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Nunes also reported that as of now, he “cannot rule out” President Obama ordering the surveillance

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-22/nunes-trump-transition-members-and-possibly-trump-himself-were-under-surveillance-du

(Below is a hodge podge of abstractions from various reporting.)

House of Representatives’ investigation into the NSA’s surveillance of the Trump campaign during the 2016 election, the chairman of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), said today that members of the Donald Trump transition team, possibly including Trump himself, were under surveillance during the Obama administration following November’s election.

Nunes told reporters that communications from the Trump team were picked up and disseminated within the government during the 2016 campaign. Nunes said sources within the intelligence community presented him with the information. He spoke to the press after briefing the administration.

“We don’t actually know yet officially what happened to General Flynn,” Nunes said of how communications from Gen. Flynn’s calls were leaked to the press. “We just know that his name leaked out but we don’t know how it was picked up yet. That was one of the things that we asked for in the March 15th letter, was for the NSA, CIA, and FBI to get us all the unmasking that was done.”

“And I’ll tell you, NSA is being cooperative,” Nunes continued, “but so far the FBI has not told us whether or not they’re going to respond to our March 15th letter, which is now a couple of weeks old.”

Nunes also reported that as of now, he “cannot rule out” President Obama ordering the surveillance. 

And contrary to earlier media reports, Nunes clarified that the surveillance was not related to the FBI’s investigation into possible collusion with Russia. This surveillance, he emphasized to reporters, does not “have anything to do with Russia.”

Nunes just said there are “multiple FISA warrants out there” involving Trump.

Nunes said the surveillance appears to have been legal, incidental collection and that it does not appear to have been related to concerns over collusion with Russia.

  • above emphasis added by me

The dissemination was ordered by the Chief Empty Suit. Link Link

Watch now over the next 72 hours the twisting MSM will do with this information and evidence. TPTB will be working hard to provide new story lines to “switch the channel” on the average citizen’s attention span to their MSM news diet.

Question for those not seeing the obvious. Why was the NSA and possibly other intelligence agencies collecting surveillance of the Trump transition team if it had nothing to do with Russia?

 

 

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Yes Trump was tapped by O

The whole story is here.

CNN is already saying that if it did happen it wouldn’t have been necessarily with O’s knowledge.

Pelosi of course is protecting O.
Rubio doesn’t know about the basis for this either (no surprise there).

MSM says they don’t know of any proof.
Clearly MSM is waiting for the proof that O cronies/establishment/globalists will give them.
No surprise there either.

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Implications of childish behavior

Reading and hearing about the fact of Dems behavior yesterday at the speech by President Trump (it is SO good to be able to type out the name of the President of the USA ).

One great summary is located here – which by the way is a great resource about the news and some fair handed analysis.

I commented on the story but the more I think about it, I figured I should comment here.

Hypocrisy & immaturity – trademarks of the Dems. But u know what it may have clearly revealed to everyone with a discerning spirit – that the list of “causes/issues” really isn’t aligned to their values/passions/beliefs. Their values and passion is ALL about how to keep power. So they lost the Presidential election and control over the Congress, so now they sulk because they want those in their home states to continue to vote for them in so they can retain their power & prestige. Which then begs to ask/inquire about – so then why would the Dems actually manage the issues in a manner that they could be as quickly as possible – resolved to the best of its ability? Why would they handle some sensitive subject matter in a way that would promote unity and understanding instead of division? Because if they would do so – they lose their identity in politics and quite possibly their power and prestige —- their office.

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“Our Constitution was made only for a religious and moral people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.”

“This country was started by a bunch of Christians from Europe, who had been influenced by the preaching and teaching of Luther, Calvin, Knox, and the Reformers; they came over here and settled. When the time came to set up a government, the leaders had to base it on the Bible to get the Christians to accept it. One of those “Founding Fathers” (John Adams) said,

“Our Constitution was made only for a religious and moral people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.”

If that’s the case, this nation is shot. The culture of the Pilgrims, Wesley, Whitefield, Edwards, Asbury, Cartwright, Moody, Sunday, et al., is gone. The church in America no longer has any influence. When the basic “freedom” is the right to fornicate at will with whomever (or whatever!), instead of the freedom to worship and serve God as the Bible says, it’s over.”

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New American Patriotism

Kudos to Matthew Continetti column on “Donald Trump and the New American Patriotism”.
2 cents: Also it was great to have a President of the USA not refer to himself over a hundred times while pontificating for a long time.
Great to have a President of the USA who wants to put the focus on the national interest of our country instead of the global interest of TPTB.

Article below and link here.

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Donald Trump’s inaugural address was a stirring call for national unity and a declaration of war against the establishment in Washington, D.C. The speech was vintage Trump: politically incorrect, critical of both parties, amped up, biting, strongly delivered, and wildly ambitious. Anyone who believed Trump would change his beliefs or style when he assumed the office of the presidency was proven wrong. He’s not going to change. And he’s not going to let up.

Trump espoused his worldview in remarkably few words. He is a vituperative critic of the post-Cold War international system. Where the architects of that system see it as a bulwark of stability and global prosperity, Trump sees it as diminishing the United States in favor of foreign countries and an international class of wealthy political and financial elites. Washington has been serving its own interests, he said, and not the people’s. That ends now. His America will turn inward, focusing on domestic stability, education, infrastructure, and jobs. The one exception will be the fight against Islamic terrorism, where Trump is prepared to join with autocracies in pursuit of common goals.

Trump forcefully rejected identity politics. Racial and ethnic identities, he said, are less important than our status as American citizens. “When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.” There are no hyphenated Americans in this worldview, only Americans and outsiders. And Americans are to be privileged over outsiders. It’s been said that American presidents are replaced by their opposites. What a contrast to Barack Obama’s second inaugural address, where he called for a “world without walls.”

This was not a programmatic speech. There will be more policy specifics when Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on his budget proposal. Instead the inaugural address was Trump distilled: nationalist, populist, and ready to fight.

He better be. Trump delivered his combative speech in the midst of the very establishment he is attempting to overthrow. Surrounded by Bushes, Clintons, Obamas, Bidens, and Ryans, Trump aligned himself with the crowd against the celebrities and VIPs on the dais. Mass rallies, social media, and sheer force of personality are his weapons as he attempts to defenestrate the ruling class in Washington and bring a new spirit of patriotism to America. He draws strength from his gut connection with Jacksonian America—a connection deepened and enriched by one of the most combative, polarizing, bold, evocative, and indeed revolutionary inaugural addresses in American history.

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