Memo is out

[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Did the FISA application include some reliance on the Steele dossier, which was paid for by the Clinton campaign?

Yes, and four federal republican appointed judges and the FBI had no problem with that.

Any other questions?

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by spence

Yes, and four federal republican appointed judges and the FBI had no problem with that.

Any other questions?

How about this which answers most of Jim' questions? The Schiff Memo Harms Democrats More Than It Helps Them:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/...an-helps-them/

[spence]

Originally Posted by detbuch

How about this which answers most of Jim' questions? The Schiff Memo Harms Democrats More Than It Helps Them:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/...an-helps-them/

There's a lot at issue with this piece. 1) It ignores that the Trump campaign was under investigation 7 weeks before the dossier came out 2) The investigation was launched not just because Papadopoulos was in contact with Russians but rather because he was drunk bragging about access to Clinton's emails and 3) FISA protocol is to not name Americans who are not the target of the warrant.

And that's just off the top of my head.

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by spence

There's a lot at issue with this piece. 1) It ignores that the Trump campaign was under investigation 7 weeks before the dossier came out 2) The investigation was launched not just because Papadopoulos was in contact with Russians but rather because he was drunk bragging about access to Clinton's emails and 3) FISA protocol is to not name Americans who are not the target of the warrant.

And that's just off the top of my head.

It eviscerates the Democrat's memo.

[spence]

Originally Posted by detbuch

It eviscerates the Democrat's memo.

It really doesn't. What it does so is set up all manners of speculative assertions to be ripped apart. This is classic McCarthy.

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by spence

It really doesn't . . . This is classic McCarthy.

Yes it does . . . this is classic McCarthy

[scottw]

Originally Posted by detbuch

Yes it does . . . this is classic McCarthy

he was pretty thorough...I doubt Spence could grasp much through that veil of partisanship and the grief he must be enduring after his Country's loss to the American girls in ice hockey...those Canadian girls felt as entitled to a gold medal as Hillary felt entitled to the Presidency....I'm surprised he can type at this point

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

Yes, and four federal republican appointed judges and the FBI had no problem with that.

Any other questions?

Sure, how's this for starters If 'the FBI' that had no problem with it is riddled with leaders who wanted Hilary to win, who cares that they are OK with it? That they are OK with it, could be more evidence of wrongdoing, not less.

Here's another...how do you know the judges would have been OK with it, if they knew that the Steele dossier was provided by an adversarial political campaign?

Any other pathetic excuses that a 10 year-old can tear to shreds?

[spence]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Sure, how's this for starters If 'the FBI' that had no problem with it is riddled with leaders who wanted Hilary to win, who cares that they are OK with it? That they are OK with it, could be more evidence of wrongdoing, not less.

Jim, the request has to be approved by Federal Judges before the FBI can sign off on it.

Here's another...how do you know the judges would have been OK with it, if they knew that the Steele dossier was provided by an adversarial political campaign?

The Dossier wasn't provided by an adversarial campaign, it was by a law firm and the FISA request clearly stated it was political opposition research.

Any other pathetic excuses that a 10 year-old can tear to shreds?

Mind bending.

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Sure,

Any other pathetic excuses that a 10 year-old can tear to shreds?

Yet you couldn't? SAD!
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