Kimmel, Colbert, Noah savage Nunes and his memo

Bill Maher was on a roll tonight, his new rules should be up on youtube soon!  

Because the progressive left has always used the power of government agencies to persecute their political opponents and it's great to see that so may here approve of this practice.  I was waiting eagerly for this thread, you really shouldn't be so predictable.

Stalin and Mao would be proud of you.

Lol.  Thom, they would be at Mar-a-Lago watching Trump eat 2 scoops of ice cream while they only got 1.

Thom, you are rudderless and deflecting again.

I was waiting eagerly for your response to this thread, you really shouldn't be so predictable.

Like i said before.  go back to sleep, we will wake you when pence is president for the i told you so.

Poor Trump, so persecuted by the Pinkos in the FBI and Justice Department. Both are well known to be bastions of liberalism, right?

Trump is doing exactly what he promised, turning everything upside down. And, somehow or another, people don’t see the damage it’s doing. A shake up is good, but this shit is just fucked up.

thom lol 

>>>  I was waiting eagerly for this thread, you really shouldn't be so predictable.

Really? Eagerly??

Nunez memo (all political) is another attempt at obstruction. 

Flaccid and impotent.

Like the Dipshit you voted for.

See the thing is, obstruction is a walk in the park compared to the real shit he'll be getting served.

This has really affected you Thom.

Lil worried for you.

Only hope you'll be able to carry on, once you can't run away from the truth to your Right Wing state media.

Serious man...

((((Vibes))))

William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!

Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?

William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!

Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!

The Devil went down to Florida He was looking for a soul to steal

He was in a bind cause he was way behind and he was willin to make a deal....

"In an ex parte proceeding, a lawyer shall inform the tribunal of all material facts known to the lawyer that will enable the tribunal to make an informed decision, whether or not the facts are adverse."

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publicati...

The first request for a surveillance warrant was made on October 21st 2016 - less than three weeks before the presidential election. Did the Department of Justice and the FBI inform the tribunal of "all material facts" relating to the dossier. Did they disclose inter alia..?

a) that it was the work of a former foreign spy now hawking his Rolodex for fun and profit;

b) with a passionate, indeed obsessive anti-Trump bias;

c) who was being handsomely paid for his work;

d) by Trump's political opponents at the DNC and the Clinton campaign;

e) and was collaborating on anti-Trump oppo research for Hillary with the wife of the self-same Associate Deputy Attorney General heavily involved in the warrant application.

Did they disclose, to boil it down, that this "evidence" was, in fact, the work of a paid Hillary campaign operative (at two removes) whose private business would be greatly enriched were he to take out the GOP candidate?

Or did they pass it off as either routine FBI work-product or intelligence from a respectable source that had been independently verified by the FBI?

The memo makes plain all the answers to the above. The DoJ/FBI did not "inform the tribunal of all material facts" but misled the judge, seriously, on fundamental matters necessary to "enable the tribunal to make an informed decision". They misled him/her as to the nature of the document, its provenance, its credibility, the motivations of its author, and his financial ties to the Clinton camp.

https://www.steynonline.com/8431/un-candid-in-camera

But of course, none of that matters because you were going after the devil.  And to the party whose motto is "By any means necessary", any legal restrictions where simply obstacles to be overcome.

One would expect a modicum of shame from those who would defend this. But we all know that's not possible.

They were surveilling Page long before that.

<<<The first request for a surveillance warrant was made on October 21st 2016

patently false Thommy.

Got any other shit you want to fling at the wall to see if it sticks?

Umm Thom wrong again. They were informed. You do realize it was a 60 page report. There was a lot more to it than the dossier as well. Carter Page has been in the FBI's sights long before he hooked up with the Cheeto in Chief. Keep deflecting.

• Officials familiar with the matter told The Washington Post and The New York Times that the DOJ made it clear to the court that information contained in a dossier they submitted as part of a FISA application to surveil Page was politically motivated.
• The revelation undercuts the most important claim in Nunes' memo as he seeks to characterize the FBI and the DOJ as corrupt and biased against President Donald Trump. 

http://www.businessinsider.com/nunes-memo-fisa-court-steele-dossier-argu...

<<<memo makes plain all the answers to the above

the memo is a book report on a book Nunes didnt read.....and its an opinion.

you know who did read it? Trey Gowdy.

heres what he said yesterday.

https://twitter.com/TGowdySC/status/959495152770469888?ref_src=twcamp%5E...

this is too easy.

Up the kazoo?

Carter Page was told by the FBI (who paid him a visit at his apt.) in 2013, that he was being recruited by a Russian spy ring in NYC.

You need more details? (not you Slack, Thom)

Oh, BTW, the memo was such a disappointment, Orange Dipshit named it Eric!

Lol Nunes

Thom so sad,

"The court that approved surveillance of a former campaign adviser to President Trump was aware that some of the information underpinning the warrant request was paid for by a political entity, although the application did not specifically name the Democratic National Committee or the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

A now-declassified Republican memo alleged that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was duped into approving the wiretap request by a politicized FBI and Justice Department. The memo was written by House Intelligence Committee Republicans and alleged a “troubling breakdown of legal processes” flowing from the government’s wiretapping of former Trump aide Carter Page.

But its central allegation — that the government failed to disclose a source’s political bias — is baseless, the officials said."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-dept-told...

Thom,  as per the memo...

The investigation began because of what Papadopolous said to an Australian diplomat.

How the Russia Inquiry Began: A Campaign Aide, Drinks and Talk of Political Dirt

WASHINGTON — During a night of heavy drinking at an upscale London bar in May 2016, George Papadopoulos, a young foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, made a startling revelation to Australia’s top diplomat in Britain: Russia had political dirt on Hillary Clinton.

About three weeks earlier, Mr. Papadopoulos had been told that Moscow had thousands of emails that would embarrass Mrs. Clinton, apparently stolen in an effort to try to damage her campaign

Exactly how much Mr. Papadopoulos said that night at the Kensington Wine Rooms with the Australian, Alexander Downer, is unclear. But two months later, when leaked Democratic emails began appearing online, Australian officials passed the information about Mr. Papadopoulos to their American counterparts, according to four current and former American and foreign officials with direct knowledge of the Australians’ role.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/us/politics/how-fbi-russia-investigat...

Plus, the FISA warrant on Page was renewed three times...

REPUBLICAN ‘RELEASE THE MEMO’ CONSPIRACY IGNORES HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET A FISA WARRANT

On a first application, the Department of Justice lawyer needs to demonstrate that the agency is likely to find information tied to the suspected crime through the surveillance. On a renewal, the lawyer has to show that it got information corroborating the original warrant and that further access would lead to further evidence.

http://www.newsweek.com/how-get-fisa-warrant-797323

And...

British spies were first to spot Trump team's links with Russia

Britain’s spy agencies played a crucial role in alerting their counterparts in Washington to contacts between members of Donald Trump’s campaign team and Russian intelligence operatives, the Guardian has been told.

GCHQ first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intelligence said. This intelligence was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information, they added.

Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of western agencies shared further information on contacts between Trump’s inner circle and Russians, sources said.

The European countries that passed on electronic intelligence – known as sigint – included Germany, Estonia and Poland. Australia, a member of the “Five Eyes” spying alliance that also includes the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand, also relayed material, one source said

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/british-spies-first-to-s...

And...

The Dutch intelligence service passed on “crucial evidence” to the FBI about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant reported Friday, citing the results of an investigation.

Hackers from the Dutch intelligence service known as the AIVD gained access to the network of Russian hacking group “Cozy Bear” in the summer of 2014. While monitoring the group’s activities, the AIVD learned of attacks launched on the Democratic Party, according to six unidentified American and Dutch sources cited by the investigation.

The information provided by the Dutch gave grounds for the FBI to start an investigation into the influence of Russian interference on the election race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, according to the newspaper report based on a collaborative investigation with Eelco Bosch van Rosenthal, a journalist at Dutch news program Nieuwsuur. A spokeswoman for the AIVD declined to comment on the report when contacted by phone on Friday

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-26/dutch-spied-on-russia...

But stay true to yourself, Thom,  continue to defend these bags of shit.

saw one yesterday that said....

"yo memo so unqualified, trump hired it for his cabinet"

poor Thom.

Thom doesn't care about your facts. He only reads and listens to delusional conservative media because he can't face the possibility that he might've been taken in by all this bullshit, because he's too smart for that. 

After the tug-o-war between Paul Ryan, the DOJ, AND FBI they agreed to allow ONLY 2 House Committee members, 1 from each Party, to view the "underlying" classified information.

-Top Ranking Democratic Member Adam Schiff 

- (Not GOP chair) Trey Gowdy

After viewing Top Secret Classified Information...

Trey Gowdy announces he will NOT seek re-election.

As of last night 2/2/18 he's taken to Twitter to defend Mueller and the investigation.

So there is that...

You do know that's Mr. BENGHAZI right?

I guess I’ll have to spell this out:

A memo has the same validity as a post on a dbmb. 

If such a thing was factual, I would have choked on many dicks a long time ago.

Im more of a ho chi minh guy...

Thom probably thought he'd actually get a wall.  lol!

Conned again by his guys.

can we place bets on when he is assassinated by one of his own base or impeachment date? 

Thom: Full of shit or just willfully ignorant?

<<<In an ex parte proceeding, a lawyer shall inform the tribunal of all material facts known to the lawyer that will enable the tribunal to make an informed decision, whether or not the facts are adverse."

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publicati...

The first request for a surveillance warrant was made on October 21st 2016 - less than three weeks before the presidential election. Did the Department of Justice and the FBI inform the tribunal of "all material facts" relating to the dossier. Did they disclose inter alia

i know you never tire of being wrong so here you are...

But according to an official cited in the Post on Friday, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter's sensitivity, the Justice Department presented "ample disclosure of relevant, material facts," to the FISA court, including that "the research was being paid for by a political entity."

The New York Times also reported Friday that the FISA court was told about political motivations behind the dossier. A Democratic memo written to rebut the allegations in Nunes' document said the FBI did, in fact, tell the court that the information in the Steele dossier was politically motivated, even if the bureau didn't mention that research that went into the dossier was paid for by Democrats, the Times reported, citing two people familiar with the Democratic memo.

The Wall Street Journal further reported that, according to a person familiar with the matter, the FISA application disclosed that Steele was paid by a law firm working for a major political party

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/03/politics/memo-dossier-christopher-steele-...

Here ya go!  

https://www.scribd.com/document/335885580/Unclassified-version-of-intell...

 << This report is a declassified version of a highly classified assessment; its conclusions are identical to those in the highly classified assessment but this version does not include the full supporting information on key elements of the influence campaign. 

Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections 

ICA 2017-01D 6 January 2017

Key Judgments 

Russian efforts to influence the 2016 US presidential election represent the most recent expression of Moscow’s longstanding desire to undermine the US-led liberal democratic order, but these activities demonstrated a significant escalation in directness, level of activity, and scope of effort compared to previous operations. 

We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election. Russia’s goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency. We further assess Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump. We have high confidence in these judgments. 

- We also assess Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him. All three agencies agree with this judgment. CIA and FBI have high confidence in this judgment; NSA has moderate confidence. 

- Moscow’s approach evolved over the course of the campaign based on Russia’s understanding of the electoral prospects of the two main candidates. When it appeared to Moscow that Secretary Clinton was likely to win the election, the Russian influence campaign began to focus more on undermining her future presidency. 

- Further information has come to light since Election Day that, when combined with Russian behavior since early November 2016, increases our confidence in our assessments of Russian motivations and goals. 

Moscow’s influence campaign followed a Russian messaging strategy that blends covert intelligence operations such as cyber activity with overt efforts by Russian Government agencies, state-funded media, third-party intermediaries, and paid social media users or “trolls.”  Russia, like its Soviet predecessor, has a history of conducting covert influence campaigns focused on US presidential elections that have used intelligence officers and agents and press placements to disparage candidates perceived as hostile to the Kremlin. 

- Russia’s intelligence services conducted cyber operations against targets associated with the 2016 US presidential election, including targets associated with both major US political parties. 

- We assess with high confidence that Russian military intelligence (General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate or GRU) used the Guccifer 2.0 persona and DCLeaks.com to release US victim data obtained in cyber operations publicly and in exclusives to media outlets and relayed material to WikiLeaks. 

- Russian intelligence obtained and maintained access to elements of multiple US state or local electoral boards. DHS assesses that the types of systems Russian actors targeted or compromised were not involved in vote tallying.

- Russia’s state-run propaganda machine contributed to the influence campaign by serving as a platform for Kremlin messaging to Russian and international audiences. 

We assess Moscow will apply lessons learned from its Putin-ordered campaign aimed at the US presidential election to future influence efforts worldwide, including against US allies and their election processes.>>>

Ha ha ha (after all that hype)... Another big dud.

https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/959958153814298630?ref_src=tw...

Carter Page in Time Magazine touting the fact that hes an adviser to the Kremlin and all of his Russian contacts.

This isn't going to end well for your guy thom.

The probable cause was sitting in Time Magazine since 2013.

Hanging everything on the Steele Dossier was foolish.

But hey, the Repubs are all of a sudden champions of civil liberties and FISA reform!!!   

classic.

 Trey "Benghazi" Gowdy in his own words.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9OdAkH165w

Please note the subtext in this video: Gowdy is listing the main points Trump will be taken down for, and indicates all the public clear evidence of Trump's crimes (that he knows about in FULL, as he's seen the classified version, too.)

Did hell just freeze over?

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/former-hippies-put-in-ho...

<< From Vermont to California, erstwhile hippies bemoaned a nightmare scenario that has forced them to side with a law-enforcement agency they have despised since the Summer of Love.

“I always dreamed I’d spend my retirement surrounded by my grandchildren, telling them that the F.B.I. were fascist pigs,” Carol Foyler, a former hippie who lives in Santa Cruz, said. “That dream has been shot to hell.”

Her husband, Mick, nodded his head in sad agreement. “We were so happy when pot was legalized in California,” he said. “But the fact that we’re now on the same side as the F.B.I. has ruined even that.”>>