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While the United States possessed greater capacity and resources in surveillance technology, the United Kingdom was less scrupulous in violating privacy rights and civil rights, and more aggressive in cyber attacks and the use of [[fake news]] to discredit and harass their political enemies, including domestic opponents. Under Obama, the marriage of passive [[surveillance]] and active cyber warfare against political opponents accelerated, with both the UK and US extending cooperative agreements and technology to other third party agencies [[globalism|globally]].
While the United States possessed greater capacity and resources in surveillance technology, the United Kingdom was less scrupulous in violating privacy rights and civil rights, and more aggressive in cyber attacks and the use of [[fake news]] to discredit and harass their political enemies, including domestic opponents. Under Obama, the marriage of passive [[surveillance]] and active cyber warfare against political opponents accelerated, with both the UK and US extending cooperative agreements and technology to other third party agencies [[globalism|globally]].
====CIA abuses====
[[File:Feinstein.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sen. Diane Feinstein, Chair of the Intelligence Committee entrusted with oversight of CIA was hacked by Brennan's CIA looking into Brennan and CIA use of torture. This egregious abuse of power by the Obama Executive branch was papered over by the Democrats in the administration and Senate by having Brennan offer Feinstein an apology. No one was prosecuted. No one went to jail. No reforms were initiated or proposed in Congress.]]
On March 4, 2014 ''McClatchy'' reported on CIA spying on Congressional oversighters.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article24764752.html</ref> Sen. Mark Udall wrote President Obama: "As you are aware, the CIA has recently taken unprecedented action against the committee in relation to the internal CIA review and I find these actions to be incredibly troubling for the committee's oversight responsibilities and for our democracy," he writes. "It is essential that the committee be able to do its oversight work – consistent with our constitutional principle of the [[separation of powers]] – without the CIA posing impediments or obstacles as it is today."<ref>http://www.scribd.com/doc/210597656/Udall-Challenges-White-House-to-Support-Fullest-Possible-Declassification-of-Intelligence-Committee-s-Torture-Study</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20140627161317/http://www.markudall.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3536</ref>
The following week Senate [[Democrat]] Intelligence Committee Chair [[Diane Feinstein]] took to the Senate floor to accuse the Obama CIA of violating "the [[Fourth Amendment]], the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, as well as Executive Order 12333, which prohibits the C.I.A. from conducting domestic searches or surveillance," and "breaching a constitutional boundary" of intimidation and spying on the US Senate.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/a-brief-history-of-the-cias-unpunished-spying-on-the-senate/384003/</ref> Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] backed the investigation into Obama CIA hacking of the Senate Intelligence Oversight Committee's computers,<ref name="theguardian.com/world">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/cia-admits-spying-senate-staffers</ref> and notifies Brennan and Attn. Gen. [[Eric Holder]] that the Capital Police will investigate charges that the CIA accessed the Intelligence Oversight Committee’s computer network.
On July 31 the CIA admited to hacking into the Senate Intelligence oversighter committee's computers, and spying on the Senate.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article24771274.html</ref> Brennan lied to Congress.<ref>https://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/world/senate-intelligence-commitee-cia-interrogation-report.html_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/</ref> Democratic Sen. [[Mark Udall]] called for John Brennan's resignation.<ref name="theguardian.com/world"/>
In the Spring of 2016 Brennan received information from British GCHQ intelligence as part of a "routine" intelligence sharing agreement about Trump associates' business dealings in Russia.<ref>https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/interview-richard-dearlove-europe-intelligence-mi6 </ref> The information is said to have originated with Estonian intelligence. [[Estonia]] was requesting an expensive missile defence system at this time,<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/b9453544-228c-11e6-9d4d-c11776a5124d</ref><ref>http://linkis.com/atlanticcouncil.org/fAWKh</ref> Trump adviser [[Newt Gingrich]] refered to the country of 1.3 million inhabitants as a 'suburb of St. Petersberg', which has 5.3 million inhabitants. Gingrich, rumoured to be on the short list for Secretary of State, said he doubted if American leaders would risk [[nuclear war]] over [[Putin]]'s actions in the Baltic region.
Brennan formed a joint counterintelligence task force based on the Estonian report, and continued intelligence sharing with GCHQ. The CIA cannot act domestically against American citizens. Allegedly, the information that triggered Brennan to act was a tape recorded conversation that mentioned money from the Kremlin to the Trump Campaign. The FBI began an investigation into Paul Manafort's associations.<ref>''NYT'', 1/19/17</ref>
On January 3, 2017 Attn. Gen. Loretta Lynch signed off on new rules permitting the [[NSA]] to disseminate “raw signals intelligence information.”<ref>[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3283349-Raw-12333-surveillance-sharing-guidelines.html PROCEDURES FOR THE AVAILABILITY OR DISSEMINATION OF RAW SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY UNDER SECTION 2.3 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 12333 (RAW SIGINT AVAILABILITY PROCEDURES). OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. UNCLASSIFIED]</ref> This constitutes Obama's amending Executive Order 12333.<ref>http://circa.com/politics/some-us-intelligence-officials-want-trump-to-rescind-obamas-expansion-of-nsa-data</ref> DNI James Clapper previously signed off on 15 December 2016.
Three days later Brennan issued his scathing attack on Donald Trump.<ref>[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf ]</ref><ref>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46546.htm</ref> Simultaneously, FBI Dir. Comey asked for one-on-one meeting with Trump to alert him to the ''Steele dossier'', which which the Obama administration already leaked.<ref>https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-jcomey-060817.pdf</ref>
The ''New York Times'' reported "In its final days, the [[Obama administration]] has expanded the power of the [[National Security Agency]] to share globally intercepted personal communications with the government’s 16 other intelligence agencies before applying privacy protections," basically, an authorization to circulate Brennan's memo, a rehash of old reports on [[RT]] with a few pages of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/nsa-gets-more-latitude-to-share-intercepted-communications.html ]</ref> The expansion of the order makes it difficult to narrow in on leaks.
After first denying involvement, the UK's GCHQ spying agency admitted to spying on Trump since 2015 and sharing information with US intelligence since the '''spring of 2016''',<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/british-spies-first-to-spot-trump-team-links-russia</ref> <ref>http://upnorth.eu/if-trump-wins/</ref><ref>
https://web.archive.org/web/20161014165625/https://arvamus.postimees.ee/v2/3786189/jueri-luik-kui-trump-voidab</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/04/13/judge-napolitano-vindicated-british-intelligence-was-used-by-obama-administration-to-obtain-fisa-warrants-on-trump-team/</ref><ref>
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/04/no_author/judge-napolitano-vindicated/</ref>
[[Seymour Hersh]] reported that the Trump-Russia collusion story was invented by the [[intelligence community|US Intelligence Community]] to help defeat Donald Trump in the [[2016 Presidential election]] and as an "insurance policy" in the event he might win. The scam was invented by CIA Dir. John Brennan, DNI James Clapper and Director of the NSA Mike Rogers. <!--He accuses them of “peddling false information” and misleading President Barack Obama.--> Hersh attributes their treachery to wanting to keep their jobs in a Hillary Clinton administration.<ref>https://youtu.be/giuZdBAXVh0</ref>
''Circa'' reported "As his presidency drew to a close, Barack Obama’s top aides routinely reviewed intelligence reports gleaned from the National Security Agency’s incidental intercepts of Americans abroad, taking advantage of rules their boss relaxed starting in 2011 to help the government better fight terrorism, espionage by foreign enemies and hacking threats. ...Among those cleared to request and consume unmasked NSA-based intelligence reports about U.S. citizens were Obama’s national security adviser [[Susan Rice]], his CIA Director John Brennan and then-Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]]."<ref>http://circa.com/politics/barack-obama-changed-how-nsa-intercepts-of-americans-like-donald-trump-could-be-shared</ref>
Snowden leaks reveal Britain's GCHQ and other European spy agencies work together to conduct mass surveillance. The files also make clear that GCHQ played a leading role in advising its European counterparts how to work around national laws intended to restrict the surveillance power of intelligence agencies. ''The Guardian'' article reports,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/01/gchq-europe-spy-agencies-mass-surveillance-snowden</ref>
Snowden leaks reveal Britain's GCHQ and other European spy agencies work together to conduct mass surveillance. The files also make clear that GCHQ played a leading role in advising its European counterparts how to work around national laws intended to restrict the surveillance power of intelligence agencies. ''The Guardian'' article reports,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/01/gchq-europe-spy-agencies-mass-surveillance-snowden</ref>