Something those who observe CT cases closely have long suspected, btw, is that FISA orders against Muslim defendants OFTEN rely on evidence from paid consultants. Their motive is, in part, $$.
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I’ll take your word for it. In this case; however, I’ll take the word of Senator’s Burr and Warner that the unmasking was legitimate.
Oh, it's not unmasking here. It's the underlying FISA order. But by all reports, including an anonymous Byron York report, there were plenty of other sources to back the application. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/01/30/byron-york-confirms-that-many-names-and-sources-implicated-carter-page-as-an-agent-of-a-foreign-power/ …
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My understanding is the foreign surveillance swept up Page et al. Concerning IC - unmasking protocol leads to FISA. Add Papadopoulos blab session. Add IC surveillance of cozy bear. Voila.
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Flynn was incidentally collected, as were, probably, a bunch of others (and not just off Kislyak or even off just Russian targets). But Page was targeted himself. I suspect Papadopoulos implicates 702 (Facebook convos), but that's speculation.
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Page had been a Russian asset target for years prior to Trump's rise.
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Yes. I know.
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Sorry - wasn't framing that as dropping knowledge. Just adding to the preposterous allegations of nefarious activity in this sweep.
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One other detail people missing: both Jan-Feb and April-May reauth would have come after dossier made public.
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Very little macro lens happening in the analysis recently.
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