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A word on FISA applications in general. I have written about FISA since 1994. Put the myths aside. The process is extremely rigorous. /1/
If there was FISA surveillance of some kind against Paul Manafort, it was not—I promise you—an exercise in political spying. It was... /2/
because the FBI developed evidence that persuaded a federal judge that there was probable cause to believe he was functioning... /3/
...as an agent of a foreign power. The application would have been thick—many many pages. It would have contained sworn evidence. /4/
And it would have been personally signed by either the attorney general or the deputy attorney general. It would have been personally.../5/
reviewed by then FBI Director Jim Comey. And it would have been approved by a member of the FISA Court. All of these people would.../6/
have acted knowing exactly how politically explosive FISA surveillance against the former campaign manager of a major party candidate... /7/
would be if it ever became public. Without knowing anything about the specific warrant or the evidence that supported it, I think it's.../8/
fair to say that even in the context of a rigorous process, this matter would have been handled with extreme care by all involved. /9/
If a FISA warrant issued here, either as CNN reports or as the WSJ reports (and the latter report seems more credible to me), expect... /10/
that the evidence underlying it was very strong and that every I was dotted and every T was crossed--many many times. /11/
That's all I got. /12/
