They got their warrant!

Ace's commenters are so good, I continued reading what they had to say about Sidney Blumenthal...

Marcus T. wrote,

I don't believe there is any question Blumenthal was involved. He has often boasted of his connections to various intelligence agencies around the world and access to top secret information. He's a natural starting point for the people from Fusion and this scheme is typical of his operations.

The plan was to indeed get people within the FBI to open up a case, then pursue surveillance as a means of spying. Blumenthal knew exactly what would be needed to do that including the FISA warrant.

I will say it once again, there is a demonstrable, provable conspiracy to use government assets and personnel for political spying.

And if you believe Obama didn't know it was happening, or his AG, think again. This required their involvement.

Rickb223 wrote,

I don't believe there is any question Blumenthal was involved. He has often boasted of his connections to various intelligence agencies around the world and access to top secret information. He's a natural starting point for the people from Fusion and this scheme is typical of his operations.

The plan was to indeed get people within the FBI to open up a case, then pursue surveillance as a means of spying. Blumenthal knew exactly what would be need to do that including the FISA warrant.

I will say it once again, there is a demonstrable, provable conspiracy to use government assets and personnel for political spying.

And if you believe Obama didn't know it was happening, or his AG, think again. This required their involvement.
sans_sheriff wrote,

Hillary behind something shady? Absolutely. Able to pull it off clean and not fuck it up entirely? Nope. But this does have her "team's" fingerprints all over it.

I'm convinced the First Grifters have only been as successful as they are for as long as they have been because the shifty people in their orbit are the true movers and shakers, and know where all the bodies are buried (probably having put some in the ground themselves). If nothing else, Trump is helping to bring it all crumbling down and I could not be more grateful to him for that.

Our Country is Screwed wrote,

The more details uncovered about this, the more it reeks. The more convincing the argument is about how much the three-letter-agencies have been hopelessly politicized -and entrenched.

And deep down in our hearts, we KNOW nothing is ever going to happen. Investigations will be had, press conferences will be made, talking points played to the party faithful. But nobody goes to jail. Nobody even gets a trial or even arrested. And our Republic will continue to edge closer and closer to the precipice like Thelma Louise's car.

Don Q. wrote,

...Hillary and Obama people in the FBI already had an investigation on Trump going... but could not get a warrant... FISA had turned them down (once of only 4 ever turned down, out of hundreds).

We KNOW that Steele had contact with the FBI, and was given information by them.

The Dossier was written, bought, and paid for, to give the FBI 'probable' cause because the FISA court had already turned them down once.

And it worked... they got their warrant.

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