More Evidence Mounts to Back Up President Trump’s Claim that Barack Obama Wiretapped Trump Tower
- More Evidence Mounts to Back Up President Trump’s Claim that Barack Obama Wiretapped Trump Tower
by Alex Christoforou, http://theduran.com/
Obama spokesman’s statement does not deny the existence of wiretaps on Trump Tower, only that Obama did not approve them.
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Former deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications for Barack Obama came to Obama’s defense in the latest chapter of the unfolding Trump – Obama wiretap saga.
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Rhodes made the claim that…
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“No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you.”
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Rhodes then said “only a liar” could make the case that Obama wire tapped Trump Tower ahead of the US election.
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The person dishing out misleading facts is not President Trump, but Obama loyalist Ben Rhodes. Zerohedge explains…
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It would appear, however, that Rhodes is wrong, especially as pertains to matters of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, and its associated FISA court, under which the alleged wiretap of Donald Trump would have been granted, as it pertained specifically to Trump’s alleged illicit interactions with Russian entities.
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In Chapter 36 of Title 50 of the US Code *War and National Defense”, Subchapter 1, Section 1802, we read the following:
(1) Notwithstanding any other law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for periods of up to one year if the Attorney General certifies in writing under oath that—
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In early January, the Guardian reported that the FBI was being called upon to obtain Fisa warrants in order to wiretap Trump team communication, not once but twice.
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The wiretapping activity reported by the left-leaning Guardian was, at the time, referenced in relation to the fake news Trump dossier by former UK spy Chris Steele :
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The Guardian has learned that the FBI applied for a warrant from the foreign intelligence surveillance (Fisa) court over the summer in order to monitor four members of the Trump team suspected of irregular contacts with Russian officials. The Fisa court turned down the application asking FBI counter-intelligence investigators to narrow its focus. According to one report, the FBI was finally granted a warrant in October, but that has not been confirmed, and it is not clear whether any warrant led to a full investigation.
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