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Carlin essentially did a "[[kamikaze]] dive" in assuring the [[Obama administration]]'s "insurance policy" against the election of [[Donald Trump]] would move forward. Carlin withheld from the [[FISA court]] critical details of an [[NSA]] Inspector General report, and an ongoing Compliance review, that the FBI and its contractors were engaged in [[Fourth Amendment]] violations of the rights of Americans. Carlin quit just days before the FISA warrant on [[Carter Page]] was submitted and approved. Two days later, the NSA informed the Court that the Obama Department of Justice and FBI had been abusing the FISA process since at least 2011.<ref>[https://m.theepochtimes.com/declassified-top-secret-report-details-spying-on-americans_2253658.html Declassified Top Secret Report Details Spying on Americans], By Joshua Philipp, The Epoch Times, May 31, 2017</ref> The warrant approved two days earlier against Carter Page gave the FBI FISA Title I authority throughout the duration of the [[Trump transition]],<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor-former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor former Trump adviser Carter Page] By Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett, Adam Entous, ''Washington Post'', April 11, 2017 </ref> and authority to apply the same extensive intrusions upon anyone Carter Page had phone, email or text contact with.

Carlin essentially did a "[[kamikaze]] dive" in assuring the [[Obama administration]]'s "insurance policy" against the election of [[Donald Trump]] would move forward. Carlin withheld from the [[FISA court]] critical details of an [[NSA]] Inspector General report, and an ongoing Compliance review, that the FBI and its contractors were engaged in [[Fourth Amendment]] violations of the rights of Americans. Carlin quit just days before the FISA warrant on [[Carter Page]] was submitted and approved. Two days later, the NSA informed the Court that the Obama Department of Justice and FBI had been abusing the FISA process since at least 2011.<ref>[https://m.theepochtimes.com/declassified-top-secret-report-details-spying-on-americans_2253658.html Declassified Top Secret Report Details Spying on Americans], By Joshua Philipp, The Epoch Times, May 31, 2017</ref> The warrant approved two days earlier against Carter Page gave the FBI FISA Title I authority throughout the duration of the [[Trump transition]],<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor-former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor former Trump adviser Carter Page] By Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett, Adam Entous, ''Washington Post'', April 11, 2017 </ref> and authority to apply the same extensive intrusions upon anyone Carter Page had phone, email or text contact with.

Carlin personally attended an October 4, 2016 FISA court hearing, and left the [[DOJ]] on October 15. NSA Director [[Adm. Mike Rogers]] informed the FISA court on October 23 of a pattern of [[FISA abuse]] in the Obama FBI and among contractors dating back months and years.<ref>[https://www.circa.com/story/2017/05/23/politics/obama-intel-agency-secretly-conducted-illegal-searches-on-americans-for-years Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years], ''Circa'', May 23, 2017 </ref> The court ascribed the Obama DOJ-NSD failure to disclose the abuses at the October 4 hearing, which Carlin attended, to an institutional “lack of candor” and emphasized that “this is a very serious Fourth Amendment issue.”<ref>[http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/post/160561655023/release-of-the-fisc-opinion-approving-the-2016 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) Memorandum and Opinion approving the 2016 Section 702 Certifications] (dated April 26, 2017), p. 19.</ref> In the interim, the Obama DOJ secured a FISA Title I warrant on Carter Page based on spurious opposition research paid for by [[Hillary Clinton]] and the [[DNC]].<ref>[https://saraacarter.com/intelligence-committee-reveals-weakly-sourced-doc-used-fisa-application/ Intelligence Committee Reveals Weakly Sourced Doc Used for FISA Application], Sara Carter, February 2, 2018 </ref>

Carlin personally attended an October 4, 2016 FISA court hearing, and left the [[DOJ]] on October 15. NSA Director [[Adm. Mike Rogers]] informed the FISA court on October 23 of a pattern of [[FISA abuse]] in the Obama FBI and among contractors dating back months and years.<ref>[https://www.circa.com/story/2017/05/23/politics/obama-intel-agency-secretly-conducted-illegal-searches-on-americans-for-years Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years], ''Circa'', May 23, 2017 </ref> The court ascribed the Obama DOJ-NSD failure to disclose the abuses at the October 4 hearing, which Carlin attended,<ref>[http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/post/160561655023/release-of-the-fisc-opinion-approving-the-2016 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) Memorandum and Opinion approving the 2016 Section 702 Certifications] (dated April 26, 2017), p. 19.</ref> to an institutional “lack of candor” and emphasized that “this is a very serious Fourth Amendment issue.”<ref>[https://exposefacts.org/institutional-lack-of-candor-fisa-violations/ Institutional Lack of Candor – FISA Violations] A primer on recent unauthorized activity by the Intelligence Community, January 24, 2018. Demand Progress.</ref> In the interim, the Obama DOJ secured a FISA Title I warrant on Carter Page based on spurious opposition research paid for by [[Hillary Clinton]] and the [[DNC]].<ref>[https://saraacarter.com/intelligence-committee-reveals-weakly-sourced-doc-used-fisa-application/ Intelligence Committee Reveals Weakly Sourced Doc Used for FISA Application], Sara Carter, February 2, 2018 </ref>

==Carter Page==

==Carter Page==