It appears Trump may have been right, again.
Two days after FBI director Comey shot down Trump’s allegation that Trump was being wiretapped by president Obama before the election, it appears that president Trump may have been on to something because moments ago, the House Intelligence Chairman, Devin Nunes, told reporters that the U.S. intelligence community incidentally collected information on members of President Trump’s transition team, possibly including Trump himself, and the information was “widely disseminated” in intelligence reports.
As AP adds, Nunes said that President Donald Trump’s communications may have been “monitored” during the transition period as part of an “incidental collection.”
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Nunes told a news conference Wednesday that the communications appear to be picked up through “incidental collection” and do not appear to be related to the ongoing FBI investigation into Trump associates’ contacts with Russia. He says he believes the intelligence collections were done legally, although in light of the dramatic change in the plotline it may be prudent to reserve judgment on how “incidental” it was.
“I recently confirmed that on numerous occasions, the intelligence community collected information on U.S. individuals involved in the Trump transition,” Nunes told reporters.
“Details about U.S. persons involved in the incoming administration with little or no apparent foreign intelligence value were widely disseminated in intelligence community reports.”
The information was “legally brought to him by sources who thought we should know it,” Nunes said, though he provided little detail on the source.
BREAKING!!! Rep Devin Nunes (Intel Cmte Chmn):
There was "Incidental collection" of @realDonaldTrump thru IC surveillance <- BOMBSHELL— ?? ERIC BOLLING ?? (@ericbolling) March 22, 2017
Nunes also said that “additional names” of Trump transition officials had been unmasked in the intelligence reports. He indicated that Trump’s communications may have been swept up.
The House Intel Chair said he had viewed dozens of documents showing that the information had been incidentally collected. He said that he believes the information was legally collected. Nunes said that the intelligence has nothing to do with Russia and that the collection occurred after the presidential election.
Nunes said he briefed House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on the revelation and will inform the White House later today. Nunes’ statement comes after he and other congressional leaders pushed back on Trump’s claims that former President Obama had his “wires tapped” in Trump Tower ahead of the election.
Nunes said Wednesday that it was unclear whether the information incidentally collected originated in Trump Tower.
The revelation comes in the wake of the committee’s explosive hearing on Monday, at which FBI Director James Comey confirmed that the bureau has been investigating Russia’s election hacking since July, which includes probing possible coordination between members of Trump’s presidential campaign and Moscow.
The meeting represented the panel’s first open hearing on its investigation into Russia’s election meddling and also featured testimony from NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers.
Nunes says the communications of Trump associates were also picked up, but he did not name those associates. He says the monitoring mostly occurred in November, December and January. He added that he learned of the collection through “sources” but did not specify those source
Politico adds that Nunes is going to the White House later Wednesday to brief the Trump administration on what he has learned, which he said came from “sources.”
Nunes says he is "bothered" by this. Won't say whether or not intel community spied on Trump et. al. But says he is "concerned."
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 22, 2017
While there are no further details, we look forward to how the media narrative will change as a result of today’s latest dramatic development.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kUcoNTR-0g&feature=push-lsb&attr_tag=GxB8kkeUODYaxwpK-6
Looks like a bit of push back to the Comey/Rogers Dog and Pony show the other day.
Time to break out the popcorn. I wonder how CuNNt news is going to spin this….
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It’s like me being at the beach and looking at a 17 year old girl’s ass. I assure you that it’s purely incidental.
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yep purely incidental.
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Move along folks nuthin’ ta see here!
“Riiiiiiiiighttttt”
I’m pretty sure that the surveillance was not conducted wittingly.
Incidental my ass!!! COVER-UP!!!!!
When we were doing foster care we got a pair of sisters because a family friend had incidental penis to ass contact with an 8 year old kid.
Seems legit…..
Incidental surveillance. Kind of reminds me of the time a guy said: “I did not have sex with that woman.”
This reminds me of that Chinese dude:
Ho Lee Fuk
If you watch the video that RiNS posted above, you will find out the following:
House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) says Trump was, indeed, monitored by the Obama Administration.
He said:
“I recently confirmed that on numerous occasions, the intelligence community collected information on U.S. individuals involved in the Trump transition,”
“Details about U.S. persons involved in the incoming administration with little or no apparent foreign intelligence value were widely disseminated in intelligence community reports.”
NONE of the information was related to Russia.
It was not disclosed to congress.
It took place NOV, DEC, JAN during Trump’s transition.
It appears to be legal under FISA.
Nunes is surprised and alarmed by it.
In my understanding, “masking” occurs when surveilling foreign targets – and – if “incidental collections” of Americans are made, then they are “masked”. In this case, it will soon be revealed who actually “unmasked” the “incidental collections” through multiple intelligence channels.
Remember, just eight days before Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, the New York Times reported on an unprecedented action initiated by President Obama:
Also fascinating is that Louis Mensch reported on the FISA request at HeatSt.com on November 7, 2016 (the day before the election) – most likely to undermine Trump (IMO). But then, last Friday, in the New York Times Mensch now alludes that Trump’s “wiretapping” Tweets could be an impeachable offense:
https://nytimes.com/2017/03/17/opinion/what-to-ask-about-russian-hacking.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/03/no_author/nyt-wears-tinfoil-hat/
See how that works? If Trump was wrong, he is a liar. If Trump was right about the wiretapping, which it now looks like he was, then he might be impeached. Dang! The house always wins, I guess.
The Deep State obviously saw this coming. They either got to Mensch, or he was their tool all along. I suspect the latter.
This will be very interesting to see how far this all goes down the rabbit hole. We shall know soon.
In the meantime, be very, very quiet. Trump is hunting rabbits.
Leftist media won’t miss a beat.
“FBI states Trump’s claim of being “wire tapped” is not true.”
Wait. The people who still read those rags don’t want the truth, they want to be told the same lies they’ve always preferred.
What a fucking mess. Guess this is the best the liberals and GOPEs could hope for – enough distractions to prevent any real change from taking place.
So I get my popcorn turn on CNN. How are they spinning all this.
Shocker! Nunes has proof that President Elect was being spied on by rogue elements in Obama administration and lead story is terror attack in London.
Remarkable!
Nunes went “off script” this afternoon. It is obvious to me at least. The apple cart is upended.
Right now Adam Schiff is speaking. He is like a deer caught in the headlights. Schiff doesn’t know what cards Trump now holds. Nunes has documents that committee doesn’t have. Looks to me to be a well executed trap.
Trey Gowdy spend much time and talking about “unmasking” the other day. He managed to get Comey on record with his opinion. Now the media and Democrats are in full panic mode because tide just went out and the public are finding out who has no pants on.
Now Gloria Borger is speculating and spinning. Now the spin is an Independent Commission.
Fucken’ awesome!
“Nunes Confirms There Was “Incidental Surveillance” Of Trump During Obama Administration”
In other, more colloquial, words – he was wiretapped.
This is a “cage match” between elements of deep state playing out live on TV.
thinking trump has many more cards in his hand, this requires the deep state to become all the more extreme. i want to believe this farce is only in its infancy, as the threads begin to peel away from the core. x22 report makes reference to the british side of this affair, as the lead man resigned, due to family matters. . the rings are drawing tighter to protect the queen bee. someone has to authorize all these actions?
Is it incidental? It depends upon what the definition of is is.
Got that right.
Nunes should get an Oscar for keeping a straight face. There was nothing “legal” or “incidental” about this. In the intelligence world there are a million ways to get around irritating things like laws, believe me. Obama’s fingerprints are all over this. That bastard, Jarrett, Comey and the rest should be handcuffed immediately.