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Wiretapping Word-Thinking

Guest Post by Scott Adams

The other day, President Trump declared that “President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!”

Then the world went nuts.

Former CIA Director James Clapper denied that Trump was wiretapped, saying, “There was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president, the president-elect at the time, or as a candidate, or against his campaign,“

Yet we know General Flynn was in Trump Tower when his conversation with the Russian diplomat were recorded.

Does that mean Flynn was “wiretapped”?

No. But it might mean the person on the other end was. And we already know he was.

Does it mean Trump Tower was “wiretapped”?

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Proven Liar – James Clapper – Denies Obama Wiretapped Trump

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by Tyler Durden
Mar 5, 2017 11:14 AM

The former Director of National Intelligence under the Obama administration, James Clapper, denied there was a secret court order for surveillance at Trump Tower. Speaking on NBC’s Meet The Press, Clapper said that in the national intelligence activity he oversaw, “there was no such wiretap activity mounted against the president, the president-elect at the time, as a candidate or against his campaign.”

Clapper was asked if he would be aware if something like that had happened. “I would certainly hope so … Obviously I can’t speak officially anymore,” “But I will say that for the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI, there was no such wiretap activity.” Clapper said that as intelligence director he would have known about a “FISA court order on something like this. Absolutely, I can deny it.”

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