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L. Coyote

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7. And Clappers words were carefully parsed, not blanket statements at all.

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Tue Mar 21, 2017, 01:08 PM

Mar 2017

So, where does the buck stop? Comey couldn't risk word of the FISA warrant going up channel, indicating Trump is a target and the court therefore so ordered!!! Of course the boss of the gang is a suspect, d'oh.

Is Trump the Swiftboat Admiral?

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Comey never briefed Clapper. [View all] pnwmom Mar 2017 OP

Wow, thanks for pointing that out. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #1

Can somebody help me here? MelissaB Mar 2017 #2

Well, the NSA is forbidden by law from spying on American citizens. Maybe Clapper was limited, too? randome Mar 2017 #3

That would make sense. MelissaB Mar 2017 #5

Comey says he didn't brief anyone outside of the FBI, or in the quarterly reports, pnwmom Mar 2017 #6

That's right! MelissaB Mar 2017 #8

Still, it is telling that he didn't even trust other agency heads on this. pnwmom Mar 2017 #9

Comey is a complete jerk and influenced our elections as much as Putin by not reporting that there Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #4

And Clappers words were carefully parsed, not blanket statements at all. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #7

Wow. Justice Mar 2017 #10

"Why is that?".. denbot Mar 2017 #11

The Washington DC FBI is a separate unit and doesn't work closely with the NY FBI that Giuliani pnwmom Mar 2017 #12