What did President Obama know about the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into his political enemies presidential campaign and when did he know it?

Larry O'Connor writes in the Washington Times,

...The question that needs to be asked - and still has not been - is what did President Obama know about the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into his political enemies presidential campaign and when did he know it?

It defies any credulity to think that President Obama was not aware of this operation.

If he didn’t, the scandal is that he was an aloof and disinterested executive as his DOJ, FBI and spy agencies ran amok with no oversight.

If he only knew the broad strokes and not the full extent of the surveillance, then the scandal is that his Attorney General, FBI Director and DNI felt emboldened under the political culture created by the Obama White House to take such unprecedented actions without needing any approval. A rogue DOJ and IC is not a good look for a president who projected stern control, integrity and transparency.

And if President Obama knew all there was to know about this scandal, well, he owns everything that comes of it. Including any crimes that might be prosecuted.

Of all of the scandals, abuses of power and miscarriages of justice seen during the eight years of Obama’s lackluster (and shockingly unmemorable) presidency, the biggest and most outrageous one is still in its infancy. Let’s let Spygate play itself out before we start polishing up the marble for President Obama’s monument.

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