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originally posted by: Abysha
a reply to: xuenchen
Lol... Manny isn't Trump.
Do you not see the stretch you're making? I'm only a moderate practitioner of yoga but I'd call that a yoga "staff pose".
The evidence seems to be overwhelming that the Obama justice department had probable cause to keep tabs on certain people engaging in questionable activities with foreign nationals and who didn't report such activity as required by law.
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: butcherguy
You have no idea what evidence was presented. Stop pretending you do.
originally posted by: Sillyolme
a reply to: butcherguy
You're confused. That's not what happened or what is happening. They're investigating crimes not spying on political rivals which is what you're suggesting.
It may be time to face reality. The man is dirt. He associates with dirt and like dirt needs to be put in the trash and left at the curb for pick up.
AKA an impeachment.
Mr. Clapper joins me now. Welcome, sir, to Meet the Press.
JAMES CLAPPER:
Thanks, Chuck, for everything.
CHUCK TODD:
Let me start with the President's tweets yesterday, this idea that maybe President Obama ordered an illegal wiretap of his offices. If something like that happened, would this be something you would be aware of?
JAMES CLAPPER:
I would certainly hope so. I can't say-- obviously, I'm not, I can't speak officially anymore. But I will say that, for the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI, there was no such wiretap activity mounted against-- the president elect at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign. I can't speak for other Title Three authorized entities in the government or a state or local entity.
CHUCK TODD:
Yeah, I was just going to say, if the F.B.I., for instance, had a FISA court order of some sort for a surveillance, would that be information you would know or not know?
JAMES CLAPPER:
Yes.
CHUCK TODD:
You would be told this?
JAMES CLAPPER:
I would know that.
CHUCK TODD:
If there was a FISA court order--
JAMES CLAPPER:
Yes.
CHUCK TODD:
--on something like this.
JAMES CLAPPER:
Something like this, absolutely.
CHUCK TODD:
And at this point, you can't confirm or deny whether that exists?
JAMES CLAPPER:
I can deny it.
CHUCK TODD:
There is no FISA court order?
JAMES CLAPPER:
Not-- not to know my knowledge.
CHUCK TODD:
Of anything at Trump Tower?
JAMES CLAPPER:
No.
CHUCK TODD:
Well, that's an important revelation at this point. Let me ask you this. Does intelligence exist that can definitively answer the following question, whether there were improper contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials?
JAMES CLAPPER:
We did not include any evidence in our report, and I say, "our," that's N.S.A., F.B.I. and C.I.A., with my office, the Director of National Intelligence, that had anything, that had any reflection of collusion between members of the Trump campaign and the Russians. There was no evidence of that included in our report.
CHUCK TODD:
I understand that. But does it exist?
JAMES CLAPPER:
Not to my knowledge.