Agents were examining allegations of computer activity tied to Russia.. Very quickly, they concluded the computer activity in question involved no nefarious contacts, bank transactions or encrypted communications with the Russians, and likely involved routine computer signals.
The towers are home to Trump's business, personal residence and then-campaign headquarters.
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The Flynn connection
The officials also strongly disputed that the FBI's intercepts of conversations in December between soon-to-to-be U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were part of a continuing Trump-focused national security investigation. In fact, they were part of a long-established special intelligence program in which the FBI is routinely permitted to review intercepts of Russian embassy officials.
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Americans are often incidentally intercepted, and the FBI has authority to review those conversations without a specific warrant when they involve national security matters. Flynn fell into that category in part because he had a security clearance, the sources said.
According to the report, a number of sources claimed the FBI wanted to investigate Russia's influence peddling in the 2016 election as a result of past investigations into the nation's spying in the U.S.
"But the message the American official gave was mostly that a new sheriff was about to take over the White House and Russians shouldn't react to the new sanctions in a way that would foreclose better dialog in the future under a Trump administration, sources said," Circa reported.
Who leaked Flynn's name to the media? The leaks began in January after President Barack Obama changed a long time executive order that enabled information intercepted from FISA warrants or by the National Security Agency to be pooled out to 16 other federal agencies
Such sensitive information is normally given to eight top leaders in Congress, who are regularly briefed by the intelligence community about classified matters. But after president Obama changed the executive order before he left office, a massive number of staff throughout the government had access to the information.
MORE~~~~
http://circa.com/politics/fbi-probe-of-donald-trump-and-russia-during-election-yielded-no-evidence-of-crimes
Is this why the democrats have stopped talking about it?
Quote from: The Boo Man... on March 09, 2017, 08:57:20 PM
Is this why the democrats have stopped talking about it?
:biggrin:
Yep, like a little kid caught in the empty cookie jar. What Cookies?
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The probable cause to get those warrants to monitor the computers must have "evaporated" IE it didn;t exist in the first place and it was a fishing expedition....highly illegal.
I firmly believe these two guys know the answers to all the question that are being asked on both sides of the aisle.
Suspect In House IT Security Probe Also Had Access To DNC Emails
Imran Awan — the lead suspect in a criminal probe into breaches of House of Representatives information security systems — possessed the password to an iPad used by then-Democratic National Committee Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz when DNC emails were given to WikiLeaks, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned.
Wasserman Schultz resigned the DNC post in the wake of WikiLeaks posting damaging internal emails, blaming the scandal on hacking by Russians.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/suspect-in-house-it-security-probe-also-had-access-to-dnc-emails/#ixzz4awtVeKdo
Quote from: Bronx on March 10, 2017, 10:26:38 AM
I firmly believe these two guys know the answers to all the question that are being asked on both sides of the aisle.
Suspect In House IT Security Probe Also Had Access To DNC Emails
Imran Awan — the lead suspect in a criminal probe into breaches of House of Representatives information security systems — possessed the password to an iPad used by then-Democratic National Committee Chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz when DNC emails were given to WikiLeaks, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned.
Wasserman Schultz resigned the DNC post in the wake of WikiLeaks posting damaging internal emails, blaming the scandal on hacking by Russians.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/suspect-in-house-it-security-probe-also-had-access-to-dnc-emails/#ixzz4awtVeKdo
I'm sure it'll be all over the LSM tonight.... :rolleyes: :lol:
This story broke last week and to date, the only ones reporting the devastation is the right.
Every day more gets added to the story, more evidence comes to light as seen here, yet not once has the left covered it.
At what point are they going to address the DNC connection and admit there was no Russian connection?
Quote from: Solar on March 10, 2017, 12:44:57 PM
I'm sure it'll be all over the LSM tonight.... :rolleyes: :lol:
This story broke last week and to date, the only ones reporting the devastation is the right.
Every day more gets added to the story, more evidence comes to light as seen here, yet not once has the left covered it.
At what point are they going to address the DNC connection and admit there was no Russian connection?
The progressive media is still repeating "Hands up - Don't Shoot!" Our great great grandkids will be celebrating their centenarian birthdays before progs will admit any of their major propaganda pieces are less than truthful.
I hope Trump is feeling vengeful.
Quote from: zewazir on March 10, 2017, 06:04:14 PM
The progressive media is still repeating "Hands up - Don't Shoot!" Our great great grandkids will be celebrating their centenarian birthdays before progs will admit any of their major propaganda pieces are less than truthful.
There is but one answer, they're sociopathic Progressives.
Quote from: The Boo Man... on March 10, 2017, 06:32:16 PM
I hope Trump is feeling vengeful.
Creatively vengeful. Highlighting how it was Debbie Whatsherface Schultz who had to resign, and why. You want back doors into computer systems? She allowed it.
Quote from: Solar on March 10, 2017, 06:41:39 PM
There is but one answer, they're sociopathic Progressives.
Progressive humanism itself is sociopathic. Its entire premise is based on pure egocentrism.
Quote from: Solar on March 09, 2017, 09:39:30 AM
Agents were examining allegations of computer activity tied to Russia.. Very quickly, they concluded the computer activity in question involved no nefarious contacts, bank transactions or encrypted communications with the Russians, and likely involved routine computer signals.
The towers are home to Trump's business, personal residence and then-campaign headquarters.
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The Flynn connection
The officials also strongly disputed that the FBI's intercepts of conversations in December between soon-to-to-be U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were part of a continuing Trump-focused national security investigation. In fact, they were part of a long-established special intelligence program in which the FBI is routinely permitted to review intercepts of Russian embassy officials.
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Americans are often incidentally intercepted, and the FBI has authority to review those conversations without a specific warrant when they involve national security matters. Flynn fell into that category in part because he had a security clearance, the sources said.
According to the report, a number of sources claimed the FBI wanted to investigate Russia's influence peddling in the 2016 election as a result of past investigations into the nation's spying in the U.S.
"But the message the American official gave was mostly that a new sheriff was about to take over the White House and Russians shouldn't react to the new sanctions in a way that would foreclose better dialog in the future under a Trump administration, sources said," Circa reported.
Who leaked Flynn's name to the media? The leaks began in January after President Barack Obama changed a long time executive order that enabled information intercepted from FISA warrants or by the National Security Agency to be pooled out to 16 other federal agencies
Such sensitive information is normally given to eight top leaders in Congress, who are regularly briefed by the intelligence community about classified matters. But after president Obama changed the executive order before he left office, a massive number of staff throughout the government had access to the information.
MORE~~~~
http://circa.com/politics/fbi-probe-of-donald-trump-and-russia-during-election-yielded-no-evidence-of-crimes
I'm I misreading this or does this article admit that members of Trumps transition team and the campaign were subject to Wire taps by the FBI? Isn't this also in response to Obama's directive to get to the bottom of the Russian influence on the election? So directly or indirectly Obama did order the surveillance of the opposition party and made sure the information was distributed throughout his administration to guarantee the Info would be leaked!
QuoteRussian ambassador Sergey Kislyak was just doing his job "talking about bilateral relations" with Trump campaign officials – and did the same thing with Hillary Clinton associates, Vladimir Putin's spokesman said Sunday.
In an interview with CNN host Fareed Zakaria on "GPS," Dmitry Peskov said the meetings weren't an attempt to interfere in the 2016 election.
"If you look at some people connected with Hillary Clinton during her campaign, you would probably see that he had lots of meetings of that kind," Peskov said, describing the Clinton associates as "people working in think tanks advising Hillary or advising people working for Hillary."
"But there were no meetings about elections — electoral process ... So if you look at it with intention to demonize Russia, you would probably say that, yes, he was trying to interfere in Hillary's activities. But it would be nonsense, because this is not true," he added.
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/russian-ambassador-met-clinton/2017/03/12/id/778281/
I think the probe should be expanded to Include the Hillary people also! What did they say to that Russian? Were and deals offered? Hillary's prior deals with the Russians should also be brought into evidence! No evidence of prior deals have been found involving Trump but there are plenty involving Clinton! Maybe It was payback for old broken promises Clinton had made! We must investigate this connection!!!
Quote from: redbeard on March 12, 2017, 01:21:09 PM
I'm I misreading this or does this article admit that members of Trumps transition team and the campaign were subject to Wire taps by the FBI? Isn't this also in response to Obama's directive to get to the bottom of the Russian influence on the election? So directly or indirectly Obama did order the surveillance of the opposition party and made sure the information was distributed throughout his administration to guarantee the Info would be leaked!
That's what they had hoped to achieve, that is, before Wikileaks blew their entire scam out of the water. :thumbsup:
The Dims are hunting heads on Russia / Election connection.
QuoteAccording to documents obtained by The Associated Press, in 2005 Manafort was paid $10 million by Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska to -- as Manafort described it -- "greatly benefit the Putin government" by lobbying and influencing news coverage in the United States, Europe and the former Soviet Republics."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-manafort-trump-administration-ties-to-russian-associates/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-manafort-trump-administration-ties-to-russian-associates/)
This was known since 2005. It's not new information - not news. But since Manafort was Trump's campaign manager, they will use this to make as much noise as they can. What Manafort did was apparently legal. I think it shows bad ethics to help the Ruskies influence news coverage, but it wasn't illegal. And no one on the Trump team knew of any claims then as being made by the Dims now. So there was no reason to disqualify Manafort at the time he aided the campaign. I think they are shooting a blank aainst this accusation of the fringes of Trump's associates. But they'll do anything to try and persuade just a few more against Trump - anything and everything.
POTUS admin is playing too much defense. Trump is the best at going on offense - I hope he can get more energy against the Dim-whits and MSM on a continual basis.
No Hillary
No Judges
No Russian
A trifecta of defeat for the democrats.
Quote from: The Boo Man... on March 22, 2017, 07:07:32 PM
No Hillary
No Judges
No Russian
A trifecta of defeat for the democrats.
It's driving the Romper Room kids bat shit crazy! :lol:
Quote from: walkstall on March 22, 2017, 07:56:18 PM
It's driving the Romper Room kids bat shit crazy! :lol:
Greg needs medicating.
Quote from: redbeard on March 12, 2017, 01:21:09 PM
I'm I misreading this or does this article admit that members of Trumps transition team and the campaign were subject to Wire taps by the FBI? Isn't this also in response to Obama's directive to get to the bottom of the Russian influence on the election? So directly or indirectly Obama did order the surveillance of the opposition party and made sure the information was distributed throughout his administration to guarantee the Info would be leaked!
I had the same question when I listened to comey tell us that the evidence shows that hillary is guilty so he will not recommend to prosecute.
I've been wading into C-Span - watched a bill's progress (or lack thereof) in the house for awhile.
HR 1343 was up in the House. A dim House member (missed his name :-( ) was bloviating on an instruction that he added to the bill aimed at cutting the level required for financial reporting. The bill called out the interaction of Trump and Russia for investigation ... ADDED IT AS AN INSTRUCTION TO THE BILL??? It went up for house vote today at about 4:30 - the change went down by about a 50 vote margin ... 2 Pub votes when to the yea side (telling) and 1 dim vote went to the nay side (interesting). Should be able to figure out who those votes were somehow, right? The instruction may have been innocuous (not sure) but it was definitely an insult to the Pubs and POTUS.
I tried to find the amendment and instruction, but could not locate it. I think it's interesting since it perfectly demonstrates how violently insane some of the Dims are. It may get posted in the record tomorrow - I'll try and remember to check. They tried to identify Trump as guilty in the instruction with recourse - when there hasn't been a shred of evidence that Trump has done anything illegal with the Russians regarding the election.
I'm posting this because some of you are ninja's at finding such material. I looked for an hour with no luck. Will try looking at the congressional record tomorrow.
I like to make things simple. There have been so many leaks regarding Trump and yet not one leak about Trump and Russia. Why is that?
Quote from: The Boo Man... on April 04, 2017, 05:44:22 PM
I like to make things simple. There have been so many leaks regarding Trump and yet not one leak about Trump and Russia. Why is that?
We know the main reason, but the GOP are loving the distraction because they think no one is paying attention to the fact they're doing Dim party work.
Quote from: Solar on April 04, 2017, 05:49:28 PM
We know the main reason, but the GOP are loving the distraction because they think no one is paying attention to the fact they're doing Dim party work.
Hopefully Trump learned not to trust Ryan.
Quote from: The Boo Man... on April 04, 2017, 05:59:48 PM
Hopefully Trump learned not to trust Ryan.
Yeah, Trump may want to rethink who his base is.
How Trump's Twitter Tantrum Against Conservatives Backfired
Donald Trump's Twitter account was among his most potent political weapons during the presidential campaign. He used it to bully opponents, browbeat the media and bend public opinion.
But when he took to his favorite medium to castigate a trio of conservative lawmakers who opposed his health care approach, a funny thing happened on the way to 140 characters. It backfired.
Reps. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, Jim Jordan of Ohio and Raul Labrador of Idaho – the Freedom Caucus members who Trump targeted via Twitter out of frustration due to the legislative malaise that has encumbered his administration – each found themselves buoyed back in their home districts as high-principled heroes. Meanwhile, the episode made Trump look petty and out of touch, even to some of those who consider themselves supporters of the president.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-04-03/how-trumps-twitter-tantrum-against-conservatives-backfired
Quote from: Solar on April 04, 2017, 06:38:51 PM
Yeah, Trump may want to rethink who his base is.
How Trump's Twitter Tantrum Against Conservatives Backfired
Donald Trump's Twitter account was among his most potent political weapons during the presidential campaign. He used it to bully opponents, browbeat the media and bend public opinion.
But when he took to his favorite medium to castigate a trio of conservative lawmakers who opposed his health care approach, a funny thing happened on the way to 140 characters. It backfired.
Reps. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, Jim Jordan of Ohio and Raul Labrador of Idaho – the Freedom Caucus members who Trump targeted via Twitter out of frustration due to the legislative malaise that has encumbered his administration – each found themselves buoyed back in their home districts as high-principled heroes. Meanwhile, the episode made Trump look petty and out of touch, even to some of those who consider themselves supporters of the president.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-04-03/how-trumps-twitter-tantrum-against-conservatives-backfired
But will Trump LEARN from the experience? (One can still hope...)
Or will he act like all other progs and, refusing to admit their agenda is not what the majority of people want in their lives, continue with the finger pointing blame game propaganda, using the prog favorite tactic of repeating a lie so often it becomes truth in peoples' minds?
Quote from: zewazir on April 04, 2017, 07:13:46 PM
But will Trump LEARN from the experience? (One can still hope...)
Or will he act like all other progs and, refusing to admit their agenda is not what the majority of people want in their lives, continue with the finger pointing blame game propaganda, using the prog favorite tactic of repeating a lie so often it becomes truth in peoples' minds?
Yep, and this is one of the very reasons I was against Trump from the start, his view of the US comes through the eyes of a rich lib that lives in a bubble.
When this officially falls apart Trump is going to blow up Twitter.
Not sure if that is a good thing.
Quote from: Solar on April 04, 2017, 06:38:51 PM
Yeah, Trump may want to rethink who his base is.
How Trump's Twitter Tantrum Against Conservatives Backfired
Donald Trump's Twitter account was among his most potent political weapons during the presidential campaign. He used it to bully opponents, browbeat the media and bend public opinion.
But when he took to his favorite medium to castigate a trio of conservative lawmakers who opposed his health care approach, a funny thing happened on the way to 140 characters. It backfired.
Reps. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, Jim Jordan of Ohio and Raul Labrador of Idaho – the Freedom Caucus members who Trump targeted via Twitter out of frustration due to the legislative malaise that has encumbered his administration – each found themselves buoyed back in their home districts as high-principled heroes. Meanwhile, the episode made Trump look petty and out of touch, even to some of those who consider themselves supporters of the president.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-04-03/how-trumps-twitter-tantrum-against-conservatives-backfired
Mark Meadows spoke to students at the high school in my area last week and was greeted with great enthusiasm. The local newspaper reported many students came up to him after the session and complimented him personally on his work. We have some good parenting going on around here.
Quote from: supsalemgr on April 05, 2017, 05:24:19 AM
Mark Meadows spoke to students at the high school in my area last week and was greeted with great enthusiasm. The local newspaper reported many students came up to him after the session and complimented him personally on his work. We have some good parenting going on around here.
:thumbup:
Quote from: topside on April 04, 2017, 02:04:12 PM
I've been wading into C-Span - watched a bill's progress (or lack thereof) in the house for awhile.
HR 1343 was up in the House. A dim House member (missed his name :-( ) was bloviating on an instruction that he added to the bill aimed at cutting the level required for financial reporting. The bill called out the interaction of Trump and Russia for investigation ... ADDED IT AS AN INSTRUCTION TO THE BILL??? It went up for house vote today at about 4:30 - the change went down by about a 50 vote margin ... 2 Pub votes when to the yea side (telling) and 1 dim vote went to the nay side (interesting). Should be able to figure out who those votes were somehow, right? The instruction may have been innocuous (not sure) but it was definitely an insult to the Pubs and POTUS.
I tried to find the amendment and instruction, but could not locate it. I think it's interesting since it perfectly demonstrates how violently insane some of the Dims are. It may get posted in the record tomorrow - I'll try and remember to check. They tried to identify Trump as guilty in the instruction with recourse - when there hasn't been a shred of evidence that Trump has done anything illegal with the Russians regarding the election.
I'm posting this because some of you are ninja's at finding such material. I looked for an hour with no luck. Will try looking at the congressional record tomorrow.
So this was the House spent part of their time yesterday.
1. There was an amendment to a bill proposed:
H. Rept. 115-75 - PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1343)
TO DIRECT THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION TO REVISE ITS RULES SO
AS TO INCREASE THE THRESHOLD AMOUNT FOR REQUIRING ISSUERS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN
DISCLOSURES RELATING TO COMPENSATORY BENEFIT PLANS
2. There was no debate, and by unanimous consent the bill was withdrawn because a couple of the Pub reps. agreed that it should be investigated more under the GAO (whatever that means).
3. The Chair then asked some stuff. The Bill was re-read. And then an instruction was added to the Bill by Rep. Swalwell (D) of CA. So the Pub bill, which the Dims don't like, was off the floor and a Dim brought it back out.
4. Eric Swalwell, representing the 15th district of CA, recommitted the bill with an instruction.
The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a section to prohibit any exemption to an issuer if the issuer or affiliate of the issuer has withheld information from Congress relevant to its investigation of any collusion between persons associated with the Russian Government and persons associated with a presidential campaign.
My Note: This sounds innocuous. But the words that Swalwell spoke were pre-supposing Trump collusion specifically under this bill. That is outrageous from a leader of our nation - a defamation of character since there has been zero evidence. It deserves harsh action. Ok CA - time to put Mr. Swallwell down. Now.
I couldn't find the instruction online (help) - looked considerably. But I re-listened and provide the summaries:
Summary of the Instruction (a little weak, but you'll get the gist):
Under Section 3 to direct Prohibition any exempt, safe harbor, or authority by this act or regulation of this act shall not apply to isuer if issuer has withheld information from Congress related to its investigation of any collusions with persons of the Russian government and persons associated with the campaign of Donald J. Trump to influence the 2016 election.
QuoteMr. Swalwell's then went on to list his biased, circumstantial evidence of Trump collusion with the government in support of the instruction.
You can listen to his full five-minutes at: https://www.c-span.org/video/?426404-101/us-house-meets-legislative-business (https://www.c-span.org/video/?426404-101/us-house-meets-legislative-business)
He comes on at about 4:14.
5. They did a verbal favor / opposed which obviously failed but Swalwell asked for a Yea / Nea (electronic vote). The Bill with instruction was defeated by a substantial margin as I previously described.
It's time for the good people of CA to hand Mr. Swalwell his hat. No, his head. He can go sit next to Blake.
The Dims keep blowing themselves up. Emotion is still overriding their typical devious reserve. I hope the real media doesn't mind blowing Mr. Swalwell up - exposing him for accusations without actual merit. And for wasting everyones time (tax dollars).