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Old 03-08-17, 11:27 AM   #2270
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the plot thickens.

to recap, according to the BBC, the Obama administration made 3 requests for FISA warrants to spy on the Trump campaign. Apparently, the first 2 applications were rejected by FISA judges.

It is rare for FISA applications to be rejected, but it is even rarer than I thought.

According to official statistics released by the U.S. government, out of 35,529 FISA applications between 1979 and 2013, only 12 were rejected.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...eillance_Court

it really makes it look like the first two warrant applications were just political "fishing expeditions" with no legal basis.

this wiretap story is really starting to look like Watergate.
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