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In reply to the discussion: Bombshell and generally unnoticed note filed by Fed attorney re: Cohen today [View all]pnwmom
(108,925 posts)11. This all supports the idea that it was Michael Flynn's plea that gave information
that provided needed evidence to get the warrant -- not Gates's plea that only happened a couple months ago.
All the steps described here take time. (Also, these are the steps for wiretaps. Getting access to emails probably follows a similar pattern for approval, but there wouldn't be a limit on how many minutes of "listening" were allowed.)
He fills an application and it then goes to the local counsel for the agency who reviews it and it then goes to the federal district attorney and if approved to the agency general counsel in Washington and then to the department of justice and then must go down the chain again. Once the warrant is in hand and the wire taps in place (in this case almost all for cartel related drug operations) there is an officer from the agency who listens to the conversation and another from another agency who observes. They can only listen to the conversation for about 2 minutes and if nothing relevant is heard must turn it off for 15 minutes. They can only record the conversation if they hear something that is related to the warrant.
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Bombshell and generally unnoticed note filed by Fed attorney re: Cohen today [View all]
grantcart
Apr 2018
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This all supports the idea that it was Michael Flynn's plea that gave information
pnwmom
Apr 2018
#11
a tactical decision by Mueller to turn this aspect over to the SDNY office as now its firmly inside
beachbum bob
Apr 2018
#14
Mueller tree is propagating. Pointless to try cut it down now. He probably has a dead-hand switch
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2018
#23
Trump knows he's dirty, he knows Trump's dirty, we know tRump's dirty, Mueller knows both are dirty.
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2018
#22
Brilliant, just wonderful. Some good is going to come out of this cluster*. Thanks, grantcart.
Hekate
Apr 2018
#13
On Chris Hayes: Cohen is a fixer, not an attorney, and there is no client/fixer privilege.
Amaryllis
Apr 2018
#24
maybe cohen's learning law like i used to do the day before exams, where i tried to
certainot
Apr 2018
#34