CitizenBBN
05-25-2017, 09:21 PM
All the major news outlets are 24/7 anti-Trump and on this Russia thing like flies on crap despite the fact that we still have no evidence whatsoever of actual wrongdoing, and real questions about whether there could even be an underlying crime. (While I'm not into that defense, ti's the one Hillary and the Dems used ad infinitium about her email server, even though it wasn't true).
But it was just found out that the Obama administration for YEARS engaged in large numbers of illegal searches of Americans, violating their privacy rights, and it can't even get a mention.
The trump reports are all "anonymous sources", but the evidence the Obama administration violated the Constitution a few million times actually comes from Top Secret documents that have been released by the FISA court itself. Things were so bad that the FISA court, not known for its pro-privacy views, actually admonished the Administration and has now gone so far as to release these documents to push for reforms.
The documents show that the Administration was continuing to engage in illegal surveillance throughout the election cycle and even after the election in November, and it wasn't until Trump took office that new procedures started to be implemented.
This goes right to the questions of whether the Obama administration was spying on political opponents, and the unmasking of them as well.
Yet there is ZERO discussion of this MAJOR scandal, despite the fact that as of right now it's the ONLY national scandal that has actual evidence and proof OF THE SCANDAL.
Of course if the roles were reversed, and it was found out that Trump's national security was doing these things they'd be screaming about it at the top of their lungs and there would be calls for impeachment on the House floor. But since it was Obama doing it there's not even a mention.
Imagine the calls if Trump was accused of spying on political opponents then the FISA court released documents showing the administration did in fact in countless times violate privacy rights and conduct illegal electronic searches.
But it was just found out that the Obama administration for YEARS engaged in large numbers of illegal searches of Americans, violating their privacy rights, and it can't even get a mention.
The trump reports are all "anonymous sources", but the evidence the Obama administration violated the Constitution a few million times actually comes from Top Secret documents that have been released by the FISA court itself. Things were so bad that the FISA court, not known for its pro-privacy views, actually admonished the Administration and has now gone so far as to release these documents to push for reforms.
The documents show that the Administration was continuing to engage in illegal surveillance throughout the election cycle and even after the election in November, and it wasn't until Trump took office that new procedures started to be implemented.
This goes right to the questions of whether the Obama administration was spying on political opponents, and the unmasking of them as well.
Yet there is ZERO discussion of this MAJOR scandal, despite the fact that as of right now it's the ONLY national scandal that has actual evidence and proof OF THE SCANDAL.
Of course if the roles were reversed, and it was found out that Trump's national security was doing these things they'd be screaming about it at the top of their lungs and there would be calls for impeachment on the House floor. But since it was Obama doing it there's not even a mention.
Imagine the calls if Trump was accused of spying on political opponents then the FISA court released documents showing the administration did in fact in countless times violate privacy rights and conduct illegal electronic searches.