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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. Steve Vladeck‏Verified account @steve_vladeck May 27

      Steve Vladeck Retweeted Andy McCarthy

      Andy, this is ridiculous. Page was not “labeled a spy” by the Obama administration or the #FISA Court. You may think, per your column, that the nomenclature is in the eye of the beholder, but that belief is not a license to say other institutions used labels that they didn’t.https://twitter.com/andrewcmccarthy/status/1000736681421672450 …

      Steve Vladeck added,

      Andy McCarthyVerified account @AndrewCMcCarthy
      Column’s about silly claim Obama admin didn’t *spy* on Trump campaign (Issue is: Did they have sufficient reason, not did they do it?). Question: By whom is there more known, verified spying evidence: Halper or Carter Page (whom Obama DOJ-FBI labeled a spy 4x in FISA Court)? https://twitter.com/andrewcmccarthy/status/1000730328837828608 …
      15 replies 52 retweets 222 likes
    2. Andy McCarthy‏Verified account @AndrewCMcCarthy May 27
      Replying to @steve_vladeck

      Steve, they had to argue probable cause that he was knowingly engaged in clandestine activities on behalf of a government (Russia) against another country (ours). Otherwise they don’t get any of the 4 warrants. If you don’t think that’s labeling him a spy, we’ll have to disagree.

      15 replies 59 retweets 236 likes
    3. Russ‏ @RussJohn1620 May 27
      Replying to @AndrewCMcCarthy @steve_vladeck

      @steve_vladeck - please tell me the difference between the two. Spy take from the dictionary; the other from the Attorney General’s guidelines on ‘confidential human source’ utilization.pic.twitter.com/lFrxrUTGod

      4 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    4. Joseph Toomey‏ @JosephEToomey May 27
      Replying to @RussJohn1620 @AndrewCMcCarthy @steve_vladeck

      It's what is called "a distinction without a difference." And don't hold your breath waiting for @steve_vladeck to provide a rational answer (or even a load of sophistry). You got him cornered, outnumbered, and outwitted.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. Steve Vladeck‏Verified account @steve_vladeck May 27
      Replying to @JosephEToomey @RussJohn1620 @AndrewCMcCarthy

      No. Andy and I are disagreeing about when it’s appropriate to put words into other people’s mouths. My point is simply that it’s not accurate to assert that the Obama administration and #FISA Court themselves “labeled” Carter Page a spy. Andy says it is. But you do you.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    6. Steve Vladeck‏Verified account @steve_vladeck May 27
      Replying to @steve_vladeck @JosephEToomey and

      Put another way, Andy is basically arguing that, if the government successfully applies for a search warrant, it’s the same thing as saying that the government “labeled” the target a criminal. If you agree, fair enough. I rather thoroughly disagree.

      3 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 27
      Replying to @steve_vladeck @JosephEToomey and

      Am I missing where Andy explained why it was fair to treat "clandestine collection of info FOR OUR COUNTRY" the same way we treat "clandestine collection of info FOR AN ADVERSARY"? Bc that's what he's arguing: that "spying" for FBI is exactly the same as "spying" for Russia.

      1 reply 2 retweets 10 likes
    8. Joseph Toomey‏ @JosephEToomey May 27
      Replying to @emptywheel @steve_vladeck and

      I see your logic: As long as the government contends @emptywheel was colluding with a foreign power, it's okay to obtain a warrant and search her house, even in the absence of probable cause or evidence of criminal wrongdoing, and despite statutory language requiring evidence.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 27
      Replying to @JosephEToomey @steve_vladeck and

      That's actually not the logic here. FBI rules say if you want to ask questions -- w/o PC -- you send an informant. Andy knows that (and never had a problem with that when he was a prosecutor). It's in the DIOG. However ... 1/2

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    10. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 27
      Replying to @emptywheel @JosephEToomey and

      If you want to wiretap someone under FISA (not TIII) you need probable cause they're helping foreign spies (which is different from being one), knowing that they are foreign spies. 4 Republican judges say FBI had that.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel May 27
      Replying to @emptywheel @JosephEToomey and

      My underlying point in all this is that according to DIOG (which Andy never objected to in the past), and informant is WAYYYYYYYYYY less intrusive than many other techniques.

      11:59 AM - 27 May 2018
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