Russia Investigation Heating Up

[Ashliana]

I'm not your friend, cockgobbler.

Sorry. I know you don't have any and you were really, really wishing I was.

But I'm not.

Also stop:

Aww. Look! Not only is Parkbandit too retarded to know what colloquial speech is, he doesn't know how to click links! What an adorable little old man, trying his best to use teh intarwebs! Best of luck eventually googling what "catfishing" is, though.

[Parkbandit]

Aww. Look! Not only is Parkbandit too retarded to know what colloquial speech is, he doesn't know how to click links! What an adorable little old man, trying his best to use teh intarwebs! Best of luck eventually googling what "catfishing" is, though.

Dear faggot:

[Ashliana]

[time4fun]

My hope is that Mueller has some pretty damning information to get that search warrant and he should release the information soon.

I hope this isn't just another FISA court type of auto-accept and auto-approve warrants.

This was a totally reasonable and substantive post. I agree- the evidence needs to have been incontrovertible.

Clarification though remember that Mueller's team made a criminal referral- they played no part in the warrant request process. (Rosenstein did though, apparently)

But your point about having a lot of evidence is a totally reasonable thing to expect. In this instance, the sheer number of DoJ officials (SDNY State Attorney, Wrey, Rosenstein, etc) who had to sign off on this plus the fact that a Federal Judge had to sign off on it tells us that there was a lot of damning evidence.

Under the circumstances, none of these people would have taken such an extreme approach without a really good reason- they understand the political implications of what just happened. A lot of people risked decades-long careers yesterday.

Re: FISA- I think FISA Courts are a terrible idea. BUT Carter Page had been under strong suspicion of being a Russian asset for years. Remember he was recruited by Russian spies, notified of that fact by the FBI, and then shortly afterwards was meeting with Russian government officials and giving anti-US/pro-Russian speeches. If there were ever a justification for a FISA Court, Carter Page would be it.

But he was also a part of an active US Presidential campaign- so the standard for a FISA warrant (which IS a high standard) would have been much higher than would typically be true of someone heavily suspected of being a Russian spy. FISA warrants also have to be renewed every 90 days- and you have to provide evidence from the previous 90 days of wiretapping to demonstrate probable cause for a renewal. You can't just keep submitting the same original evidence over and over again. Page's FISA warrant was renewed at least twice- which means there was good reason to wiretap him.

[Parkbandit]

[Ashliana]

[Parkbandit]

[Ashliana]

[time4fun]

How inconvenient for you that every single FISA judge was appointed by a conservative Republican-appointee, and your horseshit, totally evidence-free notion that "the FISA court auto-accepts and approves warrants" is based solely on your wishful thinking and no evidence whatsoever. You are the perfect example of a low-information voter. You don't know anything, and parrot whatever Drudge, Alex Jones or Rush Limbaugh tells you.

In fairness to PB though- that doesn't mean those Judges take a particularly hard-line view on 4th Amendment rights. (Conservative Judges tend to give deference to the Executive Branch in these disputes)

[Ashliana]

In fairness to PB though- that doesn't mean those Judges take a particularly hard-line view on 4th Amendment rights. (Conservative Judges tend to give deference to the Executive Branch in these disputes)

Putting aside whether or not that's true, it shoots the "IT WAS A POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED WITCHHUNT" premise in the foot. Every single FISA judge in history was appointed by either arch-conservative William Rehnquist or current conservative John Roberts.