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2018-02-08 -Lurid Crime Tales-

VDH - Why FISA-gate is scarier than Watergate

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-08 01:07|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Not just in USA.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-02-08 07:03|| 2018-02-08 07:03|| Front Page Top

#2 The sheer magnitude of FisaGate with all its connections and tentacles is staggering--far larger than Watergate. FisaGate is an existential threat to our Republic and system of justice.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-02-08 07:43|| 2018-02-08 07:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Or that Carter Page worked for the FBI...

Something REALLY weird is up.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-02-08 07:48|| 2018-02-08 07:48|| Front Page Top

#4 We are now in the midst of a third great modern scandal. Members of the Obama administration’s Department of Justice sought court approval for the surveillance of Carter Page, allegedly for colluding with Russian interests, and extended the surveillance three times.

A hand picked court of nodding nabobs and pisslewinks.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-08 07:53|| 2018-02-08 07:53|| Front Page Top

#5 This is an extension of the technique known as 'pretexting'. Pretexting is used when the "law enforcement" people need an excuse for a prosecution, but can't get a legally defendable trail. So they use illegally gained knowledge (from let's say, a wiretap) to feed a source who will send confidential information back to them, allowing a paper trail to begin.
They've been doing it for years in drug smuggling arrests. You actually thought a random traffic stop just happened to come up with ten tons of pot?

Posted by ed in texas 2018-02-08 08:32|| 2018-02-08 08:32|| Front Page Top

#6 #3 Or that Carter Page worked for the FBI...

Something REALLY weird is up.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-02-08 07:48

..I'm not at all confident that a single one of these ba$tards will ever swing for their crimes, but let me suggest this: has anyone noticed how (relatively) quiet the Clinton and Obama teams have been on this? No ringing denials from the mountaintop? No rallies to support bringing down these falsehood-speaking Republicans? No nothing.

With that in mind - is it possible the Trump Administration has quietly put the word out that though we might not be able to get you for this...we know you did it. Keep your mouths shut and behave from here on out, or you may well discover that there are far, far worse things than Federal trial for treason and fraud.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-02-08 08:37|| 2018-02-08 08:37|| Front Page Top

...has anyone noticed how (relatively) quiet the Clinton and Obama teams have been on this?

Yes, on the advice of legal counsel no doubt. I am savoring the quiet interlude, and I still have my Robben Island dream foto.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-08 08:53|| 2018-02-08 08:53|| Front Page Top

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