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==Trump warned by Rogers==
==Trump warned by Rogers==
November 17 [[NSA]] [[Director Mike Rogers]] made a trip to Trump Tower to meet with President-elect Trump without notifying Clapper or the White House first.<ref>http://www.npr.org/2016/11/22/502980006/reports-suggest-nsa-director-mike-rogers-is-on-his-way-out</ref> Rogers warned Trump of the Obama administration's illegal spying on Trump and the transition team. Trump immediately moved his transition headquarters to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, [[New Jersey]] the same day. Interviews to fill the most sensitive positions in Defense, State, CIA, and ODNI we're ongoing.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/17/donald-trump-moves-transition-meetings-private-gol/</ref>
November 17 [[NSA]] [[Director Mike Rogers]] made a trip to Trump Tower to meet with President-elect Trump without notifying Clapper or the White House first.<ref>https://www.npr.org/2016/11/22/502980006/reports-suggest-nsa-director-mike-rogers-is-on-his-way-out</ref> Rogers warned Trump of the Obama administration's illegal spying on Trump and the transition team. Trump immediately moved his transition headquarters to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, [[New Jersey]] the same day. Interviews to fill the most sensitive positions in Defense, State, CIA, and ODNI we're ongoing.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/17/donald-trump-moves-transition-meetings-private-gol/</ref>
Two days later the ''Washington Post'' reported DNI James Clapper and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter recommended to the White House that Dir. Rogers be fired. Rogers meeting with Trump "caused consternation at senior levels of the administration, according to officials."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-and-intelligence-community-chiefs-have-urged-obama-to-remove-the-head-of-the-nsa/2016/11/19/44de6ea6-adff-11e6-977a-1030f822fc35_story.html?utm_term=.d9d3bcfd83f3</ref>
Two days later the ''Washington Post'' reported DNI James Clapper and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter recommended to the White House that Dir. Rogers be fired. Rogers meeting with Trump "caused consternation at senior levels of the administration, according to officials."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-and-intelligence-community-chiefs-have-urged-obama-to-remove-the-head-of-the-nsa/2016/11/19/44de6ea6-adff-11e6-977a-1030f822fc35_story.html?utm_term=.d9d3bcfd83f3</ref>
In reviewing various [[leak]]s before and after the November 8, 2016 election, a trend becomes evident: prior to the election, leaks of classified information focused on Russia's attempts to sow discord with the U.S. presidential election. Leaks after the election focused on an alleged desire of Russia for Trump to win, rather than for the sole purpose of undermining confidence in the U.S. electoral system.<ref>''Russian Active Measures'', March 22, 2018, pp. 101-110.</ref> Leftist media hysterically reported that Russians stole the election by hacking voting machines, and Putin stuffed the ballot box for Donald Trump.<ref>http://amp.gothamist.com/amp/articles/create?article_id=582de55bada6e2220e4d68f4 </ref>
In reviewing various [[leak]]s before and after the November 8, 2016 election, a trend becomes evident: prior to the election, leaks of classified information focused on Russia's attempts to sow discord with the U.S. presidential election. Leaks after the election focused on an alleged desire of Russia for Trump to win, rather than for the sole purpose of undermining confidence in the U.S. electoral system.<ref>''Russian Active Measures'', March 22, 2018, pp. 101-110.</ref> Leftist media hysterically reported that Russians stole the election by hacking voting machines, and Putin stuffed the ballot box for Donald Trump.<ref>http://amp.gothamist.com/amp/articles/create?article_id=582de55bada6e2220e4d68f4 </ref>
On December 5 Obama ordered Brennan to prepare a report on Russian meddling.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.d12bb3f09dd9</ref> Meanwhile, Brennan's liaison with the FBI, [[Peter Strzok]], delivered a false and misleading briefing to House Intelligence Committee investigators into the origins of the ''Steele dossier''. House investigators later were contacted by an informant<!--Priestap?--> suggesting that there was “documentary evidence” that Strzok was obstructing the House probe into the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/12/texts-between-ex-mueller-team-members-emerge-calling-trump-loathsome-human-idiot.html</ref>
On December 5 Obama ordered Brennan to prepare a report on Russian meddling.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.d12bb3f09dd9</ref> Meanwhile, Brennan's liaison with the FBI, [[Peter Strzok]], delivered a false and misleading briefing to House Intelligence Committee investigators into the origins of the ''Steele dossier''. House investigators later were contacted by an informant<!--Priestap?--> suggesting that there was “documentary evidence” that Strzok was obstructing the House probe into the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/12/texts-between-ex-mueller-team-members-emerge-calling-trump-loathsome-human-idiot.html</ref>
<!--*'''6 December.''' Obama says, "Just think about what we’ve done these last eight years without firing a shot...We’ve eliminated Syria’s chemical weapons".<ref>(begins about 34:17 in video) http://theuptake.org/2016/12/06/obama-on-counterterrorism/</ref>-->
<!--*'''6 December.''' Obama says, "Just think about what we’ve done these last eight years without firing a shot...We’ve eliminated Syria’s chemical weapons".<ref>(begins about 34:17 in video) http://theuptake.org/2016/12/06/obama-on-counterterrorism/</ref>-->
Within a few weeks the Global Magnitsky Act<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/putin-congress-rohrabacher-trump-231775 </ref> and the Inspector General Empowerment Act were passed. The OIG now had access once again to all information the Obama administration had been refusing to Inspectors General which created the [[FISA abuse]] scandal.
Within a few weeks the Global Magnitsky Act<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/putin-congress-rohrabacher-trump-231775 </ref> and the Inspector General Empowerment Act were passed. The OIG now had access once again to all information the Obama administration had been refusing to Inspectors General which created the [[FISA abuse]] scandal.
On December 22 right after an anti-Istaeli resolution was proposed at the UN by the US, a “very senior member” of Trump's transition team — who has been identified as [[Jared Kushner]] directed Michael Flynn to contact officials of the various foreign governments on the [[UN Security Council]] to inform them Trump opposed an Obama orchestrated resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity. Russian Amb. Sergei Kislyak informed Flynn that Russia would not vote against the Obama administration's resolution condemning [[Israel]] despite Trump's opposition to it.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454293/robert-mueller-trump-russia-investigation-michael-flynn-obama-administration-foreign-policy-israel</ref>
On December 22 right after an anti-Istaeli resolution was proposed at the UN by the US, a “very senior member” of Trump's transition team — who has been identified as [[Jared Kushner]] directed Michael Flynn to contact officials of the various foreign governments on the [[UN Security Council]] to inform them Trump opposed an Obama orchestrated resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity. Russian Amb. Sergei Kislyak informed Flynn that Russia would not vote against the Obama administration's resolution condemning [[Israel]] despite Trump's opposition to it.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/article/454293/robert-mueller-trump-russia-investigation-michael-flynn-obama-administration-foreign-policy-israel</ref>
On December 23 Obama signed an executive order with a new round of sanctions against Russia. Flynn sought guidance from K.T. McFarland about what to tell Kislyak. Flynn and McFarland discussed how the sanctions might affect Trump foreign-policy goals. McFarland told Flynn that the transition team did not want Russia to escalate the situation — meaning, not to respond aggressively to Obama's move.
On December 23 Obama signed an executive order with a new round of sanctions against Russia. Flynn sought guidance from K.T. McFarland about what to tell Kislyak. Flynn and McFarland discussed how the sanctions might affect Trump foreign-policy goals. McFarland told Flynn that the transition team did not want Russia to escalate the situation — meaning, not to respond aggressively to Obama's move.
Clinton campaign chairman [[John Podesta]], who with the DNC paid FusionGPS $1,024,408 for the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'', secretly meet with FusionGPS boss Glenn Simpson the same day.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/us/politics/john-tony-podesta-mueller-russia-investigation.html?mtrref=t.co</ref>
Clinton campaign chairman [[John Podesta]], who with the DNC paid FusionGPS $1,024,408 for the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'', secretly meet with FusionGPS boss Glenn Simpson the same day.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/10/us/politics/john-tony-podesta-mueller-russia-investigation.html?mtrref=t.co</ref>
On January 11 Trump responded to Obama IC bosses smears on Twitter: "I win an election easily, a great "movement" is verified, and crooked opponents try to belittle our victory with [[Fake news|FAKE NEWS]]. A sorry state! ... Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to ‘leak’ into the public. One last shot at me. Are we living in [[Nazi Germany]]?”<ref>http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-intel-20170111-story.html</ref> Trump stated that he was not briefed on the full contents the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' or its origins. NBC News independently verified Trump's account,<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/moscow-rejects-report-donald-trump-ties-total-hoax-n705586</ref> as did FOX News.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/11/trump-was-not-given-any-summary-russian-claims-about-compromising-info-source-says.html</ref>
On January 11 Trump responded to Obama IC bosses smears on Twitter: "I win an election easily, a great "movement" is verified, and crooked opponents try to belittle our victory with [[Fake news|FAKE NEWS]]. A sorry state! ... Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to ‘leak’ into the public. One last shot at me. Are we living in [[Nazi Germany]]?”<ref>https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-intel-20170111-story.html</ref> Trump stated that he was not briefed on the full contents the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' or its origins. NBC News independently verified Trump's account,<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/moscow-rejects-report-donald-trump-ties-total-hoax-n705586</ref> as did FOX News.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/11/trump-was-not-given-any-summary-russian-claims-about-compromising-info-source-says.html</ref>
Later that day DNI Clapper issued a press release stating that he only now, not days earlier on January 6, discussed the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' with Trump.<ref>https://archive.is/Y2fbA</ref>
Later that day DNI Clapper issued a press release stating that he only now, not days earlier on January 6, discussed the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' with Trump.<ref>https://archive.is/Y2fbA</ref>
[[File:Wiretapped-story-NYT-868x723.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The ''New York Times'' ran a [[fake news]] headline as Trump arrived in Washington to be inaugurated. The illegally procured wiretap data was based on opposition research materials paid for by Clintonites and the FBI, slandering Trump and associates. It had the effect of suppressing Trump approval ratings to record lows his first 100 days and derailing Trump appointments and legislative agenda. Media manipulation for political purposes by the Obama intelligence community violates US law.]]
[[File:Wiretapped-story-NYT-868x723.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The ''New York Times'' ran a [[fake news]] headline as Trump arrived in Washington to be inaugurated. The illegally procured wiretap data was based on opposition research materials paid for by Clintonites and the FBI, slandering Trump and associates. It had the effect of suppressing Trump approval ratings to record lows his first 100 days and derailing Trump appointments and legislative agenda. Media manipulation for political purposes by the Obama intelligence community violates US law.]]
Obama removed [[Dana Boente]] from succession as acting [[Attorney General]] by Executive Order the same day, placing [[Sally Yates]] in his stead.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/10/trump-executive-order-obama-justice-department-succession/97752898/</ref>
Obama removed [[Dana Boente]] from succession as acting [[Attorney General]] by Executive Order the same day, placing [[Sally Yates]] in his stead.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/10/trump-executive-order-obama-justice-department-succession/97752898/</ref>
<!--*'''18 January.''' ''McClatchy News Service'' headlined a story that the FBI, the CIA, the National Security Agency, the [[Justice Department]], the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and representatives of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) collaborated for months in an investigation of Donald Trump, according to two anonymous sources.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article127231799.html#storylink=cpy</ref>-->
<!--*'''18 January.''' ''McClatchy News Service'' headlined a story that the FBI, the CIA, the National Security Agency, the [[Justice Department]], the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and representatives of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) collaborated for months in an investigation of Donald Trump, according to two anonymous sources.<ref>https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article127231799.html#storylink=cpy</ref>-->
On the eve of inauguration the ''[[New York Times]]'' carried a frontpage headline, ''Wiretapped Data Used in Inquiry of Trump Aides''. The article stated "investigators have accelerated their efforts in recent weeks but have found '''no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing''', the officials said. One official said intelligence reports based on some of '''the wiretapped communications had been provided to the White House'''.<ref>https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1bc_1488948943</ref> The headline has been changed for its online version.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/trump-russia-associates-investigation.html?_r=0</ref> ''WaPo'' reported Obama's top intelligence and law-enforcement deputies met to talk about [[Mike Flynn]]'s conversation with Amb. Sergei Kislyak.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-warned-white-house-that-flynn-could-be-vulnerable-to-russian-blackmail-officials-say/2017/02/13/fc5dab88-f228-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.48798d79df70 </ref> Trump was sworn in the next day.
On the eve of inauguration the ''[[New York Times]]'' carried a frontpage headline, ''Wiretapped Data Used in Inquiry of Trump Aides''. The article stated "investigators have accelerated their efforts in recent weeks but have found '''no conclusive evidence of wrongdoing''', the officials said. One official said intelligence reports based on some of '''the wiretapped communications had been provided to the White House'''.<ref>https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1bc_1488948943</ref> The headline has been changed for its online version.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/trump-russia-associates-investigation.html?_r=0</ref> ''WaPo'' reported Obama's top intelligence and law-enforcement deputies met to talk about [[Mike Flynn]]'s conversation with Amb. Sergei Kislyak.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-warned-white-house-that-flynn-could-be-vulnerable-to-russian-blackmail-officials-say/2017/02/13/fc5dab88-f228-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.48798d79df70 </ref> Trump was sworn in the next day.