This is an important point: independent of the underlying facts, it is a serious civil liberties issue—and a very serious abuse by whomever leaked it—that Page's name was ever exposed in the context of FISA surveillance.https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/1046188537475997697?s=19 …
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i'm still not clear why his only charge is lying to the feds if he leaked it, but it looks like he did, so i'm at a mental impass.
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The govt does that to avoid any graymail defenses, especially with people who've been trusted insiders. Plus, they had better records w/the others, won't have to go after journos (aside from Watkins' emails).
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Totes! Wolfe deserves it. Seems he may have even been onboard with the whole “Carter Page is MLK”, stupidness. NYT is such an incredibly dangerous institution right now.
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