Doesn't it seem odd that he was able to throw in "it's not about Russia?" Almost as if he's able to answer yes or no to what the communications WERE about. I'm confused.
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Nunes: Court-authorized surveillance of foreign agents picked up Trump talk.
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Doesn't it seem odd that he was able to throw in "it's not about Russia?" Almost as if he's able to answer yes or no to what the communications WERE about. I'm confused.
I love to think that Comey has shit on Nunes and is waiting for the investigation to conclude to shitblast him.
Netherscourge
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I'm going to take a wild guess and suggest it has Donald saying the N-word a few dozen times. -Tom Arnold vindicated.
BronsonLee
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Lol Nunes what the fuck are you doing
Karsticles
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This is how they do it. They target you, but they don't want to say they're targeting you, so they target a lot of people around you. That's how they get you and your information. That's how they got me - the lying media tried to cover this up, but Nunes is an honest man and wouldn't allow that to happen.
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Maybe he'll even use it to try and fire Comey if he can.
You still get the record of the conversation where you're looking to meet up. Unless you go full spy-guy shit and do dead drops.
There had to have been someone who loved Trump Steaks.
Lying? He did a lot of it in the past couple days.
Netherscourge
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Nunes is like Wormtongue reporting back to Saruman about the Fellowship arriving at Rohan.
He got this information from intelligence reports, which presumably summarize or otherwise detail the content of the communication.
wesleyshark
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Business as usual for him
KefkaPalazzo
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Nope. Refuse to let a possible smoking gun to Trump be my football to my Charlie Brown. I doubt anything comes from this other than what we all already know.
super-heated plasma
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If you go back and watch that committee hearing with Comey, Nunes looks pretty nervous. Its easy (for me at least) to spot when someone is worried and trying to hide it.
It couldn't be that we actually have some non-Russia dirt unearthed, could it? Back during the campaign we were all hoping for cut Apprentice footage of him dropping the n-bomb. Maybe something along those lines?
But that information is usually classified. Normally you can't even confirm/deny the existence of FISA collected information, let alone discuss the content of what was collected.
This entire thing sounds like him digging through whatever has been made available to them to find "something" to justify Trumps claims, and he's then trying to spin it in a way to vindicate Trump without making the Russia connection accusations worse.
Nunes is a tool.
It was almost like he was asking "you can promise me you're not going to find anything.. right?!"
Which is exactly where I was going. "By the way I've got this super classified information.. it's NOT ABOUT RUSSIA, but I have it."
Karsticles
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Yeah, just look at the Fox News spin:
I assume he has clearance for the reports he is reviewing.
Edit: don't they have to dispose of incidental collection within 60 days unless they get a warrant after the fact...
I'm on to you Streve Brannon, if that's even your real name!
I mean, it's a pretty shitty spin.
That fact that the campaign was under surveillance at all means that they were in contact with people who were under surveillance, i.e. individuals on the FBIs shit list. Obama had nothing to do with it from square 1.
I don't see that as a great defense.
Clearly. That doesn't include being able to disclose it in a press conference though.
It's trying to discredit our intelligence agency collection methods in order to preemptively shield Trump or any administration members from being targeted by a case. This is a continuation of the republican strategy used by Nunes and Gowdy et al in the House Intelligence Comittee hearing earlier this week.
Bam Bam Baklava
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It's pretty much the only spin they have considering the investigation was announced publicly. Make the investigation look partisan or biased by Obama.
Karsticles
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Your thinking is too subtle for Trump supporters still.
"We need to be looking into these illegal leakers!"
aka: Pay no mind to the man behind the curtain operating the wizard projector, but the person who pulled it back should be in prison!
That's not what the person I was responding to initially was getting at, although he seems to be suggesting it was now. He clearly was referring to Nunes' ability to know what the communications were (which is why he emphasized that word), particularly in light of the post he was responding to.
Netherscourge
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If it's just phone conversations, Trump may have been using the N-word or other horrible slurs casually with all sorts of people.
Look at some of his business buddies, like Carl Palladino.
You think Trump didn't use some of that language himself? Of course, Trump's base won't care if that's it. They say that shit all day long. In fact, that's one of the main reasons they voted for him.
smokeymicpot
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He is taking the info he spoke about today but they don't know the info. Sort of giving him a heads up in a sense.
His look was somewhere between disillusion and fear of life. But that was the first time I ever saw him. Maybe that's just his general demeanor to seem worthy of either trust or compassion?
Bam Bam Baklava
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Except he said his source was an unnamed former official and that all of this POSSIBLY COULD HAVE happened. It's garbage talk.
I would stick with the 'government is out to get Trump by de-masking him in confidential conversations' angle.
The Obama angle looks like a dead end to me. Even members of his party are disavowing it.
I don't agree at all. I'll let them speak for themselves but this doesn't align with that interpretation:
Dubbedinenglish
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So it should be "we monitor Russian diplomats and intel operatives, and Trump's people kept coming up."
Wrong person.
What? That's the post you responded to.
Not initially.
You're not making any sense. I can't find anyone anywhere suggesting Nunes didn't have clearance, and the post I initially responded to was you addressing someone who was clearly referring to Nunes' public disclosure of classified information.
https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/844553799335366657
Beginning of detailed thread by Eric Garland putting some of the pieces together on Nunes. Makes the cases he may be compromised and should recuse himself.
Interesting times.
Beginning of detailed thread by Eric Garland putting some of the pieces together on Nunes. Makes the cases he may be compromised and should recuse himself.
Interesting times.
Is it just me or are the administration actually looking to see what the IC have on them and their friends.
Everybody knows the NSA sucks up everything, the FBI go after criminals etc.
The chat coming out recently seems like they are probing to see what dirt the IC have on them. Why should they care they tapped or investigated people close to Trump if he is innocent. Want to know when to panic perhaps?
Everybody knows the NSA sucks up everything, the FBI go after criminals etc.
The chat coming out recently seems like they are probing to see what dirt the IC have on them. Why should they care they tapped or investigated people close to Trump if he is innocent. Want to know when to panic perhaps?
Oh hey look what was published in mewsmax just a few days ago (Newsmax is published by Trump golfing buddy Ruddy).
http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/779504
Makes me think Trump knows about the incidental collection (doesn't understand it) and expected this to come out on Monday.
http://www.newsmax.com/t/newsmax/article/779504
Makes me think Trump knows about the incidental collection (doesn't understand it) and expected this to come out on Monday.
KernelPanic
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I get the feeling Nunes shouldn't be talking about this publicly.
https://twitter.com/katiebowill/status/844611694722797568
If Nunes was on the transition and they picked up comms from Trump maybe they caught him and now he is pooping bricks.
https://twitter.com/katiebowill/status/844611694722797568
If Nunes was on the transition and they picked up comms from Trump maybe they caught him and now he is pooping bricks.
Netherscourge
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So, hopefully Nunes is giving Trump his resignation after notifying Ryan about it earlier?
Eh - one can dream.
I'm making perfect sense. You can see who I've responded to in this thread. The poster I initially responded to clearly was questioning how Nunes' had the ability to know what was in the communication.
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smokeymicpot
Beat EviLore at pool.
His meeting today with Trump can not happen. Whatever info he has must be told to Schriff and a independent investigation needs to happen right now.
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