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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:04 PM

iluvtennis (18,921 posts)

Nunes Backs Down From Assertion Trump Was Monitored

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nunes-backs-down-assertion-trump-was-monitored-n738151

MAR 24 2017, 11:05 PM ET
The chairman of the House intelligence committee has backed down from his dramatic assertion that Donald Trump and his aides were "monitored," by U.S. spies — a claim the Republicans have cited this week in emails to loyalists.

Rep. Devin Nunes told reporters Friday he can't be sure whether conversations among Trump or his aides were captured in the surveillance that has become a source of controversy since Nunes made it public in two news conferences this week.

"He said he'll have to get all the documents he requested from the (intelligence community) about this before he knows for sure," his spokesman, Jack Langer, said earlier.

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Seriously. WTF is going on with this guy.

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
Nunes Backs Down From Assertion Trump Was Monitored (Original post)	iluvtennis	Mar 2017	OP
why is he still allowed to handle documents? Why are any of them?	luvMIdog	Mar 2017	#1
Fear makes people do funny things.	shraby	Mar 2017	#2
+1000	dchill	Mar 2017	#8
Didn't even win a news cycle, Devin	gratuitous	Mar 2017	#3
I can't believe we need to go through so many hoops just to appease the president's tinfoil hat	Jonny Appleseed	Mar 2017	#4
Agree - Its a fucking joke	Juliusseizure	Mar 2017	#13
I can't keep track of his nonsense. He needs to be removed from the committee. Stat.	Glimmer of Hope	Mar 2017	#5
He's having a breakdown	MFM008	Mar 2017	#6
Devin Nunes no longer has any credibility and needs to resign	democratisphere	Mar 2017	#7
Remove this tool, now!	onecaliberal	Mar 2017	#9
I'm telling you...	Blanks	Mar 2017	#10
He has to go .	lunasun	Mar 2017	#11
You have two choices	ProudLib72	Mar 2017	#12
A useful tool who wandered in far over his head, now panicking. NT	enough	Mar 2017	#14
Of course, he doesn't know...	kentuck	Mar 2017	#15

Response to iluvtennis (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:06 PM

luvMIdog (2,533 posts)

1. why is he still allowed to handle documents? Why are any of them?

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:07 PM

shraby (21,946 posts)

2. Fear makes people do funny things.

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:30 PM

dchill (36,997 posts)

8. +1000

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:08 PM

gratuitous (82,124 posts)

3. Didn't even win a news cycle, Devin

Your grandstand play to vindicate Trump was an air ball.

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:10 PM

Jonny Appleseed (960 posts)

4. I can't believe we need to go through so many hoops just to appease the president's tinfoil hat

Every intelligence official should be saying "Disclose what evidence led you to tweet about that or fuck off. We don't work for you. We're not your private detective agency. I think those guys are still in Hawaii."

Can you imagine how we'd need to do the same shit if he started up that birther garbage again?

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Sun Mar 26, 2017, 12:00 AM

Juliusseizure (562 posts)

13. Agree - Its a fucking joke

Christopher Steele prepared a 35 page Dossier confirming collusion, accurately naming the main parties, motivations, and actions after 6 months of work. It was a blueprint gift to the FBI.

Meanwhile, we're supposed to believe the FBI, NSA, CIA and entire US "intelligence community" can't come up with more than chicken scraps after 9 months?!

Can Trump make collusion any more obvious? His cabinet is made up of the very persons involved. The secretary of state is the goddamn CEO of Exxon who negotiated the oil deal for $500 billion - with Putin officials directly. Roger Stone admitted to directly contacting the Russian hackers and Wikipedia. I could go on and on.

We must get dems in control of the house and start flushing this shit out asap. If Comey, or anyone else, is found holding onto proof of impeachable crimes, put their asses in jail too.

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:12 PM

Glimmer of Hope (5,823 posts)

5. I can't keep track of his nonsense. He needs to be removed from the committee. Stat.

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:15 PM

MFM008 (19,726 posts)

6. He's having a breakdown

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:18 PM

democratisphere (17,235 posts)

7. Devin Nunes no longer has any credibility and needs to resign

from the House now.

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:31 PM

onecaliberal (30,676 posts)

9. Remove this tool, now!

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:37 PM

Blanks (4,835 posts)

10. I'm telling you...

Trump's name was picked up in some communication between a Russian official, we'll call him/her 'the ambassador' and a Trump team member being surveilled with a properly executed FISA warrant we'll call him/her 'Flynn'.

The conversation went like this:

Russian ambassador said "so, Trump is still gonna honor his promise to look away on Crimea"

Flynn responds "a Trump promise can be taken to the bank"

Obviously, I made the conversation up, and obviously the Russians know that a Trump promise is worthless, but you get the idea.

Nothing illegal about the intercepted communication, but the transcript of the conversation is pretty damning.

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:40 PM

lunasun (21,646 posts)

11. He has to go .

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 11:58 PM

ProudLib72 (17,984 posts)

12. You have two choices

1. Massive leaker of intel

or

2. Purveyor of fake news

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Sun Mar 26, 2017, 09:43 AM

enough (13,102 posts)

14. A useful tool who wandered in far over his head, now panicking. NT

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Sun Mar 26, 2017, 09:47 AM

kentuck (110,461 posts)

15. Of course, he doesn't know...

He's fishing.

But he would like to know... his "boss" needs to know. Maybe the FBI and NSA can verify behind closed doors?

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