Monker wrote:No, that is a LIE. Nobody "within" the Trump campaign was covertly spying on anybody...and there is absolutely no evidence that Obama "signed off" on anything.
Because Halper's overtures to officially join the cabinet failed.
Your argument was initially that there was no FBI spying at all.
Now you are making it seem like FBI spying is as routine on the campaign trail as kissing babies and handing out yard signs.
Monker wrote:There is a huge difference between saying there was an "embedded" spy, or a spy "within" the Trump campaign and some guy contacting the campaign asking questions.
"Some guy" with FBI, MI6, and CIA connections.
"Some guy" who was integrally involved in a CIA spying operation in the 1980s.
Sure sounds like a regular Joe Schmo, Johnny Lunchpail type to me.
Monker wrote:And, you should EXPECT this to happen when Trump surrounds himself with these type of characters, Manafort, Papadopolous, even Cohen. He surrounded himself with the shadiest characters possible. You may believe he is "draining the swamp". But, he brought in the creatures from the black lagoon to replace them.
If spying on political opponent is pro-forma, why have you been on here saying that Trump's surveillance claims are pure fiction?
Monker wrote:Because the DOJ had not shared these documents with anybody. It's against their policy. Trump didn't even know what existed...he just issued a generic demand for an investigation based on media reports...not actual evidence. NOBODY knows the actual evidence besides the DOJ/FBI...and nobody else SHOULD know until the Russia investigation is complete.
The President can declassify at will. You have no idea what Trump knows or doesn't know. If he has Putin on speed-dial (as you believe), how can you be so sure Russian intel didn't tip him off to what they know?
Monker wrote:I saw the entire Clapper interview on CNN. The alt-right media took his comments out of context, added their own meaning, and you picked it up and run with it. I believe what Trey Gowdy said, which is what Clapper was also trying to say, that the FBI was doing their job. It is what Americans should WANT them to do...and it had nothing to do with Donald Trump.
If that's the case, then post the quote. Stop hiding behind made-up boogeymen like the "alt-right" - which you can't define and holds no political power.