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Obama foreign policy advisor and speechwriter. Mets fan, Cuba negotiator, dad to Ella and Chloe.

Washington, DC
Joined January 2017

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    Ben Rhodes‏Verified account @brhodes Mar 4

    Ben Rhodes Retweeted Donald J. Trump

    No President can order a wiretap. Those restrictions were put in place to protect citizens from people like you.https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/837989835818287106 …

    Ben Rhodes added,

    Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump
    Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!
    6:25 AM - 4 Mar 2017
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    4,985 replies 58,837 retweets 112,190 likes
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      2. RJ Choppy‏Verified account @rjchoppy Mar 4
        Replying to @brhodes

        @SeattleOnside that's true, but let's not act like any pres doesn't know people who know people...It CAN be done in secret.

        18 replies 15 retweets 87 likes
      3. Laurie‏ @SeattleOnside Mar 4
        Replying to @rjchoppy @brhodes

        which would make it illegal and inadmissible in court, thus negating the purpose.

        13 replies 7 retweets 97 likes
      4. RJ Choppy‏Verified account @rjchoppy Mar 4
        Replying to @SeattleOnside @brhodes

        There's always a purpose in finding out info that you can use to your advantage.

        7 replies 5 retweets 45 likes
      5. Laurie‏ @SeattleOnside Mar 4
        Replying to @rjchoppy @brhodes

        Now we're in the realm of Clancy novels (or Breitbart) rather than reality.

        17 replies 5 retweets 89 likes
      6. RJ Choppy‏Verified account @rjchoppy Mar 4
        Replying to @SeattleOnside @brhodes

        I'm not saying it happened, just don't come with "well its illegal so it can't..." And I love Clancy

        9 replies 3 retweets 51 likes
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      2. elayne‏ @ribblefizz Mar 4
        Replying to @brhodes

        . @brhodes @KellyScaletta While i don't believe 45's claims, he is proof that we may need to reconsider our "no President can" assumptions

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. elayne‏ @ribblefizz Mar 4
        Replying to @ribblefizz

        .@brhodes @KellyScaletta How many things in the last 45 days wld we have thought possible 2 yrs ago? Laws only matter to the lawful #45Awful

        1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
      4. Kelly Scaletta‏Verified account @KellyScaletta Mar 4
        Replying to @ribblefizz @brhodes

        I seriously believe Trump will be in prison before we have the 2020 elections.

        6 replies 3 retweets 24 likes
      5. John Schuh‏ @JohnSchuh4 Mar 5
        Replying to @KellyScaletta @ribblefizz @brhodes

        Why not Obama? He was running a police state.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Kelly Scaletta‏Verified account @KellyScaletta Mar 5
        Replying to @JohnSchuh4 @ribblefizz @brhodes

        Sure he was you Russian egg kook.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. End of conversation
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      2. Lee David O'Dea‏ @leeodea Mar 4
        Replying to @brhodes

        @dannywallace drivel the cia still wiretap of course they do...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Danny Wallace‏Verified account @dannywallace Mar 4
        Replying to @leeodea @brhodes

        I guess you'd know better than Ben. My apologies.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      5. Danny Wallace‏Verified account @dannywallace Mar 4
        Replying to @leeodea @brhodes

        heh. You're right though - they wiretap. BUT they have to have credible reason and it has to be appr

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Matthew Frederick‏ @matthewlive Mar 4
        Replying to @brhodes

        @danielpunkass DoJ orders them, executive branch, and is appointed by the President, no? It doesn’t seem like a lot of separation.

        1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
      3. Daniel Jalkut‏Verified account @danielpunkass Mar 4
        Replying to @matthewlive @brhodes

        The point that there is a court process, even if potentially corrupted, is meaningful. Records should be interesting.

        2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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      2. christina applegate‏Verified account @1capplegate Mar 4
        Replying to @brhodes

        when he does quotes is he being sarcastic? Asking for a friend

        2 replies 2 retweets 17 likes
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