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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1004300)	3/6/2017 4:09:28 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574487

Ex-CIA director on wiretap claim: Trump apparently ‘forgot that he was president’ Dylan Stableford Senior Editor Yahoo NewsMarch 6, 2017 As Washington continues to reel from President Trump’s evidence-free assertion that his phones were wiretapped by former President Barack Obama before the election, former Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Hayden says it seems Trump forgot something during his weekend Twitter flurry. “It looks as if the president just for a moment forgot that he was president,” Hayden said on Fox News on Monday. “Why didn’t he simply use the powers of the presidency to ask the acting director of national intelligence, the head of the FBI, to confirm or deny the story he apparently read from Breitbart the evening before?” Hayden, a critic of Trump during the campaign, has served in national security roles in both Democratic and Republican administrations. In addition to the top job at the CIA, he has served as director of the National Security Agency and as principal deputy director of national intelligence. ............ White House press secretary Sean Spicer issued a subsequent statement on Sunday saying that “reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations immediately ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling,” and that Trump is asking Congress to investigate. “President Donald J. Trump is requesting that as part of their investigation into Russian activity, the congressional intelligence committees exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016,” the statement read. “Neither the White House nor the president will comment further until such oversight is conducted.” [ That means his Trumphandlers will try to keep him from tweeting more crap. ] .......... Hayden said it’s absurd to think Obama would have been involved in ordering surveillance on Trump Tower. “After the mid 1970s the authority was taken away from the president,” he said. “The only way you get there, if you get there at all, is [through] a judge. He has to have probable cause.” The judge, Hayden explained, could then issue a warrant to the FBI under FISA. Hayden also said it would be “unprecedented” for such an order to be released to the public, but then again, stranger things have already happened under President Trump. “We’re off the map here,” Hayden said. “We are in unprecedented territory as well. So perhaps at some point in order to set the record straight we may do something unusual.” [ YEah, even though the President can't wiretap at will, he can (that means Trump can) declassify the wiretap(s) in question and have everything associated with them released. Dana Loesch has called on the President to do just that. It's a serious issue. If he's gonna shout about it at 3:30 in the morning, he should treat it seriously when the sun comes up. ] On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the former spy chief said he believes Trump’s tweeted wiretapping claim was strategic. “He’s trying to detract attention from what was a very, very bad news cycle,” Hayden said. “The president of the United States put his reputation, the reputation of his predecessor, and the reputation of this nation at risk to get at least a ‘draw’ out of the next 24 hours.” But host Joe Scarborough isn’t convinced there’s a method to Trump’s Twitter madness. Joe Scarborough ?@JoeNBC His tweets this weekend suggest the president is not crazy like a fox. Just crazy. Joe Scarborough ?@JoeNBC Trump's tweets are not an attempt to deflect. They are a product of having no impulse control. “His tweets this weekend suggest the president is not crazy like a fox. Just crazy,” Scarborough tweeted. “Trump’s tweets are not an attempt to deflect,” he added. “They are a product of having no impulse control.” yahoo.com I agree. Donald is unbalanced emotionally. When there's no Trumphandlers around to hold him back, he can go nuts. What if he decides 3 AM would be a great time to nuke someone? Somebody needs to be there to stop him. There should always be at least one sane Trumphandler on hand.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1004300)	3/6/2017 4:21:50 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574487

While the President can't bug at will, he CAN declassify everything associated with that FISC warrant. And he should if he's serious. If he doesn't, I guess we know he's not. That is an overly broad statement..but he should declassify anything that is safe to declassify.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1004300)	3/6/2017 5:10:03 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	2 Recommendations Recommended By Bonefish FJB Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574487

I see your statement as naive. Would the obamination be held accountable for any bugs he willed if MISPREE the 100% certain to be next President had fooled the folks. What and when President Donald Trump reveals anything is beyond your or my knowledge as to strategic importance. The current dramatic episode is playing as in the past and all the same lying trolls are falling into their pigeon holes. I believe your personal conclusions about who President Donald Trump is, is corrupting your vision.