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Tucker ON FIRE Over Trump Wiretap: ‘We Live In A Country With Deeply Corrupt Institutions' [VIDEO]
2017-09-20
[Daily Caller] Carlson mocked critics in a sarcastic voice saying, "Wiretapping? Come on. That’s tin foil hat stuff, it’s nuts!"

The Daily Caller co-founder continued, "Now, in another time with more trustworthy institutions that would have been the end of the story. But we live in a country with deeply corrupt institutions..."

Carlson recapped recent reports, stating, "According to a now report from CNN, Paul Manafort who for a time last year was Trump’s campaign chairman was wiretapped by the federal government both before and after the election."

"Manafort, it ought to be noted, had an apartment inside Trump Tower during that time so it’s virtually certain that surveillance of him would have included other members of the Trump campaign staff, maybe Trump himself," he said.

Carlson is referring to a recent report from CNN that shows that Manafort was wiretapped before the election by the federal government.
Posted by:Besoeker

#1  Dick Morris and Eileen McGainn, Rogue Spooks, Page 151-152

But the NSA intercepts were not permitted to identify that Michael Flynn was the American speaking with Kislyak [Russian Ambassador to the U.S.]. Becaue Flynn is an American citizen, FISA rules did not permit him to be identified in the phone intercepts. He is listed as "Citizen One" or some such description, and the actual name is redacted.

So Susan Rice, Obama's national security adviser, asked the NSA to "unmask" Flynn's name so it could be proven that it was he who had the conversation with the Russians. Somehow, someone, whose identity has yet to be published, leaked the fact that it was Flynn who had spoken to the Russians.


Rice didn't mindlink the fact of Flynn had discussions with Kislyak, she was tipped off to Flynn's identity through someone in the intelligence community. He was targeted! Targeted not unlike Paul Manafort and possibly many others.

At lease one likely reason for the Flynn targeting can be found on page 147 of the Morris' book. Flynn was seen as someone who could "blow up the myth" of the Iran deal as being a great Soetoro achievement.

One should keep in mind that those hundred of millions of dollars in USD and Swiss francs, palletized, placed upon 'unmarked' aircraft and sent to Iran in the middle of the night were NOT appropriated by the Congress. Someone else was involved in their authorization and transfer. Mike

Flynn was undoubtedly knowledgeable of this bit of intelligence community mischief, and probably substantially more. He had to be discredited and silenced.

Posted by: Besoeker   2017-09-20 07:59  

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