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Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team Fox News March 29, 2017 A former top Obama administration official has acknowledged efforts by her colleagues to gather intelligence on Trump team ties to Russia before Donald Trump took office and to conceal the sources of that intelligence from the incoming administration. Evelyn Farkas, deputy assistant secretary of defense under Obama, made the disclosure while on the air with MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski. Continue Reading…..
Freedom Watch TV March 29, 2017
By John Solomon and Sara Carter Circa March 28, 2017 As his presidency drew to a close, Barack Obama’s top aides routinely reviewed intelligence reports gleaned from the National Security Agency’s incidental intercepts of Americans abroad, taking advantage of rules their boss relaxed starting in 2011 to help the government better fight terrorism, espionage by foreign enemies and hacking threats, Circa has learned. Dozens of times in 2016, those intelligence reports clearly identified Americans who were directly intercepted talking to foreign sources or were the subject of conversations between two or more monitored foreign figures. Sometimes the Americans’ names…
By Jonathan Turley March 28, 2017 Below is my column in The Hill Newspaper on the disclosure of the possible surveillance of Trump campaign staff and a decision to “unmask” and distribute transcripts of those interceptions. Fox has reported that there is a “smoking gun” linking the Obama Administration. However, Nunes later went on CNN and seemed to backtrack a bit in saying that he did not actually see the evidence. Evidence will reportedly be brought to Capitol Hill this week. Continue Reading…..
McCain: Nunes has ‘a lot of explaining to do’ By Mallory Shelbourne The Hill March 28, 2017 Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Tuesday said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) needs to explain his visit to White House grounds one day before briefing President Trump on surveillance affecting his transition team. “I think there needs to be a lot of explaining to do,” McCain told “CBS This Morning.” “I’ve been around for quite a while and I’ve never heard of such thing.” Continue Reading…..
Schumer goes off on Trump supporter at NYC restaurant, witness says New York Post March 28, 2017 Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., caused a scene at a Manhattan restaurant when he began yelling at a wealthy and well-connected Donald Trump supporter that the POTUS is “a liar.” Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, lost his cool on Sunday night at Upper East Side restaurant Sette Mezzo, according to witnesses. He was dining with friends when he encountered Joseph A. Califano Jr. — the former U.S. secretary of health, education and welfare under President Jimmy Carter and domestic policy adviser to…
Comey’s Demeanor At House Intelligence Committee Hearing Suggests He Has Something To Hide Freedom Watch TV March 28, 2017
Top Intel Dem Schiff calls on Nunes to recuse himself from House Russia investigation By Tom LoBianco and Deirdre Walsh CNN March 27, 2017 Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Russia investigation, called on House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes to recuse himself from the investigation in a stunning split between the two top investigators. “After much consideration, and in light of the Chairman’s admission that he met with his source of information at the White House, I believe that the Chairman should recuse himself from any further involvement in the Russia investigation, as well as…
Entertainers who have joked about harming Trump Fox News March 27, 2017 Many Hollywood stars have been vocal about their dislike for President Donald Trump. But a few of them have taken things too far by threatening to harm the president. 1. Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg released a music video in March where the rapper used a toy gun to shoot a clown resembling President Donald Trump. In the video for the rapper’s remixed version of the song “Lavender,” by BADBADNOTGOOD, Snoop Dogg raps about police brutality in a world inhabited by clowns. He raps, “This is the…
Trump handed Merkel $374B NATO bill during talks — report Fox News March 27, 2017 President Trump handed a bill to German Chancellor Angela Merkel for about $400 billion — money he claims Germany owes NATO — during their White House meeting earlier this month, according to a British newspaper. Trump has been outspoken about NATO countries not meeting their pledge to spend at last 2 percent of GDP on defense. He raised the issue publicly in the joint press conference he held with Merkel on March 17. Continue Reading…..