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Foamfollower

(1,097 posts) Sat Mar 4, 2017, 11:24 AM Mar 2017

Trump STUPIDLY declassifies FISA warrants against him in a tweet!!! [View all]

The FISA Warrants against the Trump campaign have been known about and reported on for weeks via a leak. The leaker could be prosecuted if caught because FISA warrants are classified and are state secrets.

However, a president may declassify anything.

By making these wiretaps public via a tweet, Trump has declassified them, so the original leaker can no longer be prosecuted AND details of the FISA warrant can now be obtained by news organizations via a FOIA request!

The man is a complete IDIOT and is only making things easier for people to get to the bottom of it! To compare this to Watergate, this would be the equivalent of Nixon giving the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein!

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Trump STUPIDLY declassifies FISA warrants against him in a tweet!!! [View all] Foamfollower Mar 2017 OP

I think the way this works is the authorities can listen to the U.S. end of a conversation. rzemanfl Mar 2017 #1

No, no you're still not getting it. Saboburns Mar 2017 #4

All I am saying is it is not a given that the tap was on the Trump Tower rzemanfl Mar 2017 #8

Hmmm.... Good point uponit7771 Mar 2017 #11

It's a pretty safe bet, though Foamfollower Mar 2017 #16

Yes. You are correct. roamer65 Mar 2017 #12

why wouldnt he . the have the government . trump will be in as much trouble Ohioblue22 Mar 2017 #18

Of course Pence will pardon him. Trump will let underlings take the fall. jalan48 Mar 2017 #19

Why wouldn't Pence be impeached too? mchill Mar 2017 #28

According to reports on MSNBC this am the phones are DURHAM D Mar 2017 #5

Er,um MSNBC wouldn't know if Trump was wiretapped. Saboburns Mar 2017 #6

Think about it... DURHAM D Mar 2017 #7

Whaaaaat? mahina Mar 2017 #37

The way this really works shadowmayor Mar 2017 #23

I've suggested in other threads the info may have come from the Brits, the Dutch or other rzemanfl Mar 2017 #25

That's what I been posting all morning. Saboburns Mar 2017 #2

Kudos to the one who MedusaX Mar 2017 #3

They have done a masterful job. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2017 #9

It's like Homer Simpson was President. C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #10

No, Homer would be a smarter improvement over Trump. nt cstanleytech Mar 2017 #14

And it would only be stupid entertainment erronis Mar 2017 #20

Where's Walter Sobchak when you need him? Initech Mar 2017 #24

While Homer is a buffoon NewJeffCT Mar 2017 #26

Very true C_U_L8R Mar 2017 #27

Simpson, eh? Blue Owl Mar 2017 #36

Actually the original leaker can still be prosecuted as just because something is now declassified cstanleytech Mar 2017 #13

Actually it is not declassified. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #33

Yes I know I'm simply pointing out that no one can escape the potential for prosecution cstanleytech Mar 2017 #35

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh! No tRump, you're not an idiot. You are brilliant. Very smart. ffr Mar 2017 #15

I agree that Trump made a massive error Renew Deal Mar 2017 #17

"are you crazy"? George II Mar 2017 #21

1)Has a FOIA request been made yet 2)Can't it be reclassified Dorn Mar 2017 #22

Apparently Trump's lawyer has now compounded the problem ....... dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #34

I don't think it works like that at all. But you might be right on one point. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #29

"But you might be right about the leaker now being immune from prosecution. " No, just because Trump cstanleytech Mar 2017 #30

Good logical explanation. Thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #31

If it's real. There may not have been any wiretapped phones. Kablooie Mar 2017 #32

All he was doing was retweeting Breitbart. sellitman Mar 2017 #38

The leaker gets zero protection because someone else released or declassified it. Lee-Lee Mar 2017 #39