THREAD II: And now on to the second brief filed by @carterwpage attorney, with @McAdooGordon serving as local counsel. This brief responds to GOVERNMENT's motion to dismiss. The other brief was the 8 individual actors: This is DOJ/FBI as entities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
2/ Interesting. Didn't realize this was part of relief sought: 
3/ Yup, that's just what our government did:
4/ Synoposis of full argument:
5/ With zinger to close introduction:
6/ A great point: This wasn't about Page--this was about Trump!
7/ Still trying to zero in on who the actual leaker was. Doesn't matter if they were all in on it but the emails b/w Strzok and Page (see THREAD I) are suggestive.
8/ Back shortly: Math & lunch time for DS.
9/ Reading on to see if they are identified...
10/ These are Page's claims against government as an entity. The FTCA is basically a federal statute that allows you to sue it under basic "tort" principles that apply to business/individuals.
11/ Patriot Act claims are based on gov't unlawful use of information gathered. Here, Page claims gov't unlawfully used info in "media leaks" strategy and also in later FISA applications.
12/ Also, on point that warrant was issued to they are all protected, this argument is solid:
13/ This paragraph is a perfect capsulization of why SOL has not expired.
15/ noted in footnoted.
16/16 Conclusion. Now off to write-up some more detailed thoughts/analysis.
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