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On April 11, 2018, Devin Nunes was given access to a slightly redacted copy of the Electronic Communication.
Deputy AG Rosenstein and FBI Director Wray were facing a Congressional impeachment vote if they failed to deliver by last night.Continue Reading
Nunes is demanding the DOJ/FBI produce the Electronic Communication (EC) used to establish the opening of the FBI counterintelligence investigation into the Trump Campaign.
There are actually two components to Nunes’ demands:
In the summer of 2016, Robert Hannigan, head of Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) traveled to Washington D.C. to meet with then-CIA Head John Brennan regarding alleged communications between the Trump Campaign and Moscow.
That summer, GCHQ’s then head, Robert Hannigan, flew to the US to personally brief CIA chief John Brennan. The matter was deemed so important that it was handled at “director level”, face-to-face between the two agency chiefs.
The meeting between Hannigan and Brennan appears somewhat…unusual.Continue Reading
It’s important to differentiate between the Trump-Russia Investigation started by the FBI in July 2016 and the October 21, 2016 FISA Warrant granting surveillance on Carter Page.
On April 4, 2018, Devin Nunes sent a letter to Deputy AG Rosenstein and FBI Director Chris WrayContinue Reading
John Carlin was an Assistant Attorney General – and Head of the Department of Justice’s National Security Division (NSD).
On September 27, 2016, Carlin announced his resignation. He formally left the NSD on October 15, 2016. Carlin had been named Acting Assistant Attorney General in March 2013 and was confirmed in the spring of 2014.
Carlin had previously served as chief of staff to then-FBI Director Robert S. Mueller.
Carlin was replaced with Mary McCord – who would later accompany Acting Attorney General Sally Yates to see White House Counsel Don McGahn regarding General Michael Flynn.
Carlin announced his resignation exactly one day after he filed the Government’s proposed 2016 Section 702 certifications.Continue Reading
Jill McCabe, the wife of fired former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, wrote an editorial in the Washington Post, The President Attacked My Reputation. It’s Time to Set the Record Straight.
Her editorial may have raised more questions than it answered.Continue Reading
There are two primary types of electronic surveillance – Title III and FISA.Continue Reading
On March 17, 2018, I wrote about this letter from Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd. A letter he sent on November 13, 2017:Continue Reading
On February 27, 2018, Jeff Sessions held a press conference on the Opioid Crisis.
The Conservative Treehouse caught a notable response by AG Jeff Sessions to a question on FISA abuse:
We believe the Department of Justice must adhere to the highest standards in the FISA Court. And yes, it will be investigated. I think that’s just the appropriate thing. The Inspector General will take that as one of the matters he’ll deal with.
On March 28, 2018, the Office of the Inspector General released a second Initiation of Review – dealing specifically with FISA abuses:Continue Reading
Turns out there really was something to those reports of a mystery North Korean train arriving in China:
The arrival of a North Korean train in the Chinese capital sparked frenzied speculation that Pyongyang had sent a senior figure—perhaps even leader Kim Jong Un —on a mission to strengthen ties with Beijing ahead of a planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.Continue Reading