  

30s Germany also monitored Jews...inadvertently

51   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Mar 24, 5:04pm  

Ironman says

yep, doesn't get much more factual then that!!!!

It's not even at Yellowcake levels. At least with the Yellowcake we had a badly forged memo. Here we only have the "word of anonymous sources".

www.youtube.com/embed/Y5PZ290rCfo

52   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 24, 6:05pm  

WaPoIsHitler Lipsovitch says

It's not even at Yellowcake levels. At least with the Yellowcake we had a badly forged memo. Here we only have the "word of anonymous sources".

Yep, but you believe them when they say things you like. Just look at the original post!

Hypocritical much??

53   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Mar 24, 6:52pm  

joeyjojojunior says

Yep, but you believe them when they say things you like. Just look at the original post!

Hypocritical much??

Nunes isn't anonymous. He's House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA), and he said he saw intelligence documents. And he said it in front of cameras.

Whereas your Time Magazine offered the opinions of Unnamed, "Senior" Anonymous Officials, whomever they are.

Not rocket science.

54   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 24, 7:39pm  

WaPoIsHitler Lipsovitch says

Nunes isn't anonymous

No shit. But his sources are.

The author of the article I provided isn't anonymous either. So, what's your point?

55   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 24, 7:40pm  

WaPoIsHitler Lipsovitch says

Nunes isn't anonymous

No shit. But his sources are.

The author of the article I provided isn't anonymous. Schiff isn't anonymous. So, what's your point?

How is it you believe on but not the others?

56   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2017 Mar 24, 9:28pm  

Nunes is walking back his claims. This shit show is bizarre.

57   CBOEtrader   2017 Mar 24, 9:36pm  

WaPoIsHitler Lipsovitch says

If the Dems want to get to the bottom of the Russian Hacking truth, the DNC should turn over it's hacked server to the FBI (not their own paid contractor Crowdstrike) where world class team of forensics personnel can try to determine whodunit?

This is a very serious accusation. Certainly the Democrats wouldn't simply make baseless accusations for political hay while refusing to cooperate with US Counter-Intelligence by refusing to turn over the single strongest potential source of evidence for "Russian Hacking".

Turn it over, or STFU.

#winning

58   whitefaceddogey   2017 Mar 24, 9:50pm  

YesYNot says

Nunes is walking back his claims. This shit show is bizarre.

If the fools in the Donald Jong Un administration had any proof they should turn it over or just shut the fuck up.

60   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 25, 6:37am  

Ironman says

Hey Tatty, which part of "saw intelligence documents" did you not understand??

OK Great. His counterpart Rep. Schiff says he saw intelligence documents showing collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia operatives. I assume you're on board with impeachment then?

61   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 25, 8:58am  

Ironman says

No, you're confusing that with Schiff read a "report" on WaPo from un-named sources that Trump colluded with Russia..

Here's a tip for you--don't believe everything Lips posts on here.

62   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 25, 9:01am  

Ironman says

Hey Tatty, which part of "saw intelligence documents" did you not understand??

The "saw intelligence documents" part. Nunes is already changing his story. Surprise, surprise.

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Devin-Nunes-Trump-Surveillance-Claims/2017/03/24/id/780590/

63   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Mar 25, 1:23pm  

Timeline of 12 pieces that strongly suggest the Media's source for leaks were "Deep State" officials leaking the transcripts - or the contents of those transcripts - from the "Inadvertent" Wiretap Surveillance (and yes, legally the wiretapping surveillance law includes emails, phones, and electronic communication. And in fact several pieces below use, inc. the NYT, use the world wiretap themselves).
http://www.dailywire.com/news/14756/12-pieces-proof-msm-knew-obama-spied-trump-and-john-nolte#

If the government wasn't spying on the Trump Transition Team, how did it know Flynn talked to the Russian Ambassador about holding off on counter-sanctions?

On January 12th, Obama signed an executive order that had the NSA distribute transcripts and other surveillance records BEFORE the American names were redacted. Guess what happened that same day?

January 12: David Ignatius, the Post columnist, wrote that Flynn and Kislyak spoke several times on December 29, the day the sanctions were announced. “What did Flynn say, and did it undercut the U.S. sanctions?” Ignatius wrote


https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/02/flynn-resigns-timeline/516594/

How did David Ignatius find out Flynn spoke to Kislyak and the topic of the conversation? Somebody in the Obama Admin told him, based on "inadvertent" captures surveillance, that's how.

64   StatusMother   2017 Mar 25, 1:25pm  

Because they were spying on the Russian ambassador that was known to be part of Russian intelligence? Isn't that obvious?

65   CBOEtrader   2017 Mar 25, 1:28pm  

joeyjojojunior says

Nunes is already changing his story.

No. The article you posted says: ""He'll have to get all the documents he requested from the [intelligence community] about this before he knows for sure," spokesman Jack Langer said."

It didn't even quote Nunes. Those words came from a "spokesman."

Stop sticking your head in the sand. The luggenpresse will ignore facts and give you spin. Arm your mind w better critical thinking skills.

66   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Mar 25, 1:28pm  

StatusMother says

Because they were spying on the Russian ambassador that was known to be part of Russian intelligence? Isn't that obvious?

But under the FISA surveillance laws, Americans' Names are supposed to be masked, and nobody has the right to communicate the names of Americans caught under the surveillance.

On January 12th, Obama took the initial masking from the NSA BEFORE they shared the intercepts, and allowed 16 other agencies to receive intel with unmasked names.

In other words, the NSA used to block out "inadvertent" names of Americans picked up in Foreign Surveillance and THEN shared it out. After Obama's Jan 12 EO, they were sharing the surveillance BEFORE the names were blocked out.

This may be why the NSA is probably going to cooperate with Nunes - to show that it wasn't their fault, the leak was somewhere else.

67   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Mar 25, 1:32pm  

CBOEtrader says

Stop sticking your head in the sand. The luggenpresse will ignore facts and give you spin. Arm your mind w better critical thinking skills.

Yep, The Oligarch Media Lugenpresse (love that term) was openly bragging about the Deep State being Opposed to Trump. Why were they so cocky?

Because leakers - Obama Appointees or NeverTrump allies in the various Agencies - were sharing the details of inadvertently captured Americans on the Trump Transition Team with their reports. Not anything good, only the stuff that was negative or could be twisted as negative, like Flynn's pretty innocent asking of counter-sanctions to be delayed by Russia (so treasonous, for an incoming administration to get a delay on anti-American sanctions, LOL).

It's no surprise the first post Obama EO leak came from the Bezo's Blog, the Washinton IntelligenceAgencyPost

The Media is scared shitless, because in a typical Trumpian "Poisoned Judo" Tweet, they just outed Barak the Golden Child's cronies leaking Patriot Act Surveillance. THEIR OWN REPORTING indicates their anonymous sources had access to Information, like phone conversations, that could have ONLY come from Surveillance

1. The Deep State is Great, it's gonna get Trump
2. Our anonymous sources tells us they knew about phone conversations (ie Transcripts or the Audio itself) between Trump Transition Team and others
2b. "Flynn committed treason by asking Russian Ambassador to delay sanctions on USA. Heeeey Everybody!!!! Logan Act that has never been successfully prosecuted in 200 years!! Listen to me! Listen guise! Hey guise! Trump Evil!"
3. "I got wiretapped under the Obama Admin" - Trump.
4. "Bullshit Orange Little Hands" - Media
4b. All the way back in November, reports that Obama got a FISA Warrant to tap at the Trump Tower. Starting at NeverTrump Louise Mensch's HeatStreet, this story is repeated over the next months at Mainstream Media Outlets
4c. Waitaminute... oh SHIT! We gotta deny our own reporting now!

5. Nunes reveals he saw intercepted Trump Transition Team documents.

68   Robert Sproul   2017 Mar 25, 1:44pm  

Veteran foreign affairs cold-warrior James Matlock (Ambassador to the Soviet Union in the Reagan Admin. when the USSR fell. Matlock also served as the Director of Soviet Affairs in the State Department, and the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and Senior Director for European and Soviet Affairs on the National Security Council Staff, etc.) has these comments on the current Democrat/Neo-lib Ass-Clown Witch Hunt.-
“It is quite common for foreign diplomats to cultivate candidates and their staffs. That is part of their job. If Americans plan to advise the president on policy issues, they would be wise to maintain contact with the foreign embassy in question to understand that country’s attitude toward the issues involved. Certainly, both Democrats and Republicans would contact Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin during the Cold War and discuss the issues with him. As the person in charge of our embassy in Moscow during several political campaigns, I would often set up meetings of candidates and their staffs with Soviet officials. Such contacts are certainly ethical so long as they do not involve disclosure of classified information or attempts to negotiate specific issues. In fact, I would say that any person who presumes to advise an incoming president on vital policy issues needs to understand the approach of the country in question and therefore is remiss if he or she does not consult with the embassy in question.”
http://jackmatlock.com/2017/03/contacts-with-russian-embassy/

69   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 25, 1:59pm  

CBOEtrader says

It didn't even quote Nunes. Those words came from a "spokesman."

Wow-that's your argument? That it came from Nunes' spokesperson and not himself? bwahaha.

You think the spokesperson is just making stuff up without consulting Nunes?

70   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 25, 2:01pm  

WaPoIsHitler Lipsovitch says

But under the FISA surveillance laws, Americans' Names are supposed to be masked, and nobody has the right to communicate the names of Americans caught under the surveillance

OK, now we're getting somewhere. You admit that Obama wasn't spying on Trump then?

So, you're mad that Flynn's name was released? And we're back to the Lips double standard. He's all for leaks and transparency when it helps his guys. But when his guys are the ones engaging in criminal acts, he suddenly is offended that these acts are leaked for the public interest.

Does that about sum it up?

71   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 25, 2:03pm  

Robert Sproul says

Veteran foreign affairs cold-warrior James Matlock (Ambassador to the Soviet Union in the Reagan Admin. when the USSR fell. Matlock also served as the Director of Soviet Affairs in the State Department, and the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and Senior Director for European and Soviet Affairs on the National Security Council Staff, etc.) has these comments on the current Democrat/Neo-lib Ass-Clown Witch Hunt.-

“It is quite common for foreign diplomats to cultivate candidates and their staffs. That is part of their job. If Americans plan to advise the president on policy issues, they would be wise to maintain contact with the foreign embassy in question to understand that country’s attitude toward the issues involved. Certainly, both Democrats and Republicans would contact Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin during the Cold War and discuss the issues with him. As the person in charge of our embassy in Moscow during several political campaigns, I would often...

Is it also common for candidates and their staffs to agree to alter US policy to aid a foreign nation in return for that foreign nation to engage in illegal activities to aid the candidate?

72   CBOEtrader   2017 Mar 25, 2:31pm  

joeyjojojunior says

CBOEtrader says

It didn't even quote Nunes. Those words came from a "spokesman."

Wow-that's your argument? That it came from Nunes' spokesperson and not himself? bwahaha.

You think the spokesperson is just making stuff up without consulting Nunes?

No. Again use better critical thinking skills please. The spokesman didn't say what you are saying he said.

Also, quite literally, Nunes never said anything of the sort.

Your summary is fake news spin. Its so obvious, you have to have your head stuck in the sand to repeat that crap

73   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 25, 2:38pm  

CBOEtrader says

The spokesman didn't say what you are saying he said.

What are you talking about? Where did I even post what I think the spokesman said?

I said Nunes is backing off his initial claim--which he is. From the linked article:

"An aide to chairman Devin Nunes said he did not know "for sure" whether conversations of transition officials were picked up in surveillance or those officials were merely talked about by others, the Los Angeles Times reports."

And yes, if the hill you want to die on is that his spokesman said it, and not Nunes, Congrats. You picked that nit well.

74   CBOEtrader   2017 Mar 25, 3:32pm  

joeyjojojunior says

Nunes is backing off his initial claim

No, Nunes isn't. This is a lie.

75   MisdemeanorRebel   2017 Mar 25, 6:27pm  

Ironman says

What part of "Appears" equals your statement "already changing story"??

Fake News can be half-truths, willful context-distortion, or simply smears --- but it always is marked by lots of weasel words.

"Dumb Orange Hair Little Hands Drumpf used 'wiretap' incorrectly. Doesn't know what wiretap means!"

76   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2017 Mar 26, 4:02am  

WaPoIsHitler Lipsovitch says

"Dumb Orange Hair Little Hands Drumpf used 'wiretap' incorrectly.

You are still conflating having data about Trump from a wiretap (presumably targetting someone else) with wiretapping Trump.

Terrible

77   Y   2017 Mar 26, 6:14am  

Maybe it was a wireless tap, leaving only an ionized trail of air to follow...

78   Y   2017 Mar 26, 6:16am  

This is damning evidence...

CBOEtrader says

joeyjojojunior says

Nunes is backing off his initial claim

No, Nunes isn't. This is a lie.

79   joeyjojojunior   2017 Mar 26, 7:16am  

CBOEtrader says

No, Nunes isn't. This is a lie.

Yes, Nunes is. No lie.

See I can play this game too!

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