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Absolutely. This reinforces one of the points in the post I linked to above today. The FBI/CIA leadership/managers way too often consider themselves immune, from any abuse/prosecutions, or even oversight vs. the rest of the country's citizens. This perspective is in opposite view vs. the constitution's basic outlook/position.

And, I'd add, Gina Haspel isn't "the enemy" to my mind, but rather a Trump appointee who is/was just absorbed into the culture of her executive agency.

Ultimately, accountability is what is absolutely needed, and I see...essentially none of it, based on Stzrok's latest media tour Sunday.

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blindey said:

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Solicitor general's office argues on behalf of the United States at the Supreme Court.

That NOA is what we call a "shot across the bow."

This is going to SCOTUS and the 'A' team is in the game.

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On four occasion in 2016 and 2017, upon application by the government in the above- captioned dockets, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved electronic surveillance and physical search targeting Carter W. Page pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, codified as amended at 50 U.S.C. 1801-1885c. The government has acknowledged that at least some of its collection under color of those FISC orders was unlawful. It nevertheless now contends that it must temporarily retain, and potentially use and disclose, the information collected, largely in the context of ongoing or anticipated litigation. The Court hereby sets parameters for such use or disclosure......

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aggiehawg said:

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Well we knew the third renewal was illegal because of Clinesmith.

But now all four applications were illegal. That nets Comey, Yates, Boente, Rosenstein and McCabe by my count.

Now, need to connect dots to any use of the fruit of the poisonous tree within Mueller's activities. I am still amazed that there was never a FISA on Flynn. Guess even they knew it would be tough to credibly allege a Lt. General was an agent of a foreign power. Might apply to Papadopoulus, and Manafort though.

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A judge sharply criticized federal prosecutors for failing to turn over important evidence to a businessman accused of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran -- and then ordered the whole high-powered Manhattan office to read her 34-page opinion on the botched case.


U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan found "serious and pervasive issues related to disclosure failures and misleading statements to the court," detailing problems with the government's handling of the case against Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad.


"The cost of such government misconduct is high," Nathan wrote. "With each misstep, the public faith in the criminal-justice system further erodes. With each document wrongfully withheld, an innocent person faces the chance of wrongful conviction. And with each unforced government error, the likelihood grows that a reviewing court will be forced to reverse a conviction or even dismiss an indictment, resulting in wasted resources, delayed justice, and individuals guilty of crimes potentially going unpunished."


The case is a significant black eye for the U.S. attorney's

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SADR's case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr. in the Southern District of New York. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: "As alleged, Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad created a network of front companies and foreign bank accounts to mask Iranian business dealings in Venezuela and evade U.S. sanctions.

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AG 2000' said:

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Kohl's also got responsibility over national security matters. So it's likely he could be dropping the 'above your paygrade' argument on Sullivan.

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This is important because it says everything about what's wrong with the culture at the DOJ, as well as in other agencies. This faux glorification where we pretend that "career" bureaucrats are robots with no biases and an inability to do anything but act in a professional manner is insulting and dangerous. It places a bubble around government figures who do not need a bubble. They need accountability.

Take Yates herself, for example. This is a person we were assured was above board, not just by Democrats, but by Republicans alike. In the end, she spoke at the DNC and has spent the last four years writing politically charged op-eds. There was never anything objective or non-biased about this woman.

Yet, our ridiculous bureaucratic culture demanded she be respected. Why, exactly? Because she took home a fat check and pension while not having to face voters for her actions? Is that supposed to make her more virtuous than most?

Yates' freak out on Barr is revealing because it shows an arrogance that permeates our executive agencies that needs to be rooted out.

Our system is broken. It allows political hacks like Yates to embed themselves under the guise of neutrality while sabotaging anyone they disagree with. It also protects corruption in other forms, such as prosecutorial misconduct. These career officials don't need a bubble. They need accountability.

That the GOP has so played into the false idea of careerists being above reproach is one of their greatest betrayals. Anyone with a brain could have seen where this was going to lead, especially given the political make-up of our nation's capital, which is where all those careerists live. It was never a secret that 90+% of them are Democrats. That should have been combated, not coddled. The result is people like Sally Yates gaining high positions of power.

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Former FBI Director James Comey will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee later this month, Chair Lindsey Graham announced.

Graham (R-S.C.), whose committee is conducting a review of the FBI's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, added that former special counsel Robert Mueller declined to appear before the panel.

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will25u said:

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So it begins. Time to ratchet up claims against Durham. Must be getting close.

ETA: An investigation into an investigation, into an investigation(sham).

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blindey said:

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Durham isn't going to give a report. He's going to get indictments.

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