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pnwmom

(109,717 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 05:28 PM Jan 2017

BBC details the most explosive allegation -- and it's not about sex. [View all]

It's about bribery -- Russian money going to DT associates.

This article also contains new information about the source of the "dossier." Well worth reading the whole thing.


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38589427

Last April, the CIA director was shown intelligence that worried him. It was - allegedly - a tape recording of a conversation about money from the Kremlin going into the US presidential campaign.
It was passed to the US by an intelligence agency of one of the Baltic States. The CIA cannot act domestically against American citizens so a joint counter-intelligence taskforce was created.

The taskforce included six agencies or departments of government. Dealing with the domestic, US, side of the inquiry, were the FBI, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Justice. For the foreign and intelligence aspects of the investigation, there were another three agencies: the CIA, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the National Security Agency, responsible for electronic spying.

Lawyers from the National Security Division in the Department of Justice then drew up an application. They took it to the secret US court that deals with intelligence, the Fisa court, named after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. They wanted permission to intercept the electronic records from two Russian banks.

Their first application, in June, was rejected outright by the judge. They returned with a more narrowly drawn order in July and were rejected again. Finally, before a new judge, the order was granted, on 15 October, three weeks before election day.

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my understanding is that fisa judges reject around 0.1% of all applications. unblock Jan 2017 #1
I'd like to see the rejection rate when the application is Sanity Claws Jan 2017 #4
If you will recall HurricaneWarning Jan 2017 #20
Marking to read later. herding cats Jan 2017 #2
Maybe NATO could help the Democrats next time. raging moderate Jan 2017 #3
And to think they denied Obama over a thousand other judicial appointments, aside from the SC. bettyellen Jan 2017 #5
I stand corrected. HurricaneWarning Jan 2017 #21
It was an unprecedented amount of appointments held up, yes. bettyellen Jan 2017 #23
First of all, how many FISA requests are rejected? Chiyo-chichi Jan 2017 #6
How often does the FBI make an announcement like Comey's days before an election? pnwmom Jan 2017 #13
BBC is not fake news bdamomma Jan 2017 #7
... and Auntie Beeb cannot be shut down by Trump. mwooldri Jan 2017 #19
K&R 2naSalit Jan 2017 #8
"useful fool" GusBob Jan 2017 #9
Polezni duraks. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2017 #12
polezni duraki? The Polack MSgt Jan 2017 #30
Yes. Thank you. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2017 #31
8 years of hatred and blocking every Obama initiative BSdetect Jan 2017 #10
ultimately, I think Trump will be very bad for the GOP... and hopefully before Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #18
McConnell another bdamomma Jan 2017 #34
Did they ever get info from the server at Trump tower? sarah FAILIN Jan 2017 #11
Made all that much easier by Citizens United. tenorly Jan 2017 #14
There seems to be enough time for the 'gatekeepers of information' of every stripe to.... Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #15
Hence the rush ProudLib72 Jan 2017 #16
did you see the bit about how Russia was kind of a distraction and China was really where Trump Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #17
Yeah, that jumped out at me, too. pnwmom Jan 2017 #22
Well the money part of the Russian story was... the rest, nope! bettyellen Jan 2017 #25
I keep seeing that the FBI and Comey had this information and decided only to tarnish Hillary. lancelyons Jan 2017 #24
I wonder if the Russians had something on Comey. Since Comey thinks so highly pnwmom Jan 2017 #26
He not only had the info on Trump.. Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #28
I think Obama needs him right now to pursue Ilsa Jan 2017 #33
Who does Donnie owe? Dawson Leery Jan 2017 #27
I'm not sure how much longer I can endure this marathon feeling of nausea. Pacifist Patriot Jan 2017 #29
KnR Hekate Jan 2017 #32
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