Adam Schiff confirms Nunes’ assertions – Updated

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He didn’t come out and say exactly that, but it’s what he didn’t say that matters.

Devin Nunes has been brushing off all the personal attacks on him as he continues his investigation into the Trump surveillance scandal. I watched the bombshell go off yesterday on Fox News:

The U.S. intelligence official who “unmasked,” or exposed, the names of multiple private citizens affiliated with the Trump team is someone “very well known, very high up, very senior in the intelligence world,” a source told Fox News on Friday.

Intelligence and House sources with direct knowledge of the disclosure of classified names told Fox News that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., now knows who is responsible — and that person is not in the FBI.

For a private citizen to be “unmasked,” or named, in an intelligence report is extremely rare. Typically, the American is a suspect in a crime, is in danger or has to be named to explain the context of the report.

“The main issue in this case, is not only the unmasking of these names of private citizens, but the spreading of these names for political purposes that have nothing to do with national security or an investigation into Russia’s interference in the U.S. election,” a congressional source close to the investigation told Fox News.

The spying began before Trump was the nominee. Here is a series of Tweets from Adam Housley, courtesy of The Right Scoop:

 

 

And the worst part

In addition, citizens affiliated with Trump’s team who were unmasked were not associated with any intelligence about Russia or other foreign intelligence, sources confirmed. The initial unmasking led to other surveillance, which led to other private citizens being wrongly unmasked, sources said.

“Unmasking is not unprecedented, but unmasking for political purposes … specifically of Trump transition team members … is highly suspect and questionable,” an intelligence source told Fox News. “Opposition by some in the intelligence agencies who were very connected to the Obama and Clinton teams was strong. After Trump was elected, they decided they were going to ruin his presidency by picking them off one by one.”

Now for some very interesting coincidences. There is a fascinating nexus in these events.  First, we have Evelyn Farkas, who admitted collecting data on Trump:

In an appearance on MSNBC earlier this month, Farkas told Mika Brezinski about her role in the efforts to collect intelligence on Trump’s team, and their alleged ties with Russia, in the Obama adminstration’s final days.

“I was urging my former colleagues and, frankly speaking, the people on the Hill… get as much information as you can,” Farkas said, adding that her big fear was “if [Trump staffers] found out how we knew what we knew about their … the Trump staff dealing with Russians — that they would try to compromise those sources and methods, meaning we no longer have access to that intelligence.”

At the end of the interview, Farkas said, “we have good intelligence on Russia … that’s why you have the leaking. People are worried.”

Next, hillary clinton AND her staff had access to top secret information after she left State,and even after she announced she was running for President

In 2015, Cheryl Mills’ attorney said her client had access as late as Oct. 30 of that year, according to documents reviewed by Fox News. After leaving the State Department, Mills was an advisor to Clinton’s presidential bid. Heather Samuelson, a lawyer who worked under Mills and also was a staffer for Clinton in 2008 during her presidential run, also apparently retained an active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance, according to records reviewed by Fox News.

and after Trump announced he was running for President. Cheryl Mills had access to all the information collected on Trump and his team from the time he announced his candidacy until at least October of 2015.

Schiff had the opportunity to view the same documents as Nunes yesterday and he said this:

The most interesting part of this is not what Schiff said- it was just more of the same whining about the process that democrats have been clutching at for the last few weeks. And that means you have a weak hand.

It’s what he didn’t say.

There was no bluster, no personal attack, no hyperbole about fake news or fake intel. There were no denials.

In other words, Nunes is right. The unmasking and leaking- it was all political. It’s only being cast as national security.

And it’s about to get whole lot bigger.

UPDATE

Nunes’ intel did not come from anyone in the White House

Why Nunes could view the intel only on White House grounds:

Nunes and the White House have faced heated questions from the press about Nunes’s viewing of the information on White House grounds; however, the Fox report added that there were only two places where Nunes could have viewed the information. One was at the agencies where the information came from, which the reporting notes would have put the source at risk, and the other location was on the 18-acre White House grounds. Housley noted that the Old Executive Office Building is on White House grounds. He also specified where information after hours and where highly sensitive information may be accessed.

 

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@DrJohn: Well, it shouldn’t end well for the left. I suspect, though, that with the usual stonewalling, diversion and the complicit assistance of the left, they will escape relatively unscathed. I hope to God things have changed and I am wrong, though.

@Rich Wheeler: All the evidence could be layed out and it wouldnt matter, the left would accuse the right of fabrication ignoring timelines and even what their sources told them.
Seems Wikileaks is the only source that has not spun a story but layed out without comment.
Ask yourself if they were the ones spied on, who is the victim. If there was anything they would have got him before the election in Nov, but after the Primary.

@kitt: “All the evidence could be laid out and it wouldn’t matter.” Do you see how that sounds like a DT and Company fake news er “alternate facts” statement?

Let’s get it ALL out and let the chips fall where they may–DT “Fake News” CLAIMS about everything is really wearing thin with the American people Kitt.

re prison I find it interesting that Flynn led the crazed Trumpeteers in their “lock her up” chanting–payback can be a bitch.

@Rich Wheeler:

I find it interesting that Flynn led the crazed Trumpeteers in their “lock her up” chanting–payback can be a bitch.

Did he? Did he really?

@Bill- Deplorable Me: Rich is out of excuses for his beloved left and is just stammering. Time for us to move on to discussions with credible people.

@Randy: I don’t read or respond to their comments. The only one I bother with is Rich because, despite our differences, I think he is a genuinely good person who means well.

Let’s see here. The dems put up the most openly corrupt, criminal candidate in modern times to replace their President who was the most left wing and probably most divisive President in history who also had the worst GDP growth of any post- WWII President and the fourth worst GDP growth of all American Presidents at a time when less than 30% of the American people believed the country was headed in the right direction making it a change election and they claim the reason why their status quo candidate lost was because of a conspiracy between the change candidate and the Russians to “steal” the election from her. Makes a lot of sense doesn’t it?

And this is why it is safe to say that all dictatorships are left wing. In order to make it, they require an ignorant and complacent populace and the left has clearly shown those two traits in their post election meltdown. The one Obamacare architect and John Podesta also realized those traits existed with their constituents in their comments about how to best get their respective leftist agendas through.

@Bill- Deplorable Me: Yes he most certainly did Bill—I saw it..@another vet: Thanks A.V—FEELING IS MUTUAL

I much prefer leaning on your Civil War expertise–maybe we can get back to that when this craziness ends.
I feel the same about Word–where is he? Greatly miss Aye Chi and Mata.
Semper Fi Thank you for your dedicated service.
BTW Pls don’t tie me to HRC—Still got my Webb 2016 bumper sticker and it’s not coming off.

@another vet: I bow to your wisdom! Thanks.

@Rich Wheeler:

maybe we can get back to that when this craziness ends.

Unfortunately that won’t happen any time soon. BTW, a belated happy VN Veterans Day.

@Rich Wheeler: Alternate facts.. like the ones ignored by one side or the other. There are transcripts of conversations vs there is no spying. Bleach bit of government documents vs she committed no crimes. We turned everything over vs 650K documents found on a perverts laptop. Yes there are alternative facts you can deny it.
I lean towards Obama being paranoid and spying on everyone, rather than We dont listen to your phone calls, its just not who we are.
Interested in 47 hard drives given to authorities by a whistle blower when he in the light of day says Obama admin was spying on American citizens, not me or you but SCOTUS and wealthy people.
Perhaps if they were not busy with innocent people they could have stopped the night club slaughter.
Those in our security agencies need to stop blabbing to press. If DT can just get government book keeping to be done properly we will find the Billions that vanishes into the waste bucket and not have to raise the debt ceiling ruining our kids America for greed of today.
Why are they so worried about a guy that has a legitimate business and not so about the politicians that are multimillionaires on a civil servant salary, only hiring house keepers?

@Rich Wheeler: Compared to what Hillary has done to warrant jail time, what crime did General Flynn committ?

Yes, I kept my Romney sticker on until Trump was elected because I didn’t want anyone to wonder if I voted for Obama. That would be embarrassing.

@Bill- Deplorable Me: EXACTLY–It would be very embarrassing if anyone thought I voted for DT or HRC.
Told you best sticker I saw was—:”Vote Trump Nobody Needs To Know.”–That’s apparently what happened.
Re Flynn–anyone else fired by Obama and Trump? He did a lot for the Ruskies but pales compared to Manafort’s involvement.

@Rich Wheeler: Thus far, there is no “involvement”. Nothing. Dry hole.

I understand how no liberal wants to be associated with greater national security, economic prosperity or fiscal responsibility. Yuck.