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-Lurid Crime Tales-
DOJ's top national security official RESIGNS in the wake of bombshell revelations the department secretly seized cell phone data from Democrats and reporters
2021-06-14
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The DOJ's top national security official is resigning after revelations that the department secretly seized records from Democrats and reporters

  • John Demers will leave his position by the end of next week, a Justice Department official told The Associated Press

  • The New York Times reported that Demers' departure was planned months ago but now comes in the wake of the bombshell revelations

  • Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell were targeted, as well as reporters for CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times
    • So at least, NOT Americans
  • 'What has happened here are fingerprints of a dictatorship, not a democracy,' said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday

  • Schumer said he wanted Demers, as well as former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr hauled before Congress

  • Attorney General Merrick Garland has referred the matter to the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate
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Posted by:Skidmark

#8  Thing is, it's legal to listen in on cell phone calls. Been litigated many times.
It's a radio you're using, anyone can listen.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-06-14 20:16  

#7  They have been unlawfully listening to everyone. If true, that is probably just the tip of the iceberg. The full extent of DOJ and FBI law-breaking is known only to the perpetrators.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-06-14 17:42  

#6  A regional FBI facility installed at least a dozen cell phone receivers along a freeway in a major city. When Trump and Barr came in the FBI quickly yanked them down. They have been unlawfully listening to everyone.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2021-06-14 16:44  

#5  But it was A-OK when Obama did it.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2021-06-14 15:23  

#4  

"John Demers will leave his position by the end of next week.... Demers' departure was planned months ago..."

I guess he needed a little more time for a bigger retirement check.
Posted by: NN2N1   2021-06-14 14:22  

#3  Whomever is involved should say they though they were seizing data from Republicans. Everyone will understand and tell them to be more careful in the future and it'll be over.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2021-06-14 13:58  

#2  Someone please point out where the illegality lies.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2021-06-14 13:52  

#1  The DOJ's organized crime subunit has gone rogue.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-06-14 13:48  

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