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2017-03-05 Home Front: Politix

Former Obama adviser and aspiring fiction writer Ben Rhodes: Obama didn't wiretap Trump

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-05 02:16|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Please, someone tell me what has prompted Ben Rhodes entry into this discussion ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-05 02:21|| 2017-03-05 02:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Please, someone tell me what has prompted Ben Rhodes entry into this discussion ?

Ben is ought to know: "Neither I, nor Valerie gave him a permission to do so!".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-05 03:17|| 2017-03-05 03:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Andrew McCarty:
Understand the significance of this: Only the Justice Department litigates before the FISA court; this was not some rogue investigators; this was a high level of Obama’s Justice Department — the same institution that, at that very moment, was whitewashing the Clinton e-mail scandal. And when Justice seeks FISA surveillance authority, it is essentially telling that court that there is probable cause to believe that the targets have acted as agents of a foreign power — that’s the only basis for getting a FISA warrant.

In this instance, the FISA court apparently found the Obama Justice Department’s presentation to be so weak that it refused to authorize the surveillance. That is telling, because the FISA court is generally very accommodating of government surveillance requests. Unwilling to take no for an answer, the Obama Justice Department came back to the FISA court in October

he doesn't have to issue an order, he just makes his wishes known. I heard a statistic on Fox News this AM: 35,000 FISA requests were granted, 12 were not. This is one of 12. Kinda stark, hmm?

Posted by Frank G 2017-03-05 06:52|| 2017-03-05 06:52|| Front Page Top

'35,000 FISA requests were granted, 12 were not.' Time to order a new rubber stamp ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-05 06:57|| 2017-03-05 06:57|| Front Page Top

#5 he doesn't have to issue an order,

Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest? = Henry II

Anyone care to argue Obama's divine right to be king?

Posted by AlanC 2017-03-05 08:01|| 2017-03-05 08:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Geez, so I'm not the only one to see through Benny Boy?

Posted by Bobby 2017-03-05 08:07|| 2017-03-05 08:07|| Front Page Top

#7 All facts and facets of the Iran Nuke deal need to be exposed so Ben gets what's coming to him as a traitor and fraud

Posted by Frank G 2017-03-05 08:12|| 2017-03-05 08:12|| Front Page Top

#8 Please, someone tell me what has prompted Ben Rhodes entry into this discussion ?

aspiring fiction writer

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-05 09:52|| 2017-03-05 09:52|| Front Page Top

#9 "the Attorney General may authorize the emergency employment of electronic surveillance before obtaining the necessary authorization from the FISC"

Wiki take on the FISC

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-05 10:02|| 2017-03-05 10:02|| Front Page Top

#10 #3 Andrew McCarty As Frank G. posted, this came right out of Loretta Lynch's Justice Dept.; the most corrupt, weaponized, and politicized dept. in Obama's cabinet.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-03-05 10:03|| 2017-03-05 10:03|| Front Page Top

#11 No President can order a wiretap.

Ah, but can he order his AG to order a wiretap?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-03-05 10:23|| 2017-03-05 10:23|| Front Page Top

#12 Probably not. But he can suggest real nice.

Posted by gorb 2017-03-05 10:43|| 2017-03-05 10:43|| Front Page Top

#13 and I typo'd his last name. I blame lack of coffee.

McCarthy

Posted by Frank G 2017-03-05 11:35|| 2017-03-05 11:35|| Front Page Top

#14 Note that this Ben 'we may have to lie to you to get what we want' Rhodes.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-03-05 11:42|| 2017-03-05 11:42|| Front Page Top

#15 As Special Advisor to the President and Deputy NSA - Ben Rhodes and all his perfumed prince lackies most likely facilitated the failed June 2016 FISA request. That is why it was rejected. Rhodes will soon find out that there are very few G Gordon Liddys left in this world, and when the FBI visits...the weak will snitch...I hope that sick feeling in his gut stays with him.

Posted by Tennessee 2017-03-05 12:37|| 2017-03-05 12:37|| Front Page Top

#16 As Special Advisor to the President and Deputy NSA - Ben Rhodes and all his perfumed prince lackies most likely facilitated the failed June 2016 FISA request.

He seems like a knowledgeable fellow, albeit a bit concerned. I hope his affairs are in order. Could be some difficult times ahead for knowledgeable fellows.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-05 12:39|| 2017-03-05 12:39|| Front Page Top

#17 Could be some difficult times ahead for knowledgeable fellows.

Neh, Obama's are not the Clintons: thin guts.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-05 12:46|| 2017-03-05 12:46|| Front Page Top

#18 "Hillary? This is...uh...uh...you know who. I need a 'Ft. Marcy Park'. Soon"

Posted by Frank G 2017-03-05 12:52|| 2017-03-05 12:52|| Front Page Top

#19 Neh, Obama's are not the Clintons: thin guts.
Posted by g(r)omgoru

Which assumes the Clinton's have no involvement in any of this ?

Posted by Besoeker 2017-03-05 12:56|| 2017-03-05 12:56|| Front Page Top

#20 A point.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-03-05 13:01|| 2017-03-05 13:01|| Front Page Top

#21 Ha ha! Like discussed in an airplane on the tarmac, Berserker?

Posted by Skidmark 2017-03-05 13:54|| 2017-03-05 13:54|| Front Page Top

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