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On October 15, 2016 Strzok and DOJ Deputy Bruce Ohr rewrote a narrower FISA warrant application  dropping Trump's name and focusing on Carter Page.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/03/04/summary-of-media-articles-discussing-obamas-fisa-warrants-to-monitor-candidatepresident-trump/</ref> While the [[BBC]] suggested that the surveillance was meant to ferret out “transfers of money,” Louise Mensch asserted that a “warrant was granted to look at the full content of [[email]]s and other related documents that may concern US persons.”<ref>https://archive.is/0miO5</ref> The FBI did not inform the court that the FBI authorized payment to Steele for the information. On October 21 the FISA court approved the warrant application on Carter Page giving the FBI unfettered and retroactive authority to access Page's upstream and downstream private electronic communications with the Trump campaign.

On October 15, 2016 Strzok and DOJ Deputy Bruce Ohr rewrote a narrower FISA warrant application  dropping Trump's name and focusing on Carter Page.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/03/04/summary-of-media-articles-discussing-obamas-fisa-warrants-to-monitor-candidatepresident-trump/</ref> While the [[BBC]] suggested that the surveillance was meant to ferret out “transfers of money,” Louise Mensch asserted that a “warrant was granted to look at the full content of [[email]]s and other related documents that may concern US persons.”<ref>https://archive.is/0miO5</ref> The FBI did not inform the court that the FBI authorized payment to Steele for the information. On October 21 the FISA court approved the warrant application on Carter Page giving the FBI unfettered and retroactive authority to access Page's upstream and downstream private electronic communications with the Trump campaign.

Strzok was a regular reader of [[Benjamin Wittes]] [[Lawfare group]] blog, which was the first published reference to a [[subversive]]  "insurance policy" should Trump win. Three days before the Strzok officially opened a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign, Strzok and Lisa Page had this exchange:

Strzok was a regular reader of [[Benjamin Wittes]] [[Lawfare group]] blog, which was the first published reference to a [[subversive]]  "insurance policy" should Trump win. Three days before Strzok officially opened a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign, Strzok and Lisa Page had this exchange:

*00:36:58, Thu OUTBOX Strzok: Ha. First line made me smile. \n\nWhat Does the US Government Know About Russia and the DNC Hack? -Lawfare\nhttps://www.lawfareblog.com/what-does-us- government-know-about-russia-and-dnc-hack  

*00:36:58, Thu OUTBOX Strzok: Ha. First line made me smile. \n\nWhat Does the US Government Know About Russia and the DNC Hack? -Lawfare\nhttps://www.lawfareblog.com/what-does-us- government-know-about-russia-and-dnc-hack  

*00:42:34, Thu INBOX Lisa Page: Interesting. Good comments about Comey, too\n\nTrump and the Powers of the American Presidency, Part III -Lawfare\nhttps://www.lawfa reblog.com/trump-and-powers- american-presidencv-Dart-iii

*00:42:34, Thu INBOX Lisa Page: Interesting. Good comments about Comey, too\n\nTrump and the Powers of the American Presidency, Part III -Lawfare\nhttps://www.lawfa reblog.com/trump-and-powers- american-presidencv-Dart-iii