A Government Weaponized Against Private Citizens.
Behold Obama’s ‘Fundamental Change’ of America.
The two individuals named as ‘sources’ actually had nothing to do with ‘outing of the information’. They were used to NAVIGATE the information he had, ONLY.
The surveillance began before Trump was GOP nominee.
The person who DID the unmasking is ‘very well known, Very High up, very senior in the intelligence world, and is not in FBI’.
Led to OTHER surveillance…
Led to Other names –of private citizens — being unmasked…
The surveillance had NOTHING to do with Russia or foreign intelligence of any kind.
Nunes learned about this unmasking BEFORE Trump’s infamous tweet, but it was taking time to get the information he was seeking. Apparently, because he was being stonewalled for that information.
The main issue isn’t just the unmasking of names, but the spread of those names for political purposes to cause mischief and harm to achieve political ends.
After Nunes had been approached by his source, these agencies would not allow him in at all.
Nunes had asked intelligence agencies to see the reports in question, but was stonewalled.
Watch:
He eventually was able to view them, but there was only one safe place to see the documents without compromising the sources’ identities — the old executive office building on White House grounds, which has a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) required to view classified or top secret reports. The White House did not tell Nunes about the existence of the intelligence reports, but did help him gain access to the documents at his request, the source said.
The White House, meanwhile, is urging Nunes and his colleagues to keep pursuing what improper surveillance and leaks may have occurred before Trump took office. They’ve been emboldened in the wake of March 2 comments from former Obama administration official Evelyn Farkas, who on MSNBC suggested her former colleagues tried to gather material on Trump team contacts with Russia.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said Friday her comments and other reports raise “serious” concerns about whether there was an “organized and widespread effort by the Obama administration to use and leak highly sensitive intelligence information for political purposes.”
Our sources: Unmasking the names and then spreading the names was for political purposes that have nothing to do with national security
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) March 31, 2017
Our sources: "It had everything to do with hurting and embarrassing Trump and his team"
— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) March 31, 2017
This is beyond bad. It’s actually a GREATER threat to our security than foreign meddling. It’s an overthrow of government accountability to the people.
For all the LEFTIST hand-wringing about ‘police state’? You’d think ACTUAL police state practices would be a little more newsworthy.
This is PRECISELY the Swamp that needs draining.
The GOP needs to put aside their petty differences, get on the same page, and start throwing these bums out. Not for the good of the party.
But for the integrity of the nation as a whole.
As Franklin said, ‘A Republic. If you can keep it.’
