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*None of this surveillance was related to [[Russia]] or any investigation of Russian activities or of the Trump team.
*None of this surveillance was related to [[Russia]] or any investigation of Russian activities or of the Trump team.
"This is illegal domestic political [[espionage]] on a scale never before imagined. It is, however, totally consistent with the Obama Administration’s weaponizing of the [[IRS]], as well as other unlawful manipulations of government programs to fund the operations of political allies and non-governmental organizations," such as [[ACORN]], Farrell concludes.<ref>https://youtu.be/CHzIw27Jn70</ref>
"This is illegal domestic political [[espionage]] on a scale never before imagined. It is, however, totally consistent with the Obama Administration’s weaponizing of the [[IRS]], as well as other unlawful manipulations of government programs to fund the operations of political allies and non-governmental organizations," such as [[ACORN]], Farrell concludes.<ref>https://youtu.be/CHzIw27Jn70</ref>
==FISA abuse==
[[File:Fisa-carter-page.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The Obama administration asked for and recieved FISA Title I surveillance authority on [[Carter Page]], which then gave the Obama FBI the same surveillance power over anyone Page came in contact with, in the Trump campaign, transition, and administration as "agents of a foreign power". The Obama administration did not tell the FISA court the fraudulent evidence was manufactured and paid for by the Clinton campaign and Democrat party.]]
:''Main article:'' [[FISA abuse]]
During a period of November 2015 through April 18, 2016, Justice Department political insiders and outside political contractors, including [[FusionGPS]], accessed the [[NSA]] and FBI database using FISA-702(17) “About Queries”. They gathered information on political opposition of candidate [[Hillary Clinton]], including Donald Trump campaign officials and affiliates. [[Michael S. Rogers|NSA Director Mike Rogers]] suspected illegal abuse and instructed the NSA compliance officer to conduct a full [[FISA]] audit. The NSA began querying [[DOJ]] and [[FBI]] activity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CIJGH9RS2Fc </ref>
NSA Dir. Mike Rogers discovered FISA-702(17) “About Queries” were conducted by the FBI, “contractors” and “individuals”, for reasons that had nothing to do with national security and the FBI did not notify the FISA court for approval. The FISA-702 “About Searches” returned information on Americans. Those results were passed on to people outside government. Those 702 (American Citizen) results were not “minimized” and exposed the private data of the American citizens.
In addition, Dir. Mike Rogers discovered people within the intelligence community were doing “searches” of the NSA and FBI database that were returning information that had nothing to do with “Foreign Individuals”. Rogers requested a full FISA-702 Compliance Review. As an outcome of that review, the DOJ/FBI compliance officer noted FISA violations.
These ‘passed-along’ FISA-702 search results were used by [[Glenn Simpson]], Mary Jacobs, and [[Nellie Ohr]]; “unmasked” by [[Obama administration]] officials; enhanced by [[Christopher Steele]] in the ''[[Steele dossier]]'', and returned to the FBI Counterintelligence Deputy [[Peter Strzok]], DOJ Deputy [[Bruce Ohr]], and DOJ/FBI lawyer [[Lisa Page]], for an “insurance policy” against the election of [[Donald Trump]].
In October 2016 the DOJ and FBI then took the ''Steele dossier'', full circle, back to the FISA Court to gain the most intrusive FISA Title I surveillance authority and approval upon the Trump Campaign and Donald Trump. Immediately after the DOJ lawyers formatted the information for a valid FISC application, the head of the DOJ National Secirity Division, Asst. Attn. Gen. [[John P Carlin]], left his job. Carlin’s exit came as the DOJ-NSD and NSA Dir. Mike Rogers informed the FISA court that frequent unauthorized FISA-702 searches had been conducted.
All the intelligence information the Obama DOJ and FBI collected via their illegal FISA-702 queries, combined with the intelligence [[FusionGPS]] created during their earlier contractor access to FISA-702(17) “about queries”, was the intelligence data delivered to Christopher Steele for use in creating the ''Steele dossier''.
===Executive Order 12333===
The executive order’s history dates back to President Ronald Reagan. He signed the order into law in 1981, giving the intelligence community the ability to extend their powers and streamlining the ability of federal agencies also investigating intelligence issues, to cooperate with the CIA requests for information.
It gives the NSA almost unlimited authority to access information and intercept overseas communications.
[[Obama]] sought to expand those powers and take down the wall during his second term in office. The original executive order only allowed limited personnel - those with the highest levels of security clearances - to view the original raw data.
But the changes came at the end of his presidency. On Jan. 3, then Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]] signed the expansion of the executive order, which had already been signed by [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] in mid-December.
For many years the executive order didn’t draw a lot of attention, but NSA [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]] [[Edward Snowden]] exposed its vast reach.
Snowden, who is being sought by U.S. authorities for leaking classified information and is now in [[Russia]], was the catalyst that exposed the vast authority of the NSA by revealing how the agency is capable of retrieving and storing vast amounts of what Americans considered private communications in their servers."<ref>http://circa.com/politics/some-us-intelligence-officials-want-trump-to-rescind-obamas-expansion-of-nsa-data</ref>
==Unmasking==
==Unmasking==