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“SpyGate”
President Trump coined the term May 23rd, 2018, with the following tweet:
Donald J. Trump
“SPYGATE could be one of the biggest political scandals in history!”
6:12 AM – May 23, 2018
“SpyGate” is the Obama Administration’s alleged weaponization of the U.S. Government’s Intelligence apparatus to intercept their political opponents’ communications during and after the 2016 Presidential election.
Background information:
The National Security Agency: 1952
The NSA was formed in 1952 after WWII from Harry S. Truman’s directive. Operating under the Department of Defense, part of its mission is the interception, and analysis of coded transmissions by electronic or other means.
1978 FISA: 1978
The 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) forbade the NSA from targeting U.S. citizens unless considered “Agents of a foreign power”. Warrants can be obtained for exceptions when matters of national security are at stake.
9/11 & The Patriot Act, 2002
After the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks on the U.S., the Patriot Act of 2001 authorized the President to use “all necessary and appropriate force” against those who caused 9/11.
January 2002
Using the Patriot Act as justification, President George W. Bush secretly authorized the NSA to monitor international phone calls & emails of U.S. citizens and others without obtaining an order from the FISA court.
2008
NSA’s Expanded Power
The NSA was granted immunity from lawsuits and given expanded powers after legislation was passed by Congress and signed into law by Bush in July 2008.
June 5th, 2008
Senators Obama and Hillary Clinton Meet in Dianne Feinsteins’s living room alone.
January 21st, 2009:
“For a long time now there’s been too much secrecy in this city. That era is now over.”
Barack Obama, 44th President
On his first day in office, President Obama pledged to end government secrecy. That pledge became increasingly empty. By June of 2015, it was more than a pledge broken.
Watch the ending statements made by President Obama. He says that if information is to be withheld it will not be just because it’s his decision. It will be a separate authority that agrees the decision is made in keeping with the rule of law and the constitution. That sounds good. Where did things go wrong?
Starting in 2010, the Office of Inspector General, for the first time, was not allowed access to wiretap information obtained by the FBI. See August 5th, 2015
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