A Never-Trump Press: In Near Panic Over FBI ("SCIF") Memo . . . Why ?
Feb 2, 2018 14:06:33 #
02/02/2018 A Never-Trump Press in Near Panic Over FBI Memo
Patrick Buchanan
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/a-never-trump-press-in-near-panic-fbi-memo-trump-republicans/
“All the News That’s Fit to Print” proclaims the masthead of the New York Times.
“Democracy Dies in Darkness,” echoes the Washington Post.
“The people have a right to know,” the professors at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism hammered into us in 1962.
“Trust the people,” we were admonished.
Explain then this hysteria, this panic in the press over the release of a four-page memo detailing one congressional committee’s rendering.
Of how Trump-h**e spawned an FBI investigation of Republican candidate and President Donald Trump.
What is the press corps afraid of?
For it has not ceased keening and caterwauling that this memo must not see the light of day.
Do the media not trust the people?
Can Americans not handle the t***h?
Is this the same press corps that celebrates The Post, lionizing Kay Graham for publishing the Pentagon Papers, top-secret documents charging the “Best and the Brightest” of the JFK-LBJ era with lying us into Vietnam?
Why are the media demanding a “safe space” for us all, so we will not be harmed by reading or hearing what the memo says?
Security secrets will be c*********d, we are warned.
Really? Would the House Intelligence Committee majority v**e to expose secrets that merit protection?
Would Speaker Paul Ryan and White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly, who have read and approved the release of the memo, go along with that?
Is Gen. Kelly not a proven patriot, many times over?
The committee’s ranking Democrat, Adam Schiff, who earlier warned of a threat to national security, now seems ready to settle for equal time.
If the majority memo is released, says Schiff, the minority version of events should be released.
Schiff is right.
It should be, along with the backup behind both.
This week, however, FBI Director Chris Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein slipped into the White House to plead with Kelly to keep the Republican memo secret.
Wednesday, both went public to warn the White House against doing what Trump said he was going to do.
This is defiant insubordination.
And it is not unfair to ask if Rosenstein and Wray are more alarmed about some threat to the national security than they are about the exposure of misconduct in their own agencies.
The memo is to be released Friday.
Leaks suggest what it contends:
That the Russiagate investigation of Trump was propelled by a “dossier” of lies and unproven allegations of squalid conduct in Moscow and Trumpian collusion with Russia.
Who prepared the dossier?
The leading dirt-diver hired by the Clinton campaign, former British spy Christopher Steele.
In accumulating his Russian dirt, Steele was spoon-fed by old comrades in the Kremlin’s security apparatus.
Not only did the FBI use this dirt to launch a full investigation of Trump, the bureau apparently used it to convince a FISA court judge to give the FBI a warrant to surveil and wiretap the Trump campaign.
If true, the highest levels of the FBI colluded with a British spy digging dirt for Hillary to ruin the opposition candidate, and, having failed, to bring down an elected president.
Is this not something we have a right to know?
Should it be covered up to protect those at the FBI who may have engaged in something like this?
“Now they are investigating the investigators!” comes the wail of the media:
Well, yes, they are, and, from the evidence, about time.
In this divided capital, there are warring narratives.
The first is that Trump was c*********d by the Russians and colluded with them to hack the DNC and Clinton campaign to destroy her candidacy.
After 18 months, the FBI and Robert Mueller probes have failed to demonstrate this.
The second narrative is now ascendant. It is this:
In mid-2016, James Comey and an FBI cabal, including Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, lead investigator Peter Strzok and his FBI paramour Lisa Page, decided Clinton must not be indicted in the server scandal, as that would make Trump president.
So they colluded and put the fix in:
This alleged conspiracy is being investigated by the FBI inspector general.
His findings may explain last week’s sudden resignation of McCabe and last summer’s ouster of Strzok from the Mueller probe.
If true, this conspiracy to give Hillary a pass on her “gross negligence.”
In handling secrets, and take down Trump based on dirt dug up by hirelings of the Clinton campaign would make the Watergate break-in appear by comparison to be a prank.
Here we may have hit the reason for the panic in the media.
Trump-h**ers in the press may be terrified that the memo may credibly demonstrate that the “Deplorables” were right, that the elite media have been had, that they were exploited and used by the “deep state.”
That they let their detestation of Trump so blind them to reality that they made fools of themselves.
And that they credited with high nobility a major conspiracy to o*******w an elected president of the United States.
James Comey Director Federal Bureau of Investigation discusses the impact of technology on the work of law enforcement
https://www.flickr.com/photos/96739999@N05/16389996032/in/
Issues of privacy and security are at the forefront of public debate, particularly in light of recent national security disclosures and increasingly pernicious cyber attacks that target our personal information, our ideas, our money, and our secrets. But are privacy rights trumping public safety interests? And if so, at what cost? Has the post-Snowden pendulum swung too far in one direction?
On October 16, Governance Studies at Brookings hosted FBI Director James Comey for a discussion of the impact of technology on the work of law enforcement. Law enforcement officials worry that the explosion in the volume and the means by which we all communicate threatens its access to the evidence it needs to investigate and prosecute crime and to prevent acts of terrorism.
In particular, officials worry that the emergence of default encryption settings and encrypted devices and networks – designed to increase security and privacy – may leave law enforcement in the dark. Director Comey will talk about the need for better cooperation between the private sector and law enforcement agencies. He will also discuss potential solutions to the challenge of “going dark,” as well as the FBI’s dedication to protecting public safety while safeguarding privacy and promoting network security and innovation.
Patrick Buchanan
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/a-never-trump-press-in-near-panic-fbi-memo-trump-republicans/
“All the News That’s Fit to Print” proclaims the masthead of the New York Times.
“Democracy Dies in Darkness,” echoes the Washington Post.
“The people have a right to know,” the professors at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism hammered into us in 1962.
“Trust the people,” we were admonished.
Explain then this hysteria, this panic in the press over the release of a four-page memo detailing one congressional committee’s rendering.
Of how Trump-h**e spawned an FBI investigation of Republican candidate and President Donald Trump.
What is the press corps afraid of?
For it has not ceased keening and caterwauling that this memo must not see the light of day.
Do the media not trust the people?
Can Americans not handle the t***h?
Is this the same press corps that celebrates The Post, lionizing Kay Graham for publishing the Pentagon Papers, top-secret documents charging the “Best and the Brightest” of the JFK-LBJ era with lying us into Vietnam?
Why are the media demanding a “safe space” for us all, so we will not be harmed by reading or hearing what the memo says?
Security secrets will be c*********d, we are warned.
Really? Would the House Intelligence Committee majority v**e to expose secrets that merit protection?
Would Speaker Paul Ryan and White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly, who have read and approved the release of the memo, go along with that?
Is Gen. Kelly not a proven patriot, many times over?
The committee’s ranking Democrat, Adam Schiff, who earlier warned of a threat to national security, now seems ready to settle for equal time.
If the majority memo is released, says Schiff, the minority version of events should be released.
Schiff is right.
It should be, along with the backup behind both.
This week, however, FBI Director Chris Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein slipped into the White House to plead with Kelly to keep the Republican memo secret.
Wednesday, both went public to warn the White House against doing what Trump said he was going to do.
This is defiant insubordination.
And it is not unfair to ask if Rosenstein and Wray are more alarmed about some threat to the national security than they are about the exposure of misconduct in their own agencies.
The memo is to be released Friday.
Leaks suggest what it contends:
That the Russiagate investigation of Trump was propelled by a “dossier” of lies and unproven allegations of squalid conduct in Moscow and Trumpian collusion with Russia.
Who prepared the dossier?
The leading dirt-diver hired by the Clinton campaign, former British spy Christopher Steele.
In accumulating his Russian dirt, Steele was spoon-fed by old comrades in the Kremlin’s security apparatus.
Not only did the FBI use this dirt to launch a full investigation of Trump, the bureau apparently used it to convince a FISA court judge to give the FBI a warrant to surveil and wiretap the Trump campaign.
If true, the highest levels of the FBI colluded with a British spy digging dirt for Hillary to ruin the opposition candidate, and, having failed, to bring down an elected president.
Is this not something we have a right to know?
Should it be covered up to protect those at the FBI who may have engaged in something like this?
“Now they are investigating the investigators!” comes the wail of the media:
Well, yes, they are, and, from the evidence, about time.
In this divided capital, there are warring narratives.
The first is that Trump was c*********d by the Russians and colluded with them to hack the DNC and Clinton campaign to destroy her candidacy.
After 18 months, the FBI and Robert Mueller probes have failed to demonstrate this.
The second narrative is now ascendant. It is this:
In mid-2016, James Comey and an FBI cabal, including Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, lead investigator Peter Strzok and his FBI paramour Lisa Page, decided Clinton must not be indicted in the server scandal, as that would make Trump president.
So they colluded and put the fix in:
This alleged conspiracy is being investigated by the FBI inspector general.
His findings may explain last week’s sudden resignation of McCabe and last summer’s ouster of Strzok from the Mueller probe.
If true, this conspiracy to give Hillary a pass on her “gross negligence.”
In handling secrets, and take down Trump based on dirt dug up by hirelings of the Clinton campaign would make the Watergate break-in appear by comparison to be a prank.
Here we may have hit the reason for the panic in the media.
Trump-h**ers in the press may be terrified that the memo may credibly demonstrate that the “Deplorables” were right, that the elite media have been had, that they were exploited and used by the “deep state.”
That they let their detestation of Trump so blind them to reality that they made fools of themselves.
And that they credited with high nobility a major conspiracy to o*******w an elected president of the United States.
James Comey Director Federal Bureau of Investigation discusses the impact of technology on the work of law enforcement
https://www.flickr.com/photos/96739999@N05/16389996032/in/
Issues of privacy and security are at the forefront of public debate, particularly in light of recent national security disclosures and increasingly pernicious cyber attacks that target our personal information, our ideas, our money, and our secrets. But are privacy rights trumping public safety interests? And if so, at what cost? Has the post-Snowden pendulum swung too far in one direction?
On October 16, Governance Studies at Brookings hosted FBI Director James Comey for a discussion of the impact of technology on the work of law enforcement. Law enforcement officials worry that the explosion in the volume and the means by which we all communicate threatens its access to the evidence it needs to investigate and prosecute crime and to prevent acts of terrorism.
In particular, officials worry that the emergence of default encryption settings and encrypted devices and networks – designed to increase security and privacy – may leave law enforcement in the dark. Director Comey will talk about the need for better cooperation between the private sector and law enforcement agencies. He will also discuss potential solutions to the challenge of “going dark,” as well as the FBI’s dedication to protecting public safety while safeguarding privacy and promoting network security and innovation.
Feb 2, 2018 14:31:34 #
Doc110 wrote:
02/02/2018 A Never-Trump Press in Near Panic Over... (show quote)
let us see the damn thing
and make up our own minds
Feb 2, 2018 14:43:02 #
Feb 2, 2018 19:38:44 #
Well doc they released it all I can say is lol
Doc110 wrote:
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Feb 2, 2018 21:07:58 #
badbobby wrote:
let us see the damn thing
and make up our own minds
and make up our own minds
From the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:
On October 21, 2016, DOJ and FBI sought and received a FISA probable cause order (not under Title VII) authorizing electronic surveillance on Carter Page from the FISC. Page is a U.S, ciitzen who served as a volunteer advisor to the Trump p**********l campaign. Consistent with requirements un FISA, the application had to be first certified by the Director or Deputy Director of the FBI. It then required the approval of the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General (DAG), or the senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division.
The FBI and DOJ obtained one initial FISA warrant targeting Carter Page and three FISA renewals from the FISC. As required by statute (50 U.S.C. &1805(d)(1), a FISA order on an American citizen must be renewed by the FISC every 90 days and each renewal requires a separate finding of probable cause. Then-Director James Comey signed three FISA applications in question on behalf of the FBI. and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe signed one. Then-DAG Sally Yates, then-acting DAG Dana Boente, and DAG Rod Rosenstein each signed one or more FISA applications on behalf of DOJ.
In the case of Carter Page, the government had at least four independent opportunities before the FISC to accurately provide an accounting of the relevant facts. However, our findings indicate that, as described below, material and relevant information was omitted.
1)The "dossier" compiled by Christopher Steele on behalf of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the Hillary Clinton campaign formed an essential part of the Carter Page FISA application. Steele was a longtime FBI source who was paid over $160,000 by the DNC and Clinton campaign, via the law firm Perkins Coie and research firm Fusion GPS, to obtain derogatory on Donald Trump ties to Russia.
a) Neither the initial application in October 2016, nor any of the renewals, disclose or reference the role of DNC, Clinton campaign, or any party/campaign in funding Steele's efforts, even though the political origins of the Steele dossier were then known to senior DOJ and FBI officials.
b) The initial FISA application notes Steele was working for a named U.S.person, but does not name Fusion GPS amd principal Glenn Simpson, who was paid by a U.S. law firm (Perkins Coie) representing the DNC (even though it was known by DOJ at the time that political actors were involved with the Steele dossier). The application does not mention Steele was ultimately working on behalf of--and paid by--the DNC and Clinton camapaign, or that the FBI had separately authorized payment to Steele for the same information.
2) The Carter Page FISA application also cited extensively a September 23, 2016, Yahoo News article by Michael Isikoff, which focuses on Page's July 2016 trip to Moscow. This article does not corroborate the Steele dossier because it is derived from information leaked by Steele himself to Yahoo News The Page FISA application incorrectly assesses that Steele did not directly provide information to Yahoo News. Steele has admitted in British court filings that he met with Yahoo News/ --and several other outlets--in September 2016 at the direction of Fusion GPS. Perkins Coie was aware of Steele's initial media contacts because they hosted at least one meeting in Washington D.C. in 2016 with Steele and Fusion GPS where this matter was discussed.
a) Steele was suspended and then terminated as an FBI source for what the FBI defines as the most serious of violations--an unauthorized disclosure to the media of his relationship with the FBI in an October 30, 2016, Mother Jones article by David Corn. Steele should have been terminated for his previous undisclosed contacts with Yahoo and other outlets in September--before the Page application was submitted to the FISC in October--but Steele improperly concealed from and lied to the FBI about these contacts.
b) Steele's numerous encounters with the media violated the cardinal rule of source handling--maintaining confidentiality--and demonstrated that Steele had become a less than reliable source for the FBI.
3) Before and after Steele was terminated as a source, he maintained contact with DOJ via then-Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr, a senior DOJ official who worked closely with Deputy Attorneys General Yates and later Rosenstein. Shortly after the e******n, the FBI began interviewing Ohr, documenting his communications with Steele. For example, in September 2016, Steele admitted to Ohr his feelings against then-candidate Trump when Steele said he "was desparate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being president." This clear evidence of Steele's bias was recorded by Ohr at the time and subsequently in official FBI files--but not reflected in any of the Page FISA applications.
a) During this same period, Ohr's wife was employed by Fusion GPS to assist in the cultivation of opposition research on Trump. Ohr later provided the FBI with all his wife's opposition research, paid for by the DNC and Clinton campaign via Fusion GPS. The Ohr's relationship with Steele and Fusion GPS was inexplicably concealed from the FISC.
4) According to the head of the FBI's counterintelligence division, Assistant Director Bill Priestap, corroboration of the Steele dossier was in its "infancy" at the time of the initial Page FISA application. After Steele was terminated, a source validation report conducted by an independent unit within the FBI assessed Steele's reporting as only minimally corroborated. Yet, in early January, 2017, Director Comey briefed President-elect Trump on a summary of the Steele dossier, even though it was--according to his June 2017 testimony--"salacious and unverified." While the FISA application relied on Steele's past record of credible reporting on other unrelated matters, it ignored or concealed his anti-Trump financial and ideological motivations. Furthermore, Deputy Director McCabe testified before the Committee in December 2017 that no surveillance warrant would have been sought from the FISC without the Steele dossier information.
5) The Page FISA application also mentions information regarding fellow Trump campaign advisor George Papadopoulos. The Papadopoulos information triggered the opening of an FBI counterintelligence investigation in late July 2016 by FBI agent Pete Strzok. Strzok was reassigned by the Special Counsel's Office to FBI Human Resources for improper text messages with his mistress, FBI Attorney Lisa Page (no known relation to Carter Page), where the both demonstrated a clear bias against Trump and in favor of Clinton, whom Strzok had also investigated. The Strzok/Lisa Page texts also reflect extensive discussions about the investigation, orchestrating leaks to the media, and include a meeting with Deputy Director McCabe to discuss an "insurance" policy against President Trump's e******n.
Feb 2, 2018 23:11:56 #
Lone wolf
I thought you would like to see a tweet from President Trump early this morning recognizing Judicial Watch work.
I thought you would like to see a tweet from President Trump early this morning recognizing Judicial Watch work.
Lonewolf wrote:
Well doc they released it all I can say is lol
Well doc they released it all I can say is lol
Feb 3, 2018 06:51:41 #
Just mention the name Trump and the left gets so frightened they have to change their Pampers!!!
Feb 3, 2018 07:23:19 #
The FBI warned that releasing the repub memo could undermine the public's faith in massive, unaccountable government secret agencies.
Feb 3, 2018 10:33:28 #
I watched the news this morning and it seemed like pulling their teeth to get the FISA story out. First it was not the lead story and you talk about long faces, but then again this was out of Boston. I guess what surprised me was that they carried it at all!!
Feb 3, 2018 10:57:19 #
Lonewolf wrote:
Well doc they released it all I can say is lol
laugh all you want
they got the dirt on the FBI
Feb 3, 2018 16:12:45 #
buffalo wrote:
The FBI warned that releasing the repub memo could undermine the public's faith in massive, unaccountable government secret agencies.
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The FBI MUST investigate HILLARY CLINTON instead of her unsecured SERVER where she channeled thousands of classified memos, and along with her staff Abedin. Thus put our National Security at risk. The National Security of our country has been massively violated as a result. WikiLeaks got so many of them.
I think Russia, NK, China, Iran, and other rogue nations got most of Hillary's classified memos.
Then what did the FBI do? Cleaned up all their crimes, aided and abetted by STRZOK, COMMEY, McCabe, Rosenstien, Ohr, and finally DOJ Lynch. So made final description of it saying just a "Matter".
Then FBI created a f**e Dossier and FISA to monitor candidate Trump and his team, and until he became president. To hide FBI crimes, the along with DOJ, CIA, NSA, FBI created a false "dossier" funded by Hillary and the DNC, against Trump.
Then hired all members of the FBI who created to prosecute innocent Trump. Until now, we have paying these corrupt t*****rs tens of millions of dollars to pay for the made up scheme against Trump. STOP THAT NOW!
Get rid of all these criminals. What are you doing now DOJ Session. This is the biggest crimes in US history. Do something DOJ.
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