Thread by @TheLastRefuge2

1. OK Here's my twitter thread explaining this all the way out (well, as best I can on twitter). The details and citations are HERE -> theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/10/a-p…

2. Most of the reporting on the Trump Russian Collusion story has one of the four corners grounded on a history of a DOJ FISA warrant.

3. However, there are two specific research reference points that must always be followed when you are looking at baseline "assumptions".

4. One is the best practice of referencing Occam's Razor when trying to piece together a complex story puzzle. "The simplest of competing theories be preferred to the more complex."

5. The second key to finding truth is to apply the scientific method to the research.

*Question the assumption.
*Reverse the hypothesis.
*See if you can prove the inverse of your theory.

6. Taking that approach: Can we prove the non-existence of the FISA warrant?

Yes, actually we can.

There is direct evidence no FISA warrant exists.
There is no direct evidence a FISA warrant does exist.

7. Listen Closely:

8. Six Months later. Same general Question. Listen Closely:

9. Now, while I am of no disposition to believe former DNI James Clapper, the consequence behind his words, if false, and *the length of time between both statements*, lends to his full understanding of consequence if he were lying. ie. It's most likely he's telling the truth.

10. Clapper would know anything he says in September 2017 would easily be proven false, by direct evidence, if he were to lie that far along in that timeline. These are not words spoken in the heat of political conflict.

11. Title III requires Federal, state and, other government officials to obtain judicial authorization for intercepting “wire, oral, and electronic” communications such as telephone conversations and e-mails. it.ojp.gov/PrivacyLiberty…

12. Former ODNI Clapper says no such Title III authorizations were taken. No wiretaps were made of candidate Trump, Trump tower, or the Trump campaign. Ergo, no FISA Warrant was needed.

13. Here's where it gets tricky. You need to understand the NSA data collection system.

14. Clapper is secondarily truthful because all electronic data and phone surveillance data is already being collected. The entire NSA intelligence gathering system is one big wiretap.

15. Within this entire enterprise of "spying on the Trump Campaign" there is no need for “wiretapping” per se’ because EVERYTHING is being already being collected by the NSA.

16. Therefore the only *real* question is: Can you legally “look at” what is already being collected?

17. And that's where NSA Director Mike Rogers discovered that FISA-702(16)(17) violations were happening upon the Trump campaign officials.

18. There was no reason to wiretap the Trump campaign, because all of their electronic communications were already being intercepted. Someone then began exploring those communications.

19. Again, 702 is basically spying on Americans; the actual “spying” part is 702. Item 17 is “About Queries“, which allows user queries or searches of content (messaging, email and phone conversations) based on any subject matter put into the search field of the NSA database.

20. As a result of Rogers suspecting FISA 702(17) surveillance activity was being used for reasons he deemed unlawful, in mid 2016 Rogers ordered the NSA compliance officer to run a full audit on 702 NSA compliance.

21. The NSA compliance officer identified several strange 702 “About Queries” were being conducted. These were violations of the fourth amendment (search and seizure), ie searches, privacy violations, and surveillance without a warrant.

22. Admiral Rogers was briefed by the compliance officer on October 20th, 2016. Rogers informed the FISC on October 26th. WATCH -->

23. It is critical, to underscore all of the currently available evidence indicates TWO intelligence units participated in the majority of the illegal activity surrounding the total 2016 Trump Operation.

24. #1) The Department of Justice National Security Division (DOJ-NSD). Headed at the time by John P Carlin.

[Note: Former Chief of Staff to Robert Mueller]

25. and #2) The FBI Counterintelligence Division headed by W.H. Bill Priestap.
[FBI Counterintelligence Agent Peter Strzok worked directly under Priestap]

26. Asst. Attorney General in charge of the DOJ National Security Division, John P Carlin, preempted Rogers notification to FISC by filing a peremptory notification with the FISA Court on 26th September 2016 (look at the pdf). scribd.com/document/34954…

27. This action, in response to violations of FISA-702(17) searches, indicates it was the DOJ-NSD carrying out the unlawful and unauthorized NSA queries. It's called "consciousness of guilt".

28. Immediately thereafter John P Carlin announces his resignation. washingtonpost.com/world/national… Outta there like a fat kid in dodge-ball...

29. Again, all research indicates the DOJ National Security Division (John P Carlin) and FBI Counterintelligence Division (W.H. “Bill” Priestap) were the 2 DOJ orgs operating in concert with Fusion-GPS & Christopher Steele while simultaneously carrying out surveillance activity.

30. Evidence of Priestap's "consciousness of guilt" is provided March 20th 2017 by James Comey who told congress it was Priestap who told him to keep the counterintelligence operation hidden from congress. WATCH->

31. Neither the DOJ-NSD nor the FBI CoIntel needed wiretaps or FISA warrants. They only needed to, unlawfully, search the NSA data hub.

32. We know the FBI Counterintelligence Operation against the Trump Campaign was operating without congressional notification or oversight because FBI Director James Comey told us that.

33. And we know the DOJ-NSD was working without oversight because Asst. Attorney General Sally Yates told us that. ignet.gov/sites/default/…

34. The Office of Inspector Gen, Michael Horowitz, requested oversight of the DOJ-NSD and Sally Yates responded with a lengthy 58-page legal explanation saying, essentially, ‘nope – not allowed.’ All of the DOJ is subject to oversight, except the NSD. ignet.gov/sites/default/…

35. On November 17th, 2016, NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers went to see President-Elect Donald Trump in Trump Tower, New York. Director Rogers never told his boss DNI, James Clapper. reuters.com/article/us-usa…

36. The next day, Nov 18th, 2016, the Trump Transition Team announced they were moving Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Where they interviewed/discussed the most sensitive positions to fill. Defense, State, CIA, ODNI. washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/…

37. Rogers likely informed President-elect Trump of the prior activity by FBI and DOJ, including the probability that all of Trump Tower’s email and phone communication was reviewed via FISA-702(17) searches.

38. You see, the Obama administration didn't need a DOJ or FBI driven FISA warrant. The ENTIRE SYSTEM of U.S. NSA surveillance and data collection was weaponized against a political campaign.

39. So James Clapper isn't lying. And that explains why House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes was so stunned at what he saw in February and March 2017.

40. Ultimately, the people within all of these unlawful intercepts of information is what Devin Nunes discovered when he looked at the “unmasking requests” which were a result of those DOJ/FBI FISA-702(17) collections on Team Trump.

41: WATCH -->

42. The information the DOJ and FBI collected via their FISA-702(16)(17) queries, and the stuff Fusion GPS was creating via Christopher Steele (The “Russian Dossier), was used to create the Russian Narrative, ie. “The Insurance Policy“.

THE END.