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originally posted by: whyamIhere
It only took 24 Days...
I submit, your rival party.
Is the least of your concern.
Nameless, Faceless people are yielding tremendous power.
The calls were picked up as part of routine electronic surveillance of Russian officials and agents in the United States, which is one of the FBI’s responsibilities, according to the U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss counterintelligence operations.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: matafuchs
And like I said we have no idea when the analysis of Flynn's conversations was completed and we have no idea when that analysis was provided to the Trump administration. The first time we hear that such an analysis exists is when Yates tells McGahn about its findings. At which point the President is immediately informed.
For all we know the analysis was not complete until the morning of the 26th.
The FBI in late December reviewed intercepts of communications between the Russian ambassador to the United States and retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn — national security adviser to then-President-elect Trump — but has not found any evidence of wrongdoing or illicit ties to the Russian government, U.S. officials said
www.washingtonpost.com... -e1ae-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.2a54a69861df
Our FISA court gives the authorizations for wire-tapping of foreign government officials.
originally posted by: mobiusmale
What gives the NSA and the FBI the right to have their operatives listen in on conversations between high ranking people in the soon-to-be new Administration, and senior foreign government officials?
originally posted by: Gryphon66
Washington Post, January 23, 2017
The calls were picked up as part of routine electronic surveillance of Russian officials and agents in the United States, which is one of the FBI’s responsibilities, according to the U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss counterintelligence operations.
according to the U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss counterintelligence operations
The real question is why the deep state and their lap dog media are making such a big deal out of it weeks later?
originally posted by: queenofswords
originally posted by: JohnnyCanuck
originally posted by: neo96
It doesn't matter whether or not people like Trump or not.
When government agencies are undermining the US GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S A PROBLEM.
A big one.
...and what was your response when it was reported that foreign intelligence services were meddling in the recent election, and that Trump himself was encouraging them to do so?
Trump didn't "encourage" them to do anything. He was talking tongue-in-cheek
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: xuenchen
Well there's Spicer. Or do you need me to post the quote from him again?
On April 30, 2014, Flynn announced his retirement effective later in 2014, about a year earlier than he had been scheduled to leave his position.
He was reportedly effectively forced out of the DIA after clashing with superiors over his allegedly chaotic management style and vision for the agency. In a private e-mail that was leaked online, Colin Powell said that he had heard in the DIA (apparently from later DIA director Vincent R. Stewart) that Flynn got fired because he was "abusive with staff, didn't listen, worked against policy, bad management, etc."
According to The New York Times, Flynn exhibited a loose relationship with facts, leading his subordinates to refer to Flynn's repeated dubious assertions as "Flynn facts".
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: xuenchen
And yet...
(February 14,2017)
Q Do you have any criticism of the merits of those conversations about sanctions before the Trump administration had been inaugurated?
MR. SPICER: So just to be clear, the acting Attorney General informed the White House Counsel that they wanted to give a “heads up” to us on some comments that may have seemed in conflict with what he had sent the Vice President out in particular. The White House Counsel informed the President immediately. The President asked him to conduct a review of whether there was a legal situation there. That was immediately determined that there wasn’t. That was what the President believed at the time, from what he had been told, and he was proved to be correct.
The US President hosted a joint conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House on Wednesday. But after a speech that covered Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mr Trump only took questions from Christian Broadcasting Network and Townhall, two outlets widely considered to hold conservative views.
In a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on 13 February, Mr Trump again only took two questions; one from WJLA*, a news channel found to have “a strong tilt toward Trump” during the 2016 election, and another from The Daily Caller, a conservative outlet.
On 10 February, during a media conference with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the 70-year-old only took questions from the New York Post and Fox News.
Donald Trump's campaign struck a deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group during the campaign to try and secure better media coverage, his son-in-law Jared Kushner told business executives Friday in Manhattan. Kushner said the agreement with Sinclair, which owns television stations across the country in many swing states and often packages news for their affiliates to run, gave them more access to Trump and the campaign, according to six people who heard his remarks.
edit on 15-2-2017 by Gryphon66 because: Cleanup
originally posted by: mobiusmale
Let's be honest here. The powers that be, the establishment, the illuminati - whatever you want to call it - did not want, and certainly did not expect, Trump to get elected.
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
a reply to: Gryphon66
Speaking of the mainstream media as official "propaganda wings"
"Speaking of" or merely repeating what the left-wing media says? I think it's the latter.