Trump Collusion w/ Russia: There is quite possibly some "there" there, but not in the dossier...

[CousinIT]

Why Are the Trump Allegations Hanging Around When They Haven’t Been Substantiated

. . .Significantly, the Guardian and the BBC are now both reporting that the FBI obtained a FISA warrant investigating ties between Trump associates and Russia. Exactly what, and whom, this warrant covered is still very fuzzy. The Guardian suggested the target was “four members of the Trump team suspected of irregular contacts with Russian officials,” though that was later narrowed. The BBC, meanwhile, reports that: “Neither Mr. Trump nor his associates are named in the Fisa order” which covered “Russian banks.”

Regardless of the specific targets, if reports that a FISA order was obtained are accurate, that means that the FBI has developed a lot more evidence than just this private dossier on the point. To obtain a FISA warrant, the government must show probable cause that the entities in question are agents of a foreign power (the precise showing is different depending on whether US persons are involved). The dossier document alone does not remotely suffice for that showing; it is, after all, nothing more than the writings of a single person who does not work for the intelligence community reporting on the unverified comments of anonymous sources. On this point, note Clapper’s careful insistence that the intelligence community “did not rely upon the dossier in any way for our conclusions.” So if there is, or was, FISA surveillance, in other words, the evidence supporting it lies elsewhere. . . .

https://www.lawfareblog.com/why-are-trump-allegations-hanging-around-when-they-havent-been-substantiated

[Chasstev365]

1. Comey sat on this too!

Bastard belongs in jail for a long time!

[bdamomma]

2. Do you mean

Comey? I think a few others who should tried for treason like mitch mcconnell.

[Chasstev365]

3. Thanks! God I need a new phone!

[world wide wally]

4. It is turning out that Comey is one of the all-time American villains

His name should always be spoken when Benedict Arnold or John Wilkes Booth is mentioned

[kairos12]

6. He sold us out to the Russians. Keep a room open at GITMO for his traitorous ass.

[uponit7771]

12. Benedict Donald and Comrade Comey will never ever live this shit down

[ffr]

5. To his soon-to-be shortest lived presidency in American history!

Then we'll just need to figure out what Pence knew, when he knew it, and to what extent he was involved in this unarmed coup to bring down the United States of America.

[LittleGirl]

7. Just watched BBC1 show called Panaroma.

a British journalist went to Russia and spoke to several people there about Putin and Trump.
I don't know if it's available in the states but google it.

frightening what I just watched.

edit: typo

[greenmutha]

10. Found a link to watch it

[link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bls3s|

[triron]

14. Doesn't work outside UK

[KewlKat]

15. the link above doesn't work outside the UK Below is a YOUTUBE to watch

[MarinCoUSA]

8. No Tax Returns No Peace

Orange Pustule Hitler, King of the Birthers Not My President

[lastlib]

9. The Golden Deceiver.

[liberalla]

11. interesting read - thank you so much!

and yes, the fisa warrant mention is noteworthy and intriguing.

[uponit7771]

13. ... and should've have been released in all fairness by Comrade Comey. He's such a fuck

[Warpy]

16. No, the dossier had as much to do with the actual document

as the blurb on a dust jacket has to do with the contents of an entire book. The fact that he even delegated defiling a mattress made for interesting reading, but the real meat was in the document we haven't seen. Yet.