Hahahahahaha, how´s this for a lame excuse
White House officials believed the intercepted information could be valuable to counter Netanyahu’s campaign. They also recognized that asking for it was politically risky. So, wary of a paper trail stemming from a request, the White House let the NSA decide what to share and what to withhold, officials said. “We didn’t say, ‘Do it,’ ” a senior U.S. official said. “We didn’t say, ‘Don’t do it.’ ”
Topic: ‘This is illegal, right?’ Did Obama’s NSA spy on members of Congress? (Read 249 times)
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‘This is illegal, right?’ Did Obama’s NSA spy on members of Congress?
Twitchy by Sarah D. Yesterday
This sounds … not good:
Huge WSJ scoop: Obama stepped up spying on Congress & Israel to protect Iran deal https://t.co/6UXV5KsCp3
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 29, 2015
More from The Wall Street Journal (emphasis ours):
Well, gee. Guess those fears were well founded because “spying on Congress” sounds an awful lot like what the executive branch was actually doing.
Obama said no more spying on Merkel, Hollande. But keep spying on Netanyahu & Israel's supporters in Congress: pic.twitter.com/Vwujty1THx
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 29, 2015
Wonder how Congress feels about Obama ramping up NSA spying on them to protect his Iran deal?
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 29, 2015
Maybe it's not as bad as it sounds. Obama stepped up spying on Congress and Israel's PM so Iran could get its nukes. Yeah OK that's bad.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 29, 2015
It’s one thing to spy on foreign governments.
But spying on Congress?
So @POTUS put U.S. intelligence assets on Congress in order to force deal with a foreign power. How is this not the definition of treason?
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) December 29, 2015
@SethAMandel Can someone explain how the WH spying on Congress is not an impeachable offense? Thanks. @20committee
— David Kahane (@dkahanerules) December 29, 2015
@SethAMandel @WSJ this violates law.
— Panda for Paris (@MarkAWebster1) December 29, 2015
This is illegal, right? MT @SethAMandel WSJ scoop: Obama stepped up spying on Congress & Israel to protect Iran deal https://t.co/qSLR35K9pR
— Megawatt Herb Drench (@mdrache) December 29, 2015
Good God. The man is utterly lawless. https://t.co/WyG5khALyb
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 29, 2015
It really does seem like President Obama is above the law.
I am confused by people saying Obama's "Nixonian"–as if Nixon ever dared dream up this stuff.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 29, 2015
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Twitchy by Sarah D. Yesterday
This sounds … not good:
Huge WSJ scoop: Obama stepped up spying on Congress & Israel to protect Iran deal https://t.co/6UXV5KsCp3
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 29, 2015
More from The Wall Street Journal (emphasis ours):
Quote
The U.S., pursuing a nuclear arms agreement with Iran at the time, captured communications between Mr. Netanyahu and his aides that inflamed mistrust between the two countries and planted a political minefield at home when Mr. Netanyahu later took his campaign against the deal to Capitol Hill.
The National Security Agency’s targeting of Israeli leaders and officials also swept up the contents of some of their private conversations with U.S. lawmakers and American-Jewish groups. That raised fears—an “Oh-s— moment,” one senior U.S. official said—that the executive branch would be accused of spying on Congress.
The National Security Agency’s targeting of Israeli leaders and officials also swept up the contents of some of their private conversations with U.S. lawmakers and American-Jewish groups. That raised fears—an “Oh-s— moment,” one senior U.S. official said—that the executive branch would be accused of spying on Congress.
Well, gee. Guess those fears were well founded because “spying on Congress” sounds an awful lot like what the executive branch was actually doing.
Obama said no more spying on Merkel, Hollande. But keep spying on Netanyahu & Israel's supporters in Congress: pic.twitter.com/Vwujty1THx
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 29, 2015
Wonder how Congress feels about Obama ramping up NSA spying on them to protect his Iran deal?
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 29, 2015
Maybe it's not as bad as it sounds. Obama stepped up spying on Congress and Israel's PM so Iran could get its nukes. Yeah OK that's bad.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 29, 2015
It’s one thing to spy on foreign governments.
But spying on Congress?
So @POTUS put U.S. intelligence assets on Congress in order to force deal with a foreign power. How is this not the definition of treason?
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) December 29, 2015
@SethAMandel Can someone explain how the WH spying on Congress is not an impeachable offense? Thanks. @20committee
— David Kahane (@dkahanerules) December 29, 2015
@SethAMandel @WSJ this violates law.
— Panda for Paris (@MarkAWebster1) December 29, 2015
This is illegal, right? MT @SethAMandel WSJ scoop: Obama stepped up spying on Congress & Israel to protect Iran deal https://t.co/qSLR35K9pR
— Megawatt Herb Drench (@mdrache) December 29, 2015
Good God. The man is utterly lawless. https://t.co/WyG5khALyb
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 29, 2015
It really does seem like President Obama is above the law.
I am confused by people saying Obama's "Nixonian"–as if Nixon ever dared dream up this stuff.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 29, 2015
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http://twitchy.com/2015/12/29/this-is-illegal-right-did-obamas-nsa-spy-on-members-of-congress/
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