Post your thoughts here, including a copy when you have it. I'm still waiting on mine from Putin.

Quote:House memo states disputed dossier was key to FBI’s FISA warrant to surveil members of Team Trump

According to sources, the memo includes testimony from a high-ranking government official that without the infamous Trump dossier, the FBI and DOJ would not have secured surveillance warrants to spy on at least one member of the Trump team.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/...trump.html

Punxsutawney Mach..........I see nothing.

(02-02-2018 12:13 PM)Dasville Wrote:  Punxsutawney Mach..........I see nothing.

Indeed.

Is there a link to the full memo or is listening the excerpts through the news the only way?

(02-02-2018 12:15 PM)fsquid Wrote:  Is there a link to the full memo or is listening the excerpts through the news the only way?

I haven't found the full memo yet. If anyone has it, post it.

Key findings in the FISA Abuse memo via Fox News' Catherine Herridge:

Quote:The FBI did rely on the anti-Trump dossier to obtain a surveillance warrant from the FISA Court.

The political sourcing of the dossier was not shared with the FISA Court.

Firm behind the dossier was briefing media outlets and the FBI and the DOJ relied in part on media reports to lend credibility to the dossier.

British contact was cut off by FBI after his contacts with the media but he continued to funnel info to FBI through DOJ official Bruce Orr.

Info indicates that British spy who compiled the research had a "severe dislike of Donald Trump."

https://pjmedia.com/blog/liveblogevent/f...ry-223145/

Person that put in the application (strzok?) has a VERY BIG problem, per Catherine Herridge.

Wow.

* The Steele dossier formed an essential part of the initial and all three renewal FISA applications against Carter Page.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/house-...le/2647937

It's entirely possible to craft a lie by including only certain truths. So while I expect a lot of interesting and true things here, I'm under no illusions that this is the whole story.

Same source. Bolded is big stuff.

* Andrew McCabe confirmed that no FISA warrant would have been sought from the FISA Court without the Steele dossier information.

* The political origins of the Steele dossier were known to senior DOJ and FBI officials, but excluded from the FISA applications.


* DOJ official Bruce Ohr met with Steele beginning in the summer of 2016 and relayed to DOJ information about Steele's bias. Steele told Ohr that he, Steele, was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected president and was passionate about him not becoming president.

yea the second bullet point there is pretty big....

sickening when a government organization plays politics instead of being bipartisan... and using lies to deceit the government.

(02-02-2018 12:24 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  sickening when a government organization plays politics instead of being bipartisan... and using lies to deceit the government.

I'm humming the song you quoted yesterday. Haven't see our good buddy in a few minutes.

(02-02-2018 12:18 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Key findings in the FISA Abuse memo via Fox News' Catherine Herridge:

Quote:The FBI did rely on the anti-Trump dossier to obtain a surveillance warrant from the FISA Court.

The political sourcing of the dossier was not shared with the FISA Court.

Firm behind the dossier was briefing media outlets and the FBI and the DOJ relied in part on media reports to lend credibility to the dossier.

British contact was cut off by FBI after his contacts with the media but he continued to funnel info to FBI through DOJ official Bruce Orr.

Info indicates that British spy who compiled the research had a "severe dislike of Donald Trump."

https://pjmedia.com/blog/liveblogevent/f...ry-223145/

So, exactly how long did Rosenstein know about Bruce Ohr? And why did he wait so long to to take partial action, then waited longer to take further action against him?

Memo

https://www.axios.com/read-the-nunes-mem...m=politics

(02-02-2018 12:25 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 12:24 PM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  sickening when a government organization plays politics instead of being bipartisan... and using lies to deceit the government.

I'm humming the song you quoted yesterday. Haven't see our good buddy in a few minutes.

Talking points from the mothership haven't been issued. Just wait. They'll show up all with the same reasons why this is a big nothingburger.

I consider this significant:

Quote:The FBI and Justice Department mounted a monthslong effort to keep the information outlined in the memo out of the House Intelligence Committee's hands. Only the threat of contempt charges and other forms of pressure forced the FBI and Justice to give up the material.

Without the dossier, the FISA warrant wouldn't have been approved.

Wow.

The dems are absolute scum.

Yahoo article used the dossier as the source to add credibility to the dossier. Circular reporting = legitimate fake news.

Wow.