Trump Tower Bugged by BHO?

[C-Mag]

Susan Rice.


Next up, Bloomberg.


Top Obama Adviser Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel

White House lawyers last month discovered that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

The pattern of Rice's requests was discovered in a National Security Council review of the government's policy on "unmasking" the identities of individuals in the U.S. who are not targets of electronic eavesdropping, but whose communications are collected incidentally. Normally those names are redacted from summaries of monitored conversations and appear in reports as something like "U.S. Person One."

Time for the Waaaaaaaaaaaayback Machine.

“A cardinal rule of the Obama administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice,” an Obama spokesman said.
“As part of that practice, neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen,”
- Obama spokesman 3/4/2017

First of all, I don't buy this notion that Trump's communications were swept up accidently. That's thinly veiled Bullshit.

Second, Unmasking US Citizens without cause sure looks a lot like interference to me.

[ssu]

Cernovitch doesn't seem to have proof but I agree, Susan Rice has been used as a shield before and maybe she will be again.

I wouldn't trust an internet troll like Cernovitch, but seems that this hasn't been a story of him anyway.

But shall we say it's the Trump White House spin... or make it "an effort to uncover the truth"

Eli Lake, who broke the story for Bloomberg View, wrote on Monday morning: “White House lawyers last month discovered that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

“The pattern of Rice’s requests was discovered in a National Security Council review of the government’s policy on ‘unmasking’ the identities of individuals in the U.S. who are not targets of electronic eavesdropping, but whose communications are collected incidentally. Normally those names are redacted from summaries of monitored conversations and appear in reports as something like ‘U.S. Person One.’


“The National Security Council’s senior director for intelligence, Ezra Cohen-Watnick, was conducting the review, according to two U.S. officials who spoke with Bloomberg View on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. In February Cohen-Watnick discovered Rice’s multiple requests to unmask U.S. persons in intelligence reports that related to Trump transition activities. He brought this to the attention of the White House General Counsel’s office, who reviewed more of Rice’s requests and instructed him to end his own research into the unmasking policy. …”

See here

So let me get this straight, and correct me, if I'm wrong here:

Ezra Cohen-Watnick was the guy Nunes met and Nunes got his relevations?

[Dand]

But shall we say it's the Trump White House spin... or make it "an effort to uncover the truth"

Eli Lake, who broke the story for Bloomberg View, wrote on Monday morning: “White House lawyers last month discovered that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

“The pattern of Rice’s requests was discovered in a National Security Council review of the government’s policy on ‘unmasking’ the identities of individuals in the U.S. who are not targets of electronic eavesdropping, but whose communications are collected incidentally. Normally those names are redacted from summaries of monitored conversations and appear in reports as something like ‘U.S. Person One.’


“The National Security Council’s senior director for intelligence, Ezra Cohen-Watnick, was conducting the review, according to two U.S. officials who spoke with Bloomberg View on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. In February Cohen-Watnick discovered Rice’s multiple requests to unmask U.S. persons in intelligence reports that related to Trump transition activities. He brought this to the attention of the White House General Counsel’s office, who reviewed more of Rice’s requests and instructed him to end his own research into the unmasking policy. …”

See here

So let me get this straight, and correct me, if I'm wrong here:

Ezra Cohen-Watnick was the guy Nunes met and Nunes got his relevations?

That's what the NYT said in this anonymously-sourced article last week: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/u ... ports.html?

As far as I have heard, Nunes has not confirmed or denied.

[The Conservative]

I hacked yahoo for Putin, they still haven't caught me yet but they caught that other useful idiot who my buddies went to high school with. He was the fall guy, I'm the brains behind that operation. Blame Hamilton, leave Russia alone! Now you know, all your yahoo account info belong to me, bwahaha!

Pfft, any moron could hack Yahoo... actually they probably already have.

[ssu]

McMasters btw. wanted to fire Ezra Cohen-Watnick as being quite a light-weight for a role in the NSC. (Ezra is 30 years old and doesn't have a long career). Trump said no. See Trump steps in to keep 30-year-old NSC aide

Yep, guess that Ezra has an important job to do.

[Alexander PhiAlipson]

The intelligence reports included some intercepts of Americans talking to foreigners and many more involving foreign leaders talking about the future president, his campaign associates or his transition, the sources said. Most if not all had nothing to do with the Russian election interference scandal, the sources said, speaking only on condition of anonymity given the sensitive nature of the materials.

Nothing to do with Russia... Where have I heard that before? O, yeah, Nunes.
Where's Obama, by the way?
Everyone still think Trump shouldn't tweet stuff with no evidence?

[C-Mag]

The intelligence reports included some intercepts of Americans talking to foreigners and many more involving foreign leaders talking about the future president, his campaign associates or his transition, the sources said. Most if not all had nothing to do with the Russian election interference scandal, the sources said, speaking only on condition of anonymity given the sensitive nature of the materials.

Nothing to do with Russia... Where have I heard that before? O, yeah, Nunes.
Where's Obama, by the way?
Everyone still think Trump shouldn't tweet stuff with no evidence?

I said from the get go, Trump was right.
The Establishment is going to be sorry they tried this whole Russia Bluf, cause Trump called their bluf.

Looks like these 3 were the top conspirators in this Russia scam

[Dand]

McMasters btw. wanted to fire Ezra Cohen-Watnick as being quite a light-weight for a role in the NSC. (Ezra is 30 years old and doesn't have a long career). Trump said no. See Trump steps in to keep 30-year-old NSC aide

Yep, guess that Ezra has an important job to do.

If the CIA wants him ousted then I want him in. What is your point? It's nothing but innuendo from the Russian conspiracy theorists.

[Fife]

Guess what you barely missed, America?

[ssu]

If the CIA wants him ousted then I want him in. What is your point? It's nothing but innuendo from the Russian conspiracy theorists.

Likely McMasters didn't know that this guy that was Flynn's pick was important to Trump.

Trump needs spinmeist... sorry, devoted and loyal people that will expose the evils of Obama and the Deep State.

Guess he will be one of your heroes.