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702 queries targeting American citizens are never legal under any circumstances.

702 queries targeting American citizens are never legal under any circumstances.

The evidence used to justify opening the [[Russia investigation]] against the [[2016 Trump campaign]], and presented to the FISA court by the [[Obama]] [[Justice Department]], was [[fraud]]ulent.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-trump-should-declassify-100-percent-fraudulent-fisa-warrant-for-carter-page</ref> Impeachment proceedings against deputy attorney general [[Rod Rosenstein]] we're initiated in late June 2018 for abusing the FISA process and initiating an illegitimate investigation of [[President Trump]] and associates not authorized by statutory law or Department of Justice regulations.<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/21/3-big-takeaways-grassleys-ovetrsight-demands-rod-rosenstein/</ref>

The evidence used to justify opening the [[Russia investigation]] against the [[2016 Trump campaign]], and presented to the FISA court by the [[Obama]] [[Justice Department]], was [[fraud]]ulent.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/devin-nunes-trump-should-declassify-100-percent-fraudulent-fisa-warrant-for-carter-page</ref> Impeachment proceedings against deputy attorney general [[Rod Rosenstein]] we're initiated in late June 2018 for abusing the FISA process and initiating an illegitimate investigation of [[President Trump]] and associates not authorized by statutory law or Department of Justice regulations.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2018/05/21/3-big-takeaways-grassleys-ovetrsight-demands-rod-rosenstein/</ref>

==Congressional resolution==

==Congressional resolution==

Whereas to obtain these warrants, [[FBI]] and [[DOJ]] officials submitted an unverified dossier prepared by [[Christopher Steele]] to the FISA Court,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/fbi-dossier-carter-page-donald-trump-russia-investigation/index.html </ref> failing to disclose that Christopher Steele was hired by the firm [[Fusion GPS]], which was hired by the [[Democratic National Committee]] and [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign]] to prepare this dossier and that the source was unreliable and was soon thereafter going to be terminated as a source;<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.458088f4d37c</ref><ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/10/24/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-russia-dossier/WfYqXZf9lvbL5ujqnpp2FJ/story.html</ref>

Whereas to obtain these warrants, [[FBI]] and [[DOJ]] officials submitted an unverified dossier prepared by [[Christopher Steele]] to the FISA Court,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/fbi-dossier-carter-page-donald-trump-russia-investigation/index.html </ref> failing to disclose that Christopher Steele was hired by the firm [[Fusion GPS]], which was hired by the [[Democratic National Committee]] and [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign]] to prepare this dossier and that the source was unreliable and was soon thereafter going to be terminated as a source;<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.458088f4d37c</ref><ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/10/24/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-russia-dossier/WfYqXZf9lvbL5ujqnpp2FJ/story.html</ref>

Whereas the FISA Court was not informed that Christopher Steele was actively opposed to the election of [[Donald Trump]],<ref>https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/heres-the-most-troubling-part-in-the-nunes-memo-and-why-it-matters-legally/ </ref> that he was the unnamed source cited in the media reports that the FBI used to corroborate his dossier,<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/4/christopher-steele-russia-dossier-writer-same-sour/ </ref> and that Fusion GPS had been hired to perform previous anti-Trump research efforts in 2015;<ref>http://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/fusion-gps-washington-free-beacon/ </ref>

Whereas the FISA Court was not informed that Christopher Steele was actively opposed to the election of [[Donald Trump]],<ref>https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/heres-the-most-troubling-part-in-the-nunes-memo-and-why-it-matters-legally/ </ref> that he was the unnamed source cited in the media reports that the FBI used to corroborate his dossier,<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/4/christopher-steele-russia-dossier-writer-same-sour/ </ref> and that Fusion GPS had been hired to perform previous anti-Trump research efforts in 2015;<ref>https://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/fusion-gps-washington-free-beacon/ </ref>

Whereas the Woods Procedures, which are the FBI’s mandatory vetting process required for all FISA warrant applications instituted to ensure that all the facts contained in an application are accurate and verified to clearly support [[probable cause]] for a [[warrant]], were not followed; <ref>http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/372233-nunes-memo-raises-question-did-fbi-violate-woods-procedures </ref>  

Whereas the Woods Procedures, which are the FBI’s mandatory vetting process required for all FISA warrant applications instituted to ensure that all the facts contained in an application are accurate and verified to clearly support [[probable cause]] for a [[warrant]], were not followed; <ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/372233-nunes-memo-raises-question-did-fbi-violate-woods-procedures </ref>  

Whereas former Director [[Comey]] admitted in sworn testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 8, 2017, that material contained in the [[Steele dossier]] was known to be both ‘‘salacious’’ and ‘‘unverified’’;<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/08/full-text-james-comey-trump-russia-testimony-239295 </ref>

Whereas former Director [[Comey]] admitted in sworn testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 8, 2017, that material contained in the [[Steele dossier]] was known to be both ‘‘salacious’’ and ‘‘unverified’’;<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/08/full-text-james-comey-trump-russia-testimony-239295 </ref>

Whereas these deeply flawed and questionable FISA warrant applications utilizing illicit sources and [[political]]ly biased intelligence were approved by DOJ and FBI officials at the highest levels before being submitted to the FISA Court;<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2018/02/02/nunes-memo-reports-crimes-at-top-of-fbi-doj/ </ref>

Whereas these deeply flawed and questionable FISA warrant applications utilizing illicit sources and [[political]]ly biased intelligence were approved by DOJ and FBI officials at the highest levels before being submitted to the FISA Court;<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2018/02/02/nunes-memo-reports-crimes-at-top-of-fbi-doj/ </ref>

Whereas it was further not disclosed to the FISA court that the wife of fourth-ranking DOJ official [[Bruce Ohr]] worked for Fusion GPS and that Christopher Steele directly transmitted the dossier and other information through Bruce Ohr for submission to the FISA court...<ref>http://thefederalist.com/2018/02/07/new-criminal-referral-confirms-nunes-memos-explosive-claims-of-fisa-abuse/ </ref>

Whereas it was further not disclosed to the FISA court that the wife of fourth-ranking DOJ official [[Bruce Ohr]] worked for Fusion GPS and that Christopher Steele directly transmitted the dossier and other information through Bruce Ohr for submission to the FISA court...<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2018/02/07/new-criminal-referral-confirms-nunes-memos-explosive-claims-of-fisa-abuse/ </ref>

==Contractor access==

==Contractor access==

Agencies within the United States government with FISA access routinely grant contractor access to outside groups and individuals. [[Daniel Richman]] for example, the [[Columbia University]] professor to whom ex-FBI director [[James Comey]] leaked classified memos in hopes of sparking a [[Mueller office|Special Counsel investigation]] of President Trump,<ref>http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/341225-comeys-private-memos-on-trump-conversations-contained-classified?amp</ref> was an FBI contractor with FISA access.<ref><small>"Edward Snowden was an NSA contractor.  Reality Winner was an NSA contractor. Christopher Steele was an FBI contractor. Daniel Richman was an FBI contractor. Nellie Ohr was a CIA contractor. [[Stefan Halper]] was an FBI/CIA Contractor. Glenn Simpson was an FBI/CIA contractor.  Fusion-GPS was an FBI contractor.  Crowdstrike is an FBI contractor. The FBI approached [[Oleg Deripaska]] about being a repeat FBI contractor etc."</small><br>https://www.shiftfrequency.com/fbi-cia-intelligence-agent-stefan-halper/</ref>

Agencies within the United States government with FISA access routinely grant contractor access to outside groups and individuals. [[Daniel Richman]] for example, the [[Columbia University]] professor to whom ex-FBI director [[James Comey]] leaked classified memos in hopes of sparking a [[Mueller office|Special Counsel investigation]] of President Trump,<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/341225-comeys-private-memos-on-trump-conversations-contained-classified?amp</ref> was an FBI contractor with FISA access.<ref><small>"Edward Snowden was an NSA contractor.  Reality Winner was an NSA contractor. Christopher Steele was an FBI contractor. Daniel Richman was an FBI contractor. Nellie Ohr was a CIA contractor. [[Stefan Halper]] was an FBI/CIA Contractor. Glenn Simpson was an FBI/CIA contractor.  Fusion-GPS was an FBI contractor.  Crowdstrike is an FBI contractor. The FBI approached [[Oleg Deripaska]] about being a repeat FBI contractor etc."</small><br>https://www.shiftfrequency.com/fbi-cia-intelligence-agent-stefan-halper/</ref>

[[FusionGPS]] and [[CrowdStrike]] likewise are said to be contractors, at least up until the time the NSA and FISA court cut them off because of over 5,000 abuses - illegal 702 search queries on American citizens, Trump attorney [[Michael Cohen]] being the most prominently known as of 2018.<ref>https://youtu.be/4G48P1cTK-E</ref> The allegation of Cohen visiting Prague and [[Stormy Daniels]] payoff are the results of illegal FISA 702 surveillance.

[[FusionGPS]] and [[CrowdStrike]] likewise are said to be contractors, at least up until the time the NSA and FISA court cut them off because of over 5,000 abuses - illegal 702 search queries on American citizens, Trump attorney [[Michael Cohen]] being the most prominently known as of 2018.<ref>https://youtu.be/4G48P1cTK-E</ref> The allegation of Cohen visiting Prague and [[Stormy Daniels]] payoff are the results of illegal FISA 702 surveillance.