thedcclothesline--2020-05-11--Heavily Militarized SWAT Raids Innocent Family for Growing Tomatoes—Taxpayers Held Liable

Leawood , KS — Adlynn and Robert Harte and their two children had harmed no one and broken no laws when heavily armed militarized SWAT deputies with the Johnson County sheriff ’ s department stormed their home like it was an ISIS compound .
The “ hero ” deputies were searching for evidence of marijuana production and use but they found none because the Harte ’ s don ’ t use or produce marijuana .
They do grow vegetables , however , and they also drink tea .
The Hartes and their two children were held at gunpoint and nearly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ garden and drinking tea .
After they were seen buying gardening supplies , cops rummaged through their trash and mistook tea leaves for weed , sparking ‘ probable cause ’ for the raid .
Since the raid in 2012 , the Harte family has been attempting to seek justice but to no avail .
This month , however , they finally got a break .
According to Reason , the couple whose home was raided in 2012 after sheriff ’ s deputies claimed that loose tea found in their trash was marijuana will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a settlement agreement with the Johnson County Sheriff ’ s Office .
The settlement—which caps seven years of litigation , including two trips to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit—falls far short of the $ 7 million that Adlynn and Robert Harte originally sought .
But it represents an implicit acknowledgment that the Hartes and their children suffered an outrageous invasion of their privacy and dignity in the service of a comically inept publicity stunt .
In the realm of unlawful police raids , this one near the top .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Patrolman staking out a garden store every day in Kansas City in hopes of catching some pot growers .
Robert Harte visited the store with his two children to buy supplies for an educational vegetable garden project in his basement .
take our poll - story continues below The sergeant shared Harte ’ s information with a counterpart in the Johnson County Sheriff ’ s Office ( JCSO ) , which was planning to raid several suspected cannabis growers on 4/20…such originality .
JCSO went through the Harte ’ s trash on three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was cannabis clippings soaked in THC extract .
Because everyone throws away their weed , right ?
But the “ marijuana ” was actually discarded tea leaves .
Despite a lab technician saying the tea leaves looked nothing like cannabis leaves or stems , deputies Edward Blake and Mark Burns used notoriously faulty field drug test kits which showed the presence of THC .
These supposed field drug tests were the basis for planning the raid , but the deputies never photographed or documented the tests — leading Judge Carlos Lucero to note @ @ @ @ @ @ @ motive to lie .
“ The deputies did not photograph any of the substances , nor did they send them to a crime lab for testing , ” Judge Joel Carson notes in this month ’ s 10th Circuit decision .
“ If the deputies would have sent the wet vegetation to a crime lab for testing , they would have discovered that the wet vegetation was not marijuana but instead was Addie ’ s loose-leaf tea .
Rather than conducting further investigation , the deputies prepared a search warrant affidavit relying solely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ garbage and Bob ’ s shopping trip to a garden store eight months earlier.
” They had to find something on the Hartes , because the JCSO had already scheduled the raid on the Harte ’ s home .
Several routine investigatory steps were ignored , making their search warrant “ based on nothing more than gardening supplies and a bag and wet tea leaves in the garbage.
” The list of sheer incompetence goes on .
In his written decision in 2017 , Lucero used extraordinary language to characterize just how reckless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two and a half hour raid – where heavily armed SWAT team broke in during early morning hours while the children were home – officers frantically searched for anything to justify their debacle , but found only tomato plants and gardening supplies .
Knowing the history of no-knock SWAT raids , someone could have easily gotten killed .
All the while , the family was terrorized in their own home .
On the day of the raid , 10th Circuit Judge Joel Carson noted in a 2019 opinion , “ Bob opened the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ and the deputies flooded in the foyer .
Bob ended up on the ground with an assault rifle pointed at or near him .
The deputies ordered Addie and the couple ’ s two young children to sit cross-legged against a wall .
A deputy eventually allowed the family to move to the living room couch where an armed deputy kept watch over them.
” Over the course of the next two hours , the cops would look like fools .
Carson wrote , “ the deputies found the hydroponic tomato @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exterior of the home through a front-facing basement window .
And after ninety minutes of extensive searching , a couple of the deputies claimed to smell the ‘ faint odor of marijuana ’ at various places in the residence .
A drug-detection dog showed up , but did not alert the officers to any other areas of the house requiring further searches .
The dog ’ s handler also did not smell marijuana.
” The cops had picked the wrong target this time , as both Mr. and Mrs. Harte are former CIA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about research .
After the traumatic experience , the Hartes set out to find out why this happened to them .
Spending thousands of dollars in legal costs , they were able to procure a probable-cause affidavit .
It was easy to see that the “ probable cause ” was full of holes , and thankfully the 10th Circuit court actually studied the facts .
The reinstated lawsuit included unlawful search-and-seizure claims against 10 deputies , the sheriff who started the fiasco and the Johnson County Board of Commissioners .
“ There was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the investigation , ” wrote Lucero in 2017 .
“ Not at the garden shop , not at the gathering of the tea leaves , and certainly not at the analytical stage when the officers willfully ignored directions to submit any presumed results to a laboratory for analysis.
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This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state .
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Leawood, KS — Adlynn and Robert Harte and their two children had harmed no one and broken no laws when heavily armed militarized SWAT deputies with the Johnson County sheriff’s department stormed their home like it was an ISIS compound. The “hero” deputies were searching for evidence of marijuana production and use but they found none because the Harte’s don’t use or produce marijuana. They do grow vegetables, however, and they also drink tea.
The Hartes and their two children were held at gunpoint and nearly killed for purchasing supplies for their vegetable garden and drinking tea. After they were seen buying gardening supplies, cops rummaged through their trash and mistook tea leaves for weed, sparking ‘probable cause’ for the raid. Since the raid in 2012, the Harte family has been attempting to seek justice but to no avail. This month, however, they finally got a break.
According to Reason, the couple whose home was raided in 2012 after sheriff’s deputies claimed that loose tea found in their trash was marijuana will receive $150,000 for their trouble under a settlement agreement with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. The settlement—which caps seven years of litigation, including two trips to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit—falls far short of the $7 million that Adlynn and Robert Harte originally sought. But it represents an implicit acknowledgment that the Hartes and their children suffered an outrageous invasion of their privacy and dignity in the service of a comically inept publicity stunt.
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In the realm of unlawful police raids, this one near the top. It began with a Missouri State Highway Patrolman staking out a garden store every day in Kansas City in hopes of catching some pot growers. Robert Harte visited the store with his two children to buy supplies for an educational vegetable garden project in his basement.
The sergeant shared Harte’s information with a counterpart in the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO), which was planning to raid several suspected cannabis growers on 4/20…such originality. JCSO went through the Harte’s trash on three occasions, eventually finding what officers believed was cannabis clippings soaked in THC extract. Because everyone throws away their weed, right?
But the “marijuana” was actually discarded tea leaves.
Despite a lab technician saying the tea leaves looked nothing like cannabis leaves or stems, deputies Edward Blake and Mark Burns used notoriously faulty field drug test kits which showed the presence of THC. These supposed field drug tests were the basis for planning the raid, but the deputies never photographed or documented the tests — leading Judge Carlos Lucero to note that these circumstances gave the deputies strong motive to lie.
“The deputies did not photograph any of the substances, nor did they send them to a crime lab for testing,” Judge Joel Carson notes in this month’s 10th Circuit decision. “If the deputies would have sent the wet vegetation to a crime lab for testing, they would have discovered that the wet vegetation was not marijuana but instead was Addie’s loose-leaf tea. Rather than conducting further investigation, the deputies prepared a search warrant affidavit relying solely on the loose-leaf tea found in the garbage and Bob’s shopping trip to a garden store eight months earlier.”
They had to find something on the Hartes, because the JCSO had already scheduled the raid on the Harte’s home. Several routine investigatory steps were ignored, making their search warrant “based on nothing more than gardening supplies and a bag and wet tea leaves in the garbage.”
The list of sheer incompetence goes on. In his written decision in 2017, Lucero used extraordinary language to characterize just how reckless these drug warriors were.
“Law-abiding tea drinkers and gardeners beware: One visit to a garden store and some loose tea leaves in your trash may subject you to an early-morning, SWAT-style raid, complete with battering ram, bulletproof vests, and assault rifles. Perhaps the officers will intentionally conduct the terrifying raid while your children are home, and keep the entire family under armed guard for two and a half hours while concerned residents of your quiet, family-oriented neighborhood wonder what nefarious crime you have committed. This is neither hyperbole nor metaphor—it is precisely what happened to the Harte family in the case before us.”
During the two and a half hour raid – where heavily armed SWAT team broke in during early morning hours while the children were home – officers frantically searched for anything to justify their debacle, but found only tomato plants and gardening supplies. Knowing the history of no-knock SWAT raids, someone could have easily gotten killed. All the while, the family was terrorized in their own home.
On the day of the raid, 10th Circuit Judge Joel Carson noted in a 2019 opinion, “Bob opened the front door” shortly before 7:30 a.m., “and the deputies flooded in the foyer. Bob ended up on the ground with an assault rifle pointed at or near him. The deputies ordered Addie and the couple’s two young children to sit cross-legged against a wall. A deputy eventually allowed the family to move to the living room couch where an armed deputy kept watch over them.”
Over the course of the next two hours, the cops would look like fools. Carson wrote, “the deputies found the hydroponic tomato garden that was readily visible from the exterior of the home through a front-facing basement window. And after ninety minutes of extensive searching, a couple of the deputies claimed to smell the ‘faint odor of marijuana’ at various places in the residence. A drug-detection dog showed up, but did not alert the officers to any other areas of the house requiring further searches. The dog’s handler also did not smell marijuana.”
The cops had picked the wrong target this time, as both Mr. and Mrs. Harte are former CIA employees and knew a thing or two about research. After the traumatic experience, the Hartes set out to find out why this happened to them. Spending thousands of dollars in legal costs, they were able to procure a probable-cause affidavit.
It was easy to see that the “probable cause” was full of holes, and thankfully the 10th Circuit court actually studied the facts. The reinstated lawsuit included unlawful search-and-seizure claims against 10 deputies, the sheriff who started the fiasco and the Johnson County Board of Commissioners.
“There was no probable cause at any step of the investigation,” wrote Lucero in 2017. “Not at the garden shop, not at the gathering of the tea leaves, and certainly not at the analytical stage when the officers willfully ignored directions to submit any presumed results to a laboratory for analysis.”
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Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.
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thedcclothesline--2020-05-11--California’s Vote-By-Mail Order: “Wide-Open Opportunity For Fraud”

It ’ s one of the key objectives of the Democrat lockdown – stealing the Presidential election .
They know they can ’ t win fairly , so they will cheat .
Guaranteed .
Vote-by-mail must not be allowed .
President Donald Trump ’ s re-election campaign blasted California Gov .
Gavin Newsom ’ s ( D-CA ) executive order allowing registered voters in the state to vote by mail in the November election , calling it a “ thinly-veiled political tactic ” aimed at undermining election security .
Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said in a statement to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tactic by Gov .
Newsom to undermine election security .
There ’ s a vast difference between people voting absentee by mail because they can ’ t be at the poll on Election Day versus mailing everyone a ballot – even those who didn ’ t request one – is a wide open opportunity for fraud .
California has a bad record on ensuring that people on the voter rolls still live at the same address , still reside in California , or are even still alive .
Everyone is concerned about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security is the wrong way to go about it .
Earlier Friday , Newsom approved voting by mail , citing health concerns stemming from the Chinese coronavirus pandemic .
“ I signed an executive order that will allow every registered voter in California to receive a mail-in ballot , ” Newsom said in a press conference .
“ That mail-in ballot is important , but it ’ s not an exclusive substitute to physical locations.
” “ People that are otherwise not familiar with mail-in ballots , are uncomfortable with them , may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that may preclude that as an appropriate option , we still want to have the appropriate number of physical sites for people to vote as well , ” added the governor .
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It’s one of the key objectives of the Democrat lockdown – stealing the Presidential election.
They know they can’t win fairly, so they will cheat. Guaranteed. Vote-by-mail must not be allowed.
The one who lost 33,000 emails wants mail in voting. Go figure. https://t.co/I9jOp5MjYj — Michael Keyes (@michaelkeyes) May 8, 2020
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The RNC & @TeamTrump are doubling our budget to $20M to fight Democrats’ radical lawsuits, which would create more opportunities for voter fraud and legalize ballot harvesting. Americans must have confidence in our elections!https://t.co/tidEkbV9KS — Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) May 8, 2020
We cannot afford to let the Democrats’ assault on our elections go unchallenged. They want to sue their way to victory in 2020, and we are fighting back to protect the integrity of the vote! https://t.co/14m6hoQWni — Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) May 7, 2020
Trump Campaign Slams California’s Vote-by-Mail Order: ‘Wide-Open Opportunity for Fraud’
By Breitbart, May 8, 2020
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign blasted California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) executive order allowing registered voters in the state to vote by mail in the November election, calling it a “thinly-veiled political tactic” aimed at undermining election security.
Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said in a statement to CNN:
This is a thinly-veiled political tactic by Gov. Newsom to undermine election security. There’s a vast difference between people voting absentee by mail because they can’t be at the poll on Election Day versus mailing everyone a ballot – even those who didn’t request one – is a wide open opportunity for fraud.
California has a bad record on ensuring that people on the voter rolls still live at the same address, still reside in California, or are even still alive. Everyone is concerned about the safety of voters, but jeopardizing election security is the wrong way to go about it.
JUST IN: the @realDonaldTrump campaign has responded to this news out of California.. Spox @TimMurtaugh tells @CNN said this move will “undermine election security”.
Full statement:
via @DJJudd https://t.co/jSHczb9fei pic.twitter.com/fk3HHjQhSS — Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) May 8, 2020
Earlier Friday, Newsom approved voting by mail, citing health concerns stemming from the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.
“I signed an executive order that will allow every registered voter in California to receive a mail-in ballot,” Newsom said in a press conference. “That mail-in ballot is important, but it’s not an exclusive substitute to physical locations.”
“People that are otherwise not familiar with mail-in ballots, are uncomfortable with them, may have disabilities, may have other issues that may preclude that as an appropriate option, we still want to have the appropriate number of physical sites for people to vote as well,” added the governor.
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller
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thedcclothesline--2020-05-11--As The World Is Distracted By COVID-19, A Series Of Large Earthquakes Is Rocking “The Ring Of Fire”

Within the past several days , large earthquakes have been striking all along the outer rim of the Pacific Ocean , and many are wondering if all of this activity could potentially be building up to something really big .
Those that follow my work on a regular basis know that I have been deeply concerned about seismic activity on the west coast for a long time , and scientists assure us that it is just a matter of time before “ the Big One ” hits us .
According to Wikipedia , approximately 81 percent of all large earthquakes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and of course the west coast of North America accounts for a large stretch of it .
As you can see from this map , the California and Alaska coastlines have been absolutely peppered by quakes in recent days , but nobody is really talking about these quakes because everyone is so focused on COVID-19 right now .
Yes , this pandemic deserves our attention , but I would submit that all of the unusual shaking that has been happening certainly deserves our attention as well .
You may not have heard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4.5 earthquake rocked San Diego on Sunday afternoon… That is a rather large quake for that particular area , and it is just one of hundreds that have been hitting the region .
In fact , CalTech says that there have been 1,227 earthquakes in California and Nevada over the last 7 days .
Meanwhile , the section of the Ring of Fire that runs along the west coast of South America has also been getting hit pretty hard .
A magnitude 5.4 quake struck northern Chile on Sunday , and that really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Subsequently , the portion of the Ring of Fire that runs along the coast of Japan was hit by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake very late on Sunday… And that unusual event in Japan was very quickly followed by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Indonesia .
Of course Indonesia sits right along the Ring of Fire as well .
There has been so much shaking in Indonesia recently , but most Americans never hear about it .
Just a few days ago , Indonesia was hit by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that was so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Australia… So as you can see , there have been significant seismic events all over the Ring of Fire within the past several days .
But it isn ’ t just the Ring of Fire that has been shaking .
Big earthquakes have been popping up in diverse places all over the globe , and the magnitude 5.1 quake that just hit Iran really surprised a lot of people… And weird earthquakes have been happening in the U.S. as well .
Anyone that follows my work on a regular basis knows that in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ always watching the New Madrid seismic zone very carefully .
So when two unusual earthquakes hit southern Tennessee on Sunday morning , it definitely got my attention… Without a doubt , there is a whole lot of shaking going on right now .
That does not necessarily mean that a major event of some sort is imminent , and we should certainly hope that the next major event can be put off for as long as possible .
But as I keep warning , the crust of our planet is very unstable , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should expect that instability to only get worse in the days ahead .
Seismologists have warned us over and over that it is just a matter of time before “ the Big One ” absolutely devastates the west coast .
They have told us that the San Andreas fault appears to be “ locked and loaded ” and that it could potentially “ unzip all at once ” .
And if that actually happens , seismologists have warned that the ground level could suddenly decline by up to 3 feet , and that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ southern California suddenly being way below sea level .
In other words , we are talking about the sort of disaster that most people don ’ t even want to think about .
Of course very few people ever imagined that a coronavirus pandemic would virtually shut down the entire country , and yet here we are .
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I have written four books that are available on Amazon.com including The Beginning Of The End , Get Prepared Now , and Living A Life That Really Matters .
( # CommissionsEarned ) By purchasing those books you help to support my work .
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The material contained in this article is for general information purposes only , and readers should consult licensed professionals before making any legal , business , financial or health decisions .
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During these very challenging times , people will need hope more than ever before , and it is our goal to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with all many people as we possibly can .

Within the past several days, large earthquakes have been striking all along the outer rim of the Pacific Ocean, and many are wondering if all of this activity could potentially be building up to something really big. Those that follow my work on a regular basis know that I have been deeply concerned about seismic activity on the west coast for a long time, and scientists assure us that it is just a matter of time before “the Big One” hits us. According to Wikipedia, approximately 81 percent of all large earthquakes take place along the Ring of Fire, and of course the west coast of North America accounts for a large stretch of it. As you can see from this map, the California and Alaska coastlines have been absolutely peppered by quakes in recent days, but nobody is really talking about these quakes because everyone is so focused on COVID-19 right now.
Yes, this pandemic deserves our attention, but I would submit that all of the unusual shaking that has been happening certainly deserves our attention as well.
You may not have heard about it yet, but a magnitude 4.5 earthquake rocked San Diego on Sunday afternoon…
take our poll - story continues below Completing this poll grants you access to DC Clothesline updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to this site's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. A 4.5 magnitude earthquake originating in Imperial County rocked San Diegans from East Village to Lakeside on Sunday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake struck at 3:07 p.m. in Imperial County about 10.5 miles southeast of Ocotillo Wells, according to the USGS. It had a depth of 10 kilometers or 6.2 miles.
That is a rather large quake for that particular area, and it is just one of hundreds that have been hitting the region. In fact, CalTech says that there have been 1,227 earthquakes in California and Nevada over the last 7 days.
Meanwhile, the section of the Ring of Fire that runs along the west coast of South America has also been getting hit pretty hard. A magnitude 5.4 quake struck northern Chile on Sunday, and that really shook a lot of people up.
Subsequently, the portion of the Ring of Fire that runs along the coast of Japan was hit by a magnitude 5.8 earthquake very late on Sunday…
The quake hit near the east coast of Honshu at 23.58 UTC on Sunday. The earthquake was reported to have a depth of 80km. It also hit 129km north east of Saitama and also 26km south east of Hitachi, according to emsc-csem. USGS tweeted: “Prelim M5.8 Earthquake near the east coast of Honshu, Japan May-10 23:58 UTC”
And that unusual event in Japan was very quickly followed by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Indonesia.
Of course Indonesia sits right along the Ring of Fire as well.
There has been so much shaking in Indonesia recently, but most Americans never hear about it. Just a few days ago, Indonesia was hit by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that was so powerful that it was actually felt in Australia…
A powerful earthquake in Indonesia has been felt in the Northern Territory. Residents of Darwin reported online they had felt the shake, which registered as a magnitude-6.9 quake late on Wednesday evening. The tremor hit the Banda Sea, more than 600km north of Darwin, at a depth of 142km.
So as you can see, there have been significant seismic events all over the Ring of Fire within the past several days.
But it isn’t just the Ring of Fire that has been shaking. Big earthquakes have been popping up in diverse places all over the globe, and the magnitude 5.1 quake that just hit Iran really surprised a lot of people…
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Iran shortly after midnight on Thursday night with its epicenter 34 miles east of the capital city Tehran. AFP reported that panicked residents rushed into the streets, abandoning buildings in fear they would collapse. Two people were killed and 55 injured in the earthquake. The earthquake was followed by eight more mild aftershocks.
And weird earthquakes have been happening in the U.S. as well.
Anyone that follows my work on a regular basis knows that in addition to the west coast I am always watching the New Madrid seismic zone very carefully.
So when two unusual earthquakes hit southern Tennessee on Sunday morning, it definitely got my attention…
Two earthquakes were reported back to back in southern Tennessee early Sunday morning, officials say. Both quakes happened about 4.3 miles southeast of Sewanee, which is near the Alabama border and about 52 miles from Chattanooga, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The first, a 3.1 magnitude, hit at 3:33 a.m. and the second, a 2.8 magnitude, hit at 3:34 a.m.
Without a doubt, there is a whole lot of shaking going on right now.
That does not necessarily mean that a major event of some sort is imminent, and we should certainly hope that the next major event can be put off for as long as possible.
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But as I keep warning, the crust of our planet is very unstable, and many have been warning that we should expect that instability to only get worse in the days ahead.
Seismologists have warned us over and over that it is just a matter of time before “the Big One” absolutely devastates the west coast. They have told us that the San Andreas fault appears to be “locked and loaded” and that it could potentially “unzip all at once”.
And if that actually happens, seismologists have warned that the ground level could suddenly decline by up to 3 feet, and that could potentially result in vast portions of southern California suddenly being way below sea level.
In other words, we are talking about the sort of disaster that most people don’t even want to think about.
Of course very few people ever imagined that a coronavirus pandemic would virtually shut down the entire country, and yet here we are.
We live in very strange times, and I have a feeling that they will soon get a whole lot stranger…
Earthquakes
About the Author: I am a voice crying out for change in a society that generally seems content to stay asleep. My name is Michael Snyder and I am the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and the articles that I publish on those sites are republished on dozens of other prominent websites all over the globe. I have written four books that are available on Amazon.com including The Beginning Of The End, Get Prepared Now, and Living A Life That Really Matters. (#CommissionsEarned) By purchasing those books you help to support my work. I always freely and happily allow others to republish my articles on their own websites, but due to government regulations I need those that republish my articles to include this “About the Author” section with each article. In order to comply with those government regulations, I need to tell you that the controversial opinions in this article are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the websites where my work is republished. The material contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and readers should consult licensed professionals before making any legal, business, financial or health decisions. Those responding to this article by making comments are solely responsible for their viewpoints, and those viewpoints do not necessarily represent the viewpoints of Michael Snyder or the operators of the websites where my work is republished. I encourage you to follow me on social media on Facebook and Twitter, and any way that you can share these articles with others is a great help. During these very challenging times, people will need hope more than ever before, and it is our goal to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with all many people as we possibly can.


thedcclothesline--2020-05-12--This is the Problem: Good Cop Fired for Asking Fellow Cops to Respect the Rights of the People

Seattle , WA — Last week , TFTP brought you the story of Port of Seattle Police Officer Greg Anderson , who made a video calling out the bad cops throughout the country who are enforcing mandates in complete violation of the oaths they swore to uphold the constitution .
This put a target on his back and in the cross hairs of authoritarians across the country .
Now , proving the point that good cops are hard to find and the system is set up to purge them from the ranks , officer Anderson has been terminated .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8 minute video , Anderson says he ’ s “ seen officers nationwide enforcing these tyrannical orders.
” “ Every time I turn on the TV I see people getting cited for going to church , for travelling on the roadways , for going surfing , opening their businesses , going to the park with their families , or doing nails out of their own house , ” Anderson laments .
Anderson then reads a portion of the Bill of Rights before going off on his fellow cops .
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” Anderson asks .
“ What is this , 1930 ’ s Germany ?
Are you the Gestapo ?
You don ’ t get to stop people unless you have reasonable suspicion or probable cause that they have committed a crime.
” “ Our power as law enforcement officers is nothing more than a facade , ” Anderson says in one of the most telling admission we ’ ve ever heard from a cop .
“ It ’ s a badge and a gun.
” Anderson then makes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will happen if cops continue to stomp on the rights of Americans .
Anderson says if the tyrant cops do not stop enforcing such arbitrary dictates from their overlords , cops will be “ stripped ” of their authority “ in a heartbeat.
” He then goes on to predict a potential civil war .
“ I am afraid that with these actions……you are going to wake a sleeping giant , ” he said .
“ They are going to be put in a position where they won ’ t have their rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happen if this continues is we ’ re gon na see bloodshed in the streets.
” Anderson , who says he was special forces in Iraq , then implores his fellow cops to wake up to the tyranny they are forcing on the land of the free — before it is too late .
“ You need to ask yourself one question , and that is , ‘ am I doing the right thing ?
’ ” We agree .
Seriously asking the above question and scrutinizing your very existence as a law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best ways to end up on the right side of history .
Sadly , however , Anderson ’ s superiors do not want to end up on the right side of history .
Anderson says that after he posted the video online , he originally received a ton of praise from his superiors .
“ Wow Greg , what a powerful message , we agree with that 100 percent , ” Anderson says his superiors told him .
“ I know putting something out like that may have gotten a lot of attention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ integrity and liberty that I thought no one would have an issue with it , ” Anderson said .
The support from his superiors was short lived , however , and he says just three hours after he received the praise , their tone shifted .
“ The video is up to 400,000 views , ” Anderson says his supervisor told him , “ it ’ s time to pull the plug on it.
” When Anderson asked why such a positive message to law enforcement should be removed , he says his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ been directed ” to make the cop take down his video .
“ I can ’ t take down the video , because if you believe in something , even though it costs you everything……I can ’ t go back on speaking from my heart.
” he said .
After telling his supervisor that he would not take the video down , Anderson said cops from all over the country were calling him .
He said that his supervisor then called back and issued an ultimatum .
“ Take the video down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or , we are going to take a completely different approach to this , ” Anderson was told .
Anderson said he was then called by the chief of police who told him that if “ you openly defy your governor , you can not be a police officer in the state of Washington.
” Anderson then said , “ maybe I ’ m not meant to be a police officer in the state of Washington.
” Anderson says he was subsequently suspended , pending termination for refusing a “ direct order ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like that , the one good cop who attempted to stand up for the constitution while encouraging other cops to protect the rights of the citizens , was eliminated .
Shameful Anderson ’ s action of standing by his words is an act of heroism .
As we stated previously , Anderson ’ s message last week was powerful , but it was all words and no action .
Refusing to be silenced , knowing it will cost him his job , is an inspiring act of bravery .
Sadly , this one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the darkness that is American law enforcement , is no longer a cop .
Naturally , lots of people are angry and the Port of Seattle Police Department ’ s Facebook page is inundated with comments .
What ’ s more , a gofundme has been setup to help the officer out as well .
This is a sad day in the land of the free .
Please share this article to show what happens to good cops who try to get their fellow officers to support freedom .
Matt Agorist is an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA .
This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state .
Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world .
Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project .
Follow @ MattAgorist on Twitter , Steemit , and now on Minds .
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Seattle, WA — Last week, TFTP brought you the story of Port of Seattle Police Officer Greg Anderson, who made a video calling out the bad cops throughout the country who are enforcing mandates in complete violation of the oaths they swore to uphold the constitution. This put a target on his back and in the cross hairs of authoritarians across the country. Now, proving the point that good cops are hard to find and the system is set up to purge them from the ranks, officer Anderson has been terminated.
As we reported last week, in the 8 minute video, Anderson says he’s “seen officers nationwide enforcing these tyrannical orders.”
“Every time I turn on the TV I see people getting cited for going to church, for travelling on the roadways, for going surfing, opening their businesses, going to the park with their families, or doing nails out of their own house,” Anderson laments.
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Anderson then reads a portion of the Bill of Rights before going off on his fellow cops.
“Stopping people and asking for their papers?” Anderson asks. “What is this, 1930’s Germany? Are you the Gestapo? You don’t get to stop people unless you have reasonable suspicion or probable cause that they have committed a crime.”
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“Our power as law enforcement officers is nothing more than a facade,” Anderson says in one of the most telling admission we’ve ever heard from a cop. “It’s a badge and a gun.”
Anderson then makes an ominous prediction of what he thinks will happen if cops continue to stomp on the rights of Americans. Anderson says if the tyrant cops do not stop enforcing such arbitrary dictates from their overlords, cops will be “stripped” of their authority “in a heartbeat.”
He then goes on to predict a potential civil war.
“I am afraid that with these actions……you are going to wake a sleeping giant,” he said. “They are going to be put in a position where they won’t have their rights trampled anymore…..I think what is going to happen if this continues is we’re gonna see bloodshed in the streets.”
Anderson, who says he was special forces in Iraq, then implores his fellow cops to wake up to the tyranny they are forcing on the land of the free — before it is too late.
“You need to ask yourself one question, and that is, ‘am I doing the right thing?’”
We agree. Seriously asking the above question and scrutinizing your very existence as a law enforcing order follower is one of the best ways to end up on the right side of history. Sadly, however, Anderson’s superiors do not want to end up on the right side of history.
Anderson says that after he posted the video online, he originally received a ton of praise from his superiors.
“Wow Greg, what a powerful message, we agree with that 100 percent,” Anderson says his superiors told him.
“I know putting something out like that may have gotten a lot of attention, but it was so grounded in integrity and liberty that I thought no one would have an issue with it,” Anderson said.
The support from his superiors was short lived, however, and he says just three hours after he received the praise, their tone shifted.
“The video is up to 400,000 views,” Anderson says his supervisor told him, “it’s time to pull the plug on it.”
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When Anderson asked why such a positive message to law enforcement should be removed, he says his supervisor told him that he’d “been directed” to make the cop take down his video.
Anderson gave his superior a resounding “no.”
“I can’t take down the video, because if you believe in something, even though it costs you everything……I can’t go back on speaking from my heart.” he said.
After telling his supervisor that he would not take the video down, Anderson said cops from all over the country were calling him. He said that his supervisor then called back and issued an ultimatum.
“Take the video down, accept a letter of reprimand, or, we are going to take a completely different approach to this,” Anderson was told.
Anderson said he was then called by the chief of police who told him that if “you openly defy your governor, you cannot be a police officer in the state of Washington.”
Anderson then said, “maybe I’m not meant to be a police officer in the state of Washington.”
Anderson says he was subsequently suspended, pending termination for refusing a “direct order” to remove the video. And just like that, the one good cop who attempted to stand up for the constitution while encouraging other cops to protect the rights of the citizens, was eliminated. Shameful
Anderson’s action of standing by his words is an act of heroism. As we stated previously, Anderson’s message last week was powerful, but it was all words and no action. Refusing to be silenced, knowing it will cost him his job, is an inspiring act of bravery. Sadly, this one person who was likely a light in the darkness that is American law enforcement, is no longer a cop.
Naturally, lots of people are angry and the Port of Seattle Police Department’s Facebook page is inundated with comments. What’s more, a gofundme has been setup to help the officer out as well.
This is a sad day in the land of the free. Please share this article to show what happens to good cops who try to get their fellow officers to support freedom.
Courtesy of TFTP
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Minds.
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take our poll - story continues below Having watched that clip in detail , here is ‘ sundance ’ from TheConservativeTreehouse.com laying out the details surrounding political surveillance in the era of President Obama… With the release of recent transcripts and the declassification of material from within the IG report , the Carter Page FISA and Flynn documents showing FBI activity , there is a common misconception about why the intelligence apparatus began investigating the Trump campaign in the first place .
Why was Donald Trump considered a threat ?
In this outline we hope to provide some fully cited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ origin ; and specifically why those inside the Intelligence Community began targeting Trump and using Confidential Human Sources against campaign officials .
During the time-frame of December 2015 through April 2016 the NSA database was being exploited by contractors within the intelligence community doing unauthorized searches .
On March 9 , 2016 , oversight personnel doing a review of FBI system access were alerted to thousands of unauthorized search queries of specific U.S. persons within the NSA database .
Subsequently NSA Director Rogers initiated a full compliance review of the system to identify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what searches were being conducted .
On April 18 , 2016 , following the preliminary audit results , Director Rogers shut down all FBI contractor access to the database after he learned FISA-702 “ about ” ( 17 ) and “ to/from ” ( 16 ) search queries were being done without authorization .
Thus begins the first discovery of a much bigger background story .
When you compile the timeline with the people involved ; and the specific wording of the resulting review , which was then delivered to the FISA court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking place in the GOP primary ; what we discover is a process where the metadata collected by the NSA was being searched for political opposition research and surveillance .
Additionally , tens-of-thousands of searches were identified by the FISA court as likely extending much further than the compliance review period : “ while the government reports it is unable to provide a reliable estimate of the non compliant queries since 2012 , there is no apparent reason to believe the November 2015 [ to ] April 2016 period coincided with an unusually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , during the Obama administration the NSA database was continually used to conduct surveillance .
This is the critical point that leads to understanding the origin of “ Spygate ” , as it unfolded in the Spring and Summer of 2016 .
It was the discovery of the database exploitation and the removal of access as a surveillance tool that created their initial problem .
Here ’ s how we can tell .
Initially in December 2015 there were 17 GOP candidates and all needed to be researched .
However , when Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ South Carolina the field was significantly whittled .
Trump , Cruz , Rubio , Kasich and Carson remained .
On Super Tuesday , March 2 , 2016 , Donald Trump won seven states ( VT , AR , VA , GA , AL , TN , MA ) it was then clear that Trump was the GOP frontrunner with momentum to become the presumptive nominee .
On March 5th , Trump won Kentucky and Louisiana ; and on March 8th Trump won Michigan , Mississippi and Hawaii .
The next day , March @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oversight personnel that something sketchy was going on .
This timing is not coincidental .
As FISA Judge Rosemary Collyer later wrote in her report , “ many of these non-compliant queries involved the use of the same identifiers over different date ranges.
” Put another way : attributes belonging to a specific individual ( s ) were being targeted and queried , unlawfully .
Given what was later discovered , it seems obvious the primary search target , over multiple date ranges , was Donald Trump .
There were tens-of-thousands of unauthorized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stated in her report , there is no reason to believe the 85 % non compliant rate was any different from the abuse of the NSA database going back to 2012 .
As you will see below the NSA database was how political surveillance was being conducted during Obama ’ s second term in office .
However , when the system was flagged , and when NSA Director Mike Rogers shut down “ contractor ” access to the system , the system users needed to develop another way to get access .
Mike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2016 .
On April 19 , 2016 , Fusion-GPS founder Glenn Simpson ’ s wife , Mary Jacoby visits the White House .
Immediately thereafter , the DNC and Clinton campaign contract Fusion GPS… who then hire Christopher Steele .
Knowing it was federal “ contractors ” , outside government with access to the system , doing the unauthorized searches , the question becomes : who were the contractors ?
The possibilities are quite vast .
Essentially anyone the FBI or intelligence apparatus was using could have participated .
Crowdstrike was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contracted by the DNC .
Shawn Henry was the former head of the FBI office in DC and is now the head of Crowdstrike ; a rather dubious contractor for the government and a politically connected data security and forensic company .
James Comey ’ s special friend Daniel Richman was an unpaid FBI “ special employee ” with security access to the database .
Nellie Ohr began working for Fusion-GPS on the Trump project in November 2015 and she was a CIA contractor ; and it ’ s entirely likely Glenn Simpson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also contractors for the intelligence community .
Remember the Sharyl Attkisson computer intrusions ?
It ’ s all part of this same network ; Attkisson even names Shawn Henry as a defendant in her ongoing lawsuit .
All of the aforementioned names , and so many more , held a political agenda in 2016 .
It seems likely if the NSA flags were never triggered then the contracted system users would have continued exploiting the NSA database for political opposition research ; which would then be funneled to the Clinton team .
However @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the system users ( including those inside the official intelligence apparatus ) needed to find another back-door to continue… Again , the timing becomes transparent .
Immediately after NSA flags were raised March 9th ; the same intelligence agencies began using confidential human sources ( CHS ’ s ) to run into the Trump campaign .
By activating intelligence assets like Joseph Mifsud and Stefan Halper the IC ( CIA , FBI ) and system users had now created an authorized way to continue the same political surveillance operations .
When Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2016 , it was a perfect scenario for those doing the surveillance .
Manafort was a known entity to the FBI and was previously under investigation .
Paul Manafort ’ s entry into the Trump orbit was perfect for Glenn Simpson to sell his prior research on Manafort as a Trump-Russia collusion script two weeks later .
The shift from “ unauthorized exploitation of the NSA database ” to legally authorized exploitation of the NSA database was now in place .
This was how they continued the political surveillance .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spygate ” , or what officially blossomed into the FBI investigation known as “ Crossfire Hurricane ” on July 31 .
If the NSA flags were never raised ; and if Director Rogers had never initiated the compliance audit ; and if the political contractors were never blocked from access to the database ; they would never have needed to create a legal back-door , a justification to retain the surveillance .
The political operatives/contractors would have just continued the targeted metadata exploitation .
Once they created the surveillance door , Fusion-GPS was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commodity of Chris Steele activated as a pipeline .
Into that pipeline all system users pushed opposition research .
However , one mistake from the NSA database extraction during an “ about ” query shows up as a New Yorker named Michael Cohen in Prague .
That misinterpreted data from a FISA-702 “ about query ” is then piped to Steele and turns up inside the dossier ; it was the wrong Michael Cohen .
It wasn ’ t Trump ’ s lawyer , it was an art dealer from New York City @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ identifier ” .
A DEEP DIVE – How Did It Work ?
Start by reviewing the established record from the 99-page FISC opinion rendered by Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer on April 26 , 2017. Review the details within the FISC opinion .
I would strongly urge everyone to read the FISC report ( full pdf below ) because Judge Collyer outlines how the DOJ , which includes the FBI , had an “ institutional lack of candor ” in responses to the FISA court .
In essence , the Obama administration was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their activity , and the rate of fourth amendment violations for illegal searches and seizures of U.S. persons ’ private information for multiple years .
Unfortunately , due to intelligence terminology Judge Collyer ’ s brief and ruling is not an easy read for anyone unfamiliar with the FISA processes .
That complexity also helps the media avoid discussing it ; and as a result most Americans have no idea the scale and scope of the Obama-era surveillance issues .
So we ’ ll try to break down the language .
Top Secret @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Scribd For the sake of brevity and common understanding CTH will highlight the most pertinent segments showing just how systemic and troublesome the unlawful electronic surveillance was .
Early in 2016 NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers was alerted of a significant uptick in FISA-702 ( 17 ) “ About ” queries using the FBI/NSA database that holds all metadata records on every form of electronic communication .
The NSA compliance officer alerted Admiral Mike Rogers who then initiated a full compliance audit on/around March 9th , 2016 , for the period of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1st , 2016 .
While the audit was ongoing , due to the severity of the results that were identified , Admiral Mike Rogers stopped anyone from using the 702 ( 17 ) “ about query ” option , and went to the extraordinary step of blocking all FBI contractor access to the database on April 18 , 2016 ( keep these dates in mind ) .
Here are some significant segments : The key takeaway from these first paragraphs is how the search query results were exported from the NSA database to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the material .
The FBI contractors were conducting searches and then removing , or ‘ exporting ’ , the results .
Later on , the FBI said all of the exported material was deleted .
Searching the highly classified NSA database is essentially a function of filling out search boxes to identify the user-initiated search parameter and get a return on the search result .
And that ’ s just from a phone number .
Search an ip address “ about ” and read all data into that server ; put in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ account .
Or use the electronic address of a GPS enabled vehicle ( about ) and you can withdraw more electronic data and monitor in real time .
Search a credit card number and get everything about the account including what was purchased , where , when , etc .
Search a bank account number , get everything about transactions and electronic records etc .
Just about anything and everything can be electronically searched ; everything has an electronic ‘ identifier ’ .
The search parameter is only limited by the originating field @ @ @ @ @ @ @ numbers , addresses , etc .
By using the “ About ” parameter there may be thousands or millions of returns .
Imagine if you put “ @ realdonaldtrump ” into the search parameter ?
You could extract all following accounts who interacted on Twitter , or Facebook etc .
You are only limited by your imagination and the scale of the electronic connectivity .
As you can see below , on March 9th , 2016 , internal auditors noted the FBI was sharing “ raw FISA information , including but not limited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plain English the raw search returns were being shared with unknown entities without any attempt to “ minimize ” or redact the results .
The person ( s ) attached to the results were named and obvious .
There was no effort to hide their identity or protect their 4th amendment rights of privacy ; and database access was from the FBI network : But what ’ s the scale here ?
This is where the story really lies .
The operators were searching “ U.S Persons ” .
The review of November @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2016 , showed “ eighty-five percent of those queries ” were unlawful or “ non compliant ” .
We can tell from the space of the redaction the number of searches were between 10,000 and 99,999 [ six digits ] .
If we take the middle number of 50,000 – a non compliant rate of 85 percent means 42,500 unlawful searches out of 50,000 .
The [ six digit ] amount ( more than 10,000 , less than 99,999 ) , and 85 % error rate , was captured in a six @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2016 .
Also notice this very important quote : “ many of these non-compliant queries involved the use of the same identifiers over different date ranges.
” This tells us the system users were searching the same phone number , email address , electronic identifier , repeatedly over different dates .
Additionally , notice the last quote : “ while the government reports it is unable to provide a reliable estimate of ” these non lawful searches “ since 2012 , there is no apparent reason to believe the November 2015 [ to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high error rate ” .
That means the 85 % unlawful FISA-702 ( 16 ) ( 17 ) database abuse has likely been happening since 2012 .
2012 is an important date in this database abuse because a network of specific interests is assembled that also shows up in 2016/2017 : • Who was 2012 FBI Director ?
Robert Mueller , who was selected by the FBI group to become special prosecutor in 2017 .
• Who was Mueller ’ chief-of-staff ?
Aaron Zebley , who became one of the lead lawyers on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was 2012 CIA Director ?
John Brennan ( remember the ouster of Gen Petraeus ) • Remember , the NSA is inside the Pentagon ( Defense Dept ) command structure .
Who was Defense Secretary ?
Ash Carter Who wanted NSA Director Mike Rogers fired in 2016 ?
Brennan , Clapper and Carter .
And finally , who wrote and signed-off-on the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment and then lied about the use of the Steele Dossier ?
The same John Brennan , and James Clapper along with James Comey .
Tens of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since 2012 ) , and 85 % of them are illegal .
The results were extracted for ?
… .
( I believe this is all political opposition use ; and I ’ ll explain why momentarily . )
OK , that ’ s the stunning scale ; but who was involved ?
Private contractors with access to “ raw FISA information that went well beyond what was necessary to respond to FBI ’ s requests “ : And as noted , the contractor access was finally halted on April 18th , 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) , the wife of Fusion-GPS founder Glenn Simpson , Mary Jacoby , goes to the White House the very next day on April 19th , 2016 . ]
None of this is conspiracy theory .
All of this is laid out inside this 99-page opinion from FISC Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer who also noted that none of this FISA abuse was accidental in a footnote on page 87 : “ deliberate decisionmaking “ : This specific footnote , if declassified , could be a key .
Note the phrase : “ ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the subject of an interagency memorandum of understanding entered into [ redacted ] ) ” , this sentence has the potential to expose an internal decision ; withheld from congress and the FISA court by the Obama administration ; that outlines a process for access and distribution of surveillance data .
Note : “ no notice of this practice was given to the FISC until 2016 “ , that is important .
The FISA court identified and quantified tens-of-thousands of search queries of the NSA/FBI database using the FISA-702 ( 16 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was repeatedly used by persons with contractor access who unlawfully searched and extracted the raw results without redacting the information and shared it with an unknown number of entities .
The outlined process certainly points toward a political spying and surveillance operation ; and we are not the only one to think that ’ s what this system is being used for .
Back in 2017 when House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes was working to reauthorize the FISA legislation , Nunes wrote a letter to ODNI Dan Coats about this specific issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , actually attempt to ensure it never happened again , NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers eventually took away the “ About ” query option permanently in 2017 .
NSA Director Rogers said the abuse was so inherent there was no way to stop it except to remove the process completely .
[ SEE HERE ] Additionally , the NSA database operates as a function of the Pentagon , so the Trump administration went one step further .
On his last day as NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers -together with ODNI Dan Coats- put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fully into the U.S. military as a full combatant command .
[ SEE HERE ] Unfortunately it didn ’ t work as shown by the 2018 FISC opinion rendered by FISC Judge James Boasberg [ SEE HERE ] There is little doubt the FISA-702 ( 16 ) ( 17 ) database system was used by Obama-era officials , from 2012 through April 2016 , as a way to spy on their political opposition .
Quite simply there is no other intellectually honest explanation for the scale and volume of database abuse that was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these searches were all ruled to be unlawful .
Searches for repeated persons over a period time that were not authorized .
When we reconcile what was taking place and who was involved , then the actions of the exact same principle participants take on a jaw-dropping amount of clarity .
All of the action taken by CIA Director Brennan , FBI Director Comey , ODNI Clapper and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter make sense .
Including their effort to get NSA Director Mike Rogers fired .
Everything after March 9th , 2016 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) done to cover up the weaponization of the FISA database .
[ Explained Here ] Spygate , Russia-Gate , the Steele Dossier , and even the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment ( drawn from the dossier and signed by the above ) were needed to create a cover-story and protect themselves from discovery of this four year weaponization , political surveillance and unlawful spying .
Even the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel makes sense ; he was FBI Director when this began .
And ( 2 ) they needed to keep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to use FISA ( 702 ) as a domestic surveillance and political spy mechanism appears to have started in/around 2012 .
Perhaps sometime shortly before the 2012 presidential election and before John Brennan left the White House and moved to CIA .
However , there was an earlier version of data assembly that preceded this effort .
Political spying 1.0 was actually the weaponization of the IRS .
This is where the term “ Secret Research Project ” originated as a description from the Obama team .
It involved the U.S. Department of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under Robert Mueller .
It never made sense why Eric Holder requested over 1 million tax records via CD ROM , until overlaying the timeline of the FISA abuse : Why disks ?
Why send a stack of DISKS to the DOJ and FBI when there ’ s a pre-existing financial crimes unit within the IRS .
All of the evidence within this sketchy operation came directly to the surface in early spring 2012 .
The IRS scandal was never really about the IRS , it was always about the DOJ asking the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That is why it was transparently a conflict when the same DOJ was tasked with investigating the DOJ/IRS scandal .
Additionally , Obama sent his chief-of-staff Jack Lew to become Treasury Secretary ; effectively placing an ally to oversee/cover-up any issues .
As Treasury Secretary Lew did just that .
Lesson Learned – It would appear the Obama administration learned a lesson from attempting to gather a large opposition research database operation inside a functioning organization large enough to have some good people that might blow the whistle .
The timeline reflects a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Research Project ” was now worthless ( June 2012 ) , they focused more deliberately on a smaller network within the intelligence apparatus and began weaponizing the FBI/NSA database .
If our hunch is correct , that is what will be visible in footnote # 69 : How this all comes together in 2019/2020 Fusion GPS was not hired in April 2016 just to research Donald Trump .
As shown in the evidence provided by the FISC , the intelligence community was already doing surveillance and spy operations .
The Obama administration already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and were monitoring everything by exploiting the FISA database .
However , after the NSA alerts in/around March 9th , 2016 , and particularly after the April 18th shutdown of contractor access , the Obama intelligence community needed Fusion GPS to create a legal albeit ex post facto justification for the pre-existing surveillance and spy operations .
Fusion GPS gave them that justification in the Steele Dossier .
That ’ s why the FBI small group , which later transitioned into the Mueller team , were so strongly committed to and defending the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dubious content .
The Steele Dossier , an outcome of the Fusion contract , contains three insurance policy purposes : ( 1 ) the cover-story and justification for the pre-existing surveillance operation ( protect Obama ) ; and ( 2 ) facilitate the FBI counterintelligence operation against the Trump campaign ( assist Clinton ) ; and ( 3 ) continue the operation with a special counsel ( protect both ) .
An insurance policy would be needed .
The Steele Dossier becomes the investigative virus the FBI wanted inside the system .
To @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they used the FISA application as the delivery method and injected it into Carter Page .
The FBI already knew Carter Page ; essentially Carter Page was irrelevant , what they needed was the FISA warrant and the Dossier in the system { Go Deep } .
The Obama intelligence community needed Fusion GPS to give them a plausible justification for already existing surveillance and spy operations .
Fusion-GPS gave them that justification and evidence for a FISA warrant with the Steele Dossier .
Ultimately that ’ s why the Steele Dossier was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI would not have a tool that Mueller needed to continue the investigation of President Trump .
In essence by renewing the FISA application , despite them knowing the underlying dossier was junk , the FBI was keeping the surveillance gateway open for Team Mueller to exploit later on .
Additionally , without the Steele Dossier the DOJ and FBI are naked with their FISA-702 abuse as outlined by John Ratcliffe .
Thankfully we know U.S. Attorney John Durham has talked to NSA Director Mike Rogers .
In this video Rogers explains how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and what he did after the notification .
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As around 2:15 in the clip above, Carlson explains that then president of the United States Barack Obama turned to the head of the FBI – the most powerful law enforcement official in America, and said “Continue to secretly investigate my chief political rival so I can act against him.”
Comey’s response? “Yes, sir.”
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Having watched that clip in detail, here is ‘sundance’ from TheConservativeTreehouse.com laying out the details surrounding political surveillance in the era of President Obama…
With the release of recent transcripts and the declassification of material from within the IG report, the Carter Page FISA and Flynn documents showing FBI activity, there is a common misconception about why the intelligence apparatus began investigating the Trump campaign in the first place. Why was Donald Trump considered a threat?
In this outline we hope to provide some fully cited deep source material that will explain the origin; and specifically why those inside the Intelligence Community began targeting Trump and using Confidential Human Sources against campaign officials.
During the time-frame of December 2015 through April 2016 the NSA database was being exploited by contractors within the intelligence community doing unauthorized searches.
On March 9, 2016, oversight personnel doing a review of FBI system access were alerted to thousands of unauthorized search queries of specific U.S. persons within the NSA database.
NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers was made aware.
Subsequently NSA Director Rogers initiated a full compliance review of the system to identify who was doing the searches; & what searches were being conducted.
On April 18, 2016, following the preliminary audit results, Director Rogers shut down all FBI contractor access to the database after he learned FISA-702 “about”(17) and “to/from”(16) search queries were being done without authorization. Thus begins the first discovery of a much bigger background story.
When you compile the timeline with the people involved; and the specific wording of the resulting review, which was then delivered to the FISA court; and overlay the activity that was taking place in the GOP primary; what we discover is a process where the metadata collected by the NSA was being searched for political opposition research and surveillance.
Additionally, tens-of-thousands of searches were identified by the FISA court as likely extending much further than the compliance review period: “while the government reports it is unable to provide a reliable estimate of the non compliant queries since 2012, there is no apparent reason to believe the November 2015 [to] April 2016 period coincided with an unusually high error rate”.
In short, during the Obama administration the NSA database was continually used to conduct surveillance. This is the critical point that leads to understanding the origin of “Spygate”, as it unfolded in the Spring and Summer of 2016.
It was the discovery of the database exploitation and the removal of access as a surveillance tool that created their initial problem. Here’s how we can tell.
Initially in December 2015 there were 17 GOP candidates and all needed to be researched.
However, when Donald Trump won New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina the field was significantly whittled. Trump, Cruz, Rubio, Kasich and Carson remained.
On Super Tuesday, March 2, 2016, Donald Trump won seven states (VT, AR, VA, GA, AL, TN, MA) it was then clear that Trump was the GOP frontrunner with momentum to become the presumptive nominee. On March 5th, Trump won Kentucky and Louisiana; and on March 8th Trump won Michigan, Mississippi and Hawaii.
The next day, March 9th, NSA security alerts warned internal oversight personnel that something sketchy was going on.
This timing is not coincidental. As FISA Judge Rosemary Collyer later wrote in her report, “many of these non-compliant queries involved the use of the same identifiers over different date ranges.” Put another way: attributes belonging to a specific individual(s) were being targeted and queried, unlawfully. Given what was later discovered, it seems obvious the primary search target, over multiple date ranges, was Donald Trump.
There were tens-of-thousands of unauthorized search queries; and as Judge Collyer stated in her report, there is no reason to believe the 85% non compliant rate was any different from the abuse of the NSA database going back to 2012.
As you will see below the NSA database was how political surveillance was being conducted during Obama’s second term in office. However, when the system was flagged, and when NSA Director Mike Rogers shut down “contractor” access to the system, the system users needed to develop another way to get access.
Mike Rogers shuts down access on April 18, 2016. On April 19, 2016, Fusion-GPS founder Glenn Simpson’s wife, Mary Jacoby visits the White House. Immediately thereafter, the DNC and Clinton campaign contract Fusion GPS… who then hire Christopher Steele.
Knowing it was federal “contractors”, outside government with access to the system, doing the unauthorized searches, the question becomes: who were the contractors?
The possibilities are quite vast. Essentially anyone the FBI or intelligence apparatus was using could have participated. Crowdstrike was a known FBI contractor; they were also contracted by the DNC. Shawn Henry was the former head of the FBI office in DC and is now the head of Crowdstrike; a rather dubious contractor for the government and a politically connected data security and forensic company. James Comey’s special friend Daniel Richman was an unpaid FBI “special employee” with security access to the database. Nellie Ohr began working for Fusion-GPS on the Trump project in November 2015 and she was a CIA contractor; and it’s entirely likely Glenn Simpson or people within his Fusion-GPS network were also contractors for the intelligence community.
Remember the Sharyl Attkisson computer intrusions? It’s all part of this same network; Attkisson even names Shawn Henry as a defendant in her ongoing lawsuit.
All of the aforementioned names, and so many more, held a political agenda in 2016.
It seems likely if the NSA flags were never triggered then the contracted system users would have continued exploiting the NSA database for political opposition research; which would then be funneled to the Clinton team. However, once the unauthorized flags were triggered, the system users (including those inside the official intelligence apparatus) needed to find another back-door to continue… Again, the timing becomes transparent.
Immediately after NSA flags were raised March 9th; the same intelligence agencies began using confidential human sources (CHS’s) to run into the Trump campaign. By activating intelligence assets like Joseph Mifsud and Stefan Halper the IC (CIA, FBI) and system users had now created an authorized way to continue the same political surveillance operations.
When Donald Trump hired Paul Manafort on March 28, 2016, it was a perfect scenario for those doing the surveillance. Manafort was a known entity to the FBI and was previously under investigation. Paul Manafort’s entry into the Trump orbit was perfect for Glenn Simpson to sell his prior research on Manafort as a Trump-Russia collusion script two weeks later.
The shift from “unauthorized exploitation of the NSA database” to legally authorized exploitation of the NSA database was now in place. This was how they continued the political surveillance. This is the confluence of events that originated “spygate”, or what officially blossomed into the FBI investigation known as “Crossfire Hurricane” on July 31.
If the NSA flags were never raised; and if Director Rogers had never initiated the compliance audit; and if the political contractors were never blocked from access to the database; they would never have needed to create a legal back-door, a justification to retain the surveillance. The political operatives/contractors would have just continued the targeted metadata exploitation.
Once they created the surveillance door, Fusion-GPS was then needed to get the FBI known commodity of Chris Steele activated as a pipeline. Into that pipeline all system users pushed opposition research. However, one mistake from the NSA database extraction during an “about” query shows up as a New Yorker named Michael Cohen in Prague.
That misinterpreted data from a FISA-702 “about query” is then piped to Steele and turns up inside the dossier; it was the wrong Michael Cohen. It wasn’t Trump’s lawyer, it was an art dealer from New York City with the same name; the same “identifier”.
A DEEP DIVE – How Did It Work?
Start by reviewing the established record from the 99-page FISC opinion rendered by Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer on April 26, 2017. Review the details within the FISC opinion.
I would strongly urge everyone to read the FISC report (full pdf below) because Judge Collyer outlines how the DOJ, which includes the FBI, had an “institutional lack of candor” in responses to the FISA court. In essence, the Obama administration was continually lying to the FISA court about their activity, and the rate of fourth amendment violations for illegal searches and seizures of U.S. persons’ private information for multiple years.
Unfortunately, due to intelligence terminology Judge Collyer’s brief and ruling is not an easy read for anyone unfamiliar with the FISA processes. That complexity also helps the media avoid discussing it; and as a result most Americans have no idea the scale and scope of the Obama-era surveillance issues. So we’ll try to break down the language.
Top Secret FISA Court Order… by The Conservative Treehouse on Scribd
For the sake of brevity and common understanding CTH will highlight the most pertinent segments showing just how systemic and troublesome the unlawful electronic surveillance was.
Early in 2016 NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers was alerted of a significant uptick in FISA-702(17) “About” queries using the FBI/NSA database that holds all metadata records on every form of electronic communication.
The NSA compliance officer alerted Admiral Mike Rogers who then initiated a full compliance audit on/around March 9th, 2016, for the period of November 1st, 2015, through May 1st, 2016.
While the audit was ongoing, due to the severity of the results that were identified, Admiral Mike Rogers stopped anyone from using the 702(17) “about query” option, and went to the extraordinary step of blocking all FBI contractor access to the database on April 18, 2016 (keep these dates in mind).
Here are some significant segments:
The key takeaway from these first paragraphs is how the search query results were exported from the NSA database to users who were not authorized to see the material. The FBI contractors were conducting searches and then removing, or ‘exporting’, the results. Later on, the FBI said all of the exported material was deleted.
Searching the highly classified NSA database is essentially a function of filling out search boxes to identify the user-initiated search parameter and get a return on the search result.
♦ FISA-702(16) is a search of the system returning a U.S. person (“702”); and the “16” is a check box to initiate a search based on “To and From“. Example, if you put in a date and a phone number and check “16” as the search parameter the user will get the returns on everything “To and From” that identified phone number for the specific date. Calls, texts, contacts etc. Including results for the inbound and outbound contacts. ♦ FISA-702(17) is a search of the system returning a U.S. person (702); and the “17” is a check box to initiate a search based on everything “About” the search qualifier. Example, if you put a date and a phone number and check “17” as the search parameter the user will get the returns of everything about that phone. Calls, texts, contacts, geolocation (or gps results), account information, user, service provider etc. As a result, 702(17) can actually be used to locate where the phone (and user) was located on a specific date or sequentially over a specific period of time which is simply a matter of changing the date parameters.
And that’s just from a phone number.
Search an ip address “about” and read all data into that server; put in an email address and gain everything about that account. Or use the electronic address of a GPS enabled vehicle (about) and you can withdraw more electronic data and monitor in real time. Search a credit card number and get everything about the account including what was purchased, where, when, etc. Search a bank account number, get everything about transactions and electronic records etc. Just about anything and everything can be electronically searched; everything has an electronic ‘identifier’.
The search parameter is only limited by the originating field filled out. Names, places, numbers, addresses, etc. By using the “About” parameter there may be thousands or millions of returns. Imagine if you put “@realdonaldtrump” into the search parameter? You could extract all following accounts who interacted on Twitter, or Facebook etc. You are only limited by your imagination and the scale of the electronic connectivity.
As you can see below, on March 9th, 2016, internal auditors noted the FBI was sharing “raw FISA information, including but not limited to Section 702-acquired information”.
In plain English the raw search returns were being shared with unknown entities without any attempt to “minimize” or redact the results. The person(s) attached to the results were named and obvious. There was no effort to hide their identity or protect their 4th amendment rights of privacy; and database access was from the FBI network:
But what’s the scale here? This is where the story really lies.
Read this next excerpt carefully.
The operators were searching “U.S Persons”. The review of November 1, 2015, to May 1, 2016, showed “eighty-five percent of those queries” were unlawful or “non compliant”.
85% !! “representing [redacted number]”.
We can tell from the space of the redaction the number of searches were between 10,000 and 99,999 [six digits]. If we take the middle number of 50,000 – a non compliant rate of 85 percent means 42,500 unlawful searches out of 50,000.
The [six digit] amount (more than 10,000, less than 99,999), and 85% error rate, was captured in a six month period, November 2015 to April 2016.
Also notice this very important quote: “many of these non-compliant queries involved the use of the same identifiers over different date ranges.” This tells us the system users were searching the same phone number, email address, electronic identifier, repeatedly over different dates.
Specific person(s) were being tracked/monitored.
Additionally, notice the last quote: “while the government reports it is unable to provide a reliable estimate of” these non lawful searches “since 2012, there is no apparent reason to believe the November 2015 [to] April 2016 coincided with an unusually high error rate”.
That means the 85% unlawful FISA-702(16)(17) database abuse has likely been happening since 2012.
2012 is an important date in this database abuse because a network of specific interests is assembled that also shows up in 2016/2017:
Who was 2012 FBI Director? Robert Mueller, who was selected by the FBI group to become special prosecutor in 2017.
Who was Mueller’ chief-of-staff? Aaron Zebley, who became one of the lead lawyers on the Mueller special counsel.
Who was 2012 CIA Director? John Brennan (remember the ouster of Gen Petraeus)
Who was ODNI? James Clapper.
Remember, the NSA is inside the Pentagon (Defense Dept) command structure. Who was Defense Secretary? Ash Carter
Who wanted NSA Director Mike Rogers fired in 2016? Brennan, Clapper and Carter.
And finally, who wrote and signed-off-on the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment and then lied about the use of the Steele Dossier? The same John Brennan, and James Clapper along with James Comey.
Tens of thousands of searches over four years (since 2012), and 85% of them are illegal. The results were extracted for?…. (I believe this is all political opposition use; and I’ll explain why momentarily.)
OK, that’s the stunning scale; but who was involved?
Private contractors with access to “raw FISA information that went well beyond what was necessary to respond to FBI’s requests“:
And as noted, the contractor access was finally halted on April 18th, 2016.
[Coincidentally (or likely not), the wife of Fusion-GPS founder Glenn Simpson, Mary Jacoby, goes to the White House the very next day on April 19th, 2016.]
None of this is conspiracy theory.
All of this is laid out inside this 99-page opinion from FISC Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer who also noted that none of this FISA abuse was accidental in a footnote on page 87: “deliberate decisionmaking“:
This specific footnote, if declassified, could be a key. Note the phrase: “([redacted] access to FBI systems was the subject of an interagency memorandum of understanding entered into [redacted])”, this sentence has the potential to expose an internal decision; withheld from congress and the FISA court by the Obama administration; that outlines a process for access and distribution of surveillance data.
Note: “no notice of this practice was given to the FISC until 2016“, that is important.
Summary:
The FISA court identified and quantified tens-of-thousands of search queries of the NSA/FBI database using the FISA-702(16)(17) system. The database was repeatedly used by persons with contractor access who unlawfully searched and extracted the raw results without redacting the information and shared it with an unknown number of entities.
The outlined process certainly points toward a political spying and surveillance operation; and we are not the only one to think that’s what this system is being used for.
Back in 2017 when House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes was working to reauthorize the FISA legislation, Nunes wrote a letter to ODNI Dan Coats about this specific issue:
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To solve the issue, well, actually attempt to ensure it never happened again, NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers eventually took away the “About” query option permanently in 2017. NSA Director Rogers said the abuse was so inherent there was no way to stop it except to remove the process completely. [SEE HERE] Additionally, the NSA database operates as a function of the Pentagon, so the Trump administration went one step further. On his last day as NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers -together with ODNI Dan Coats- put U.S. cyber-command, the database steward, fully into the U.S. military as a full combatant command. [SEE HERE] Unfortunately it didn’t work as shown by the 2018 FISC opinion rendered by FISC Judge James Boasberg [SEE HERE]
There is little doubt the FISA-702(16)(17) database system was used by Obama-era officials, from 2012 through April 2016, as a way to spy on their political opposition.
Quite simply there is no other intellectually honest explanation for the scale and volume of database abuse that was taking place; and keep in mind these searches were all ruled to be unlawful. Searches for repeated persons over a period time that were not authorized.
When we reconcile what was taking place and who was involved, then the actions of the exact same principle participants take on a jaw-dropping amount of clarity.
All of the action taken by CIA Director Brennan, FBI Director Comey, ODNI Clapper and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter make sense. Including their effort to get NSA Director Mike Rogers fired.
Everything after March 9th, 2016, had a dual purpose: (1) done to cover up the weaponization of the FISA database. [Explained Here] Spygate, Russia-Gate, the Steele Dossier, and even the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment (drawn from the dossier and signed by the above) were needed to create a cover-story and protect themselves from discovery of this four year weaponization, political surveillance and unlawful spying. Even the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel makes sense; he was FBI Director when this began. And (2) they needed to keep the surveillance going.
The beginning decision to use FISA(702) as a domestic surveillance and political spy mechanism appears to have started in/around 2012. Perhaps sometime shortly before the 2012 presidential election and before John Brennan left the White House and moved to CIA. However, there was an earlier version of data assembly that preceded this effort.
Political spying 1.0 was actually the weaponization of the IRS. This is where the term “Secret Research Project” originated as a description from the Obama team. It involved the U.S. Department of Justice under Eric Holder and the FBI under Robert Mueller. It never made sense why Eric Holder requested over 1 million tax records via CD ROM, until overlaying the timeline of the FISA abuse:
The IRS sent the FBI “21 disks constituting a 1.1 million page database of information from 501(c)(4) tax exempt organizations, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.” The transaction occurred in October 2010 (link)
Why disks? Why send a stack of DISKS to the DOJ and FBI when there’s a pre-existing financial crimes unit within the IRS. All of the evidence within this sketchy operation came directly to the surface in early spring 2012.
The IRS scandal was never really about the IRS, it was always about the DOJ asking the IRS for the database of information. That is why it was transparently a conflict when the same DOJ was tasked with investigating the DOJ/IRS scandal. Additionally, Obama sent his chief-of-staff Jack Lew to become Treasury Secretary; effectively placing an ally to oversee/cover-up any issues. As Treasury Secretary Lew did just that.
Lesson Learned – It would appear the Obama administration learned a lesson from attempting to gather a large opposition research database operation inside a functioning organization large enough to have some good people that might blow the whistle.
The timeline reflects a few months after realizing the “Secret Research Project” was now worthless (June 2012), they focused more deliberately on a smaller network within the intelligence apparatus and began weaponizing the FBI/NSA database. If our hunch is correct, that is what will be visible in footnote #69:
How this all comes together in 2019/2020
Fusion GPS was not hired in April 2016 just to research Donald Trump. As shown in the evidence provided by the FISC, the intelligence community was already doing surveillance and spy operations. The Obama administration already knew everything about the Trump campaign, and were monitoring everything by exploiting the FISA database.
However, after the NSA alerts in/around March 9th, 2016, and particularly after the April 18th shutdown of contractor access, the Obama intelligence community needed Fusion GPS to create a legal albeit ex post facto justification for the pre-existing surveillance and spy operations. Fusion GPS gave them that justification in the Steele Dossier.
That’s why the FBI small group, which later transitioned into the Mueller team, were so strongly committed to and defending the formation of the Steele Dossier and its dubious content.
The Steele Dossier, an outcome of the Fusion contract, contains three insurance policy purposes: (1) the cover-story and justification for the pre-existing surveillance operation (protect Obama); and (2) facilitate the FBI counterintelligence operation against the Trump campaign (assist Clinton); and (3) continue the operation with a special counsel (protect both).
An insurance policy would be needed. The Steele Dossier becomes the investigative virus the FBI wanted inside the system. To get the virus into official status, they used the FISA application as the delivery method and injected it into Carter Page. The FBI already knew Carter Page; essentially Carter Page was irrelevant, what they needed was the FISA warrant and the Dossier in the system {Go Deep}.
The Obama intelligence community needed Fusion GPS to give them a plausible justification for already existing surveillance and spy operations. Fusion-GPS gave them that justification and evidence for a FISA warrant with the Steele Dossier.
Ultimately that’s why the Steele Dossier was so important; without it, the FBI would not have a tool that Mueller needed to continue the investigation of President Trump. In essence by renewing the FISA application, despite them knowing the underlying dossier was junk, the FBI was keeping the surveillance gateway open for Team Mueller to exploit later on.
Additionally, without the Steele Dossier the DOJ and FBI are naked with their FISA-702 abuse as outlined by John Ratcliffe.
Thankfully we know U.S. Attorney John Durham has talked to NSA Director Mike Rogers. In this video Rogers explains how he was notified of what was happening and what he did after the notification.
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After tonight’s tweets from President Trump, we should expect a full-court press from ‘the resistance’ to distract from the cracks appearing in the former President’s halo of invincibility…
Courtesy of ZeroHedge
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