Purple Haize wrote: ↑February 17th, 2022, 10:37 am
1- no you are the one muddying up what Spying means. You are literally saying Yes they were spying but it really wasn’t spying because it wasn’t illegal. And even if it was illegal it wasn’t wrong because everyone does it so it’s fine. They had the DNS data sure. But they were using it in a manner not authorized or approved of. It has all the hallmarks of spying because it IS spying.
2 Nope my timeline is solid. It’s in other Court filings and testimony. And is what makes this whole thing a Big Deal. The data was manipulated to make something appear true that wasn’t. Take a gander at what took place in the Brennan meetings
3- It’s simple. It’s in the charter of each Agency. The CIA cannot operate on US soil unless it’s an extreme circumstance. That includes surveillance etc. While the Average Citizen does not know this entirely Sussman et al certainly do and it certainly doesn’t warrant a sit down with the CIA head to game plan.
1. I'm not at all saying they were spying. I'm specifically saying they weren't spying. And I'm specifically saying that all we actually know about the information gathering here is legal and above board. I think you have to assume a lot to get to spying here. What we know: a tech company had a government contract to access and collect this information. Researchers were tasked to analyze the data for suspicious patterns. They saw what they thought were suspicious patterns. The used their lawyer to submit this info to the FBI. That lawyer also worked for the Clinton campaign. The lawyer later met with the CIA regarding this and other new information regarding Russian cell phone use. Anything beyond this is pure conjecture at this point.
2. I've read the filing. Durham's accusation is "well, I don't think the data was as suspicious as they thought." To move from that to they knew there was nothing and were purposely moving forward with a fake story is quite a leap that is, again, pure conjecture.
3. If you think there is a chance that Russian espionage is taking place, the CIA makes perfect sense. I don't get how this suggests impropriety at all.