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Ten days after the Department of Justice publicly announced the convictions of the Russian spies with Page's help, Page joined the Trump campaign as an unpaid volunteer.
Ten days after the Department of Justice publicly announced the convictions of the Russian spies with Page's help, Page joined the Trump campaign as an unpaid volunteer.
In October 2016, the Obama [[Department of Justice]] represented the 2013 attempted recruitment of Carter Page by Russian intelligence as successful to FISA court, alleging Page was an "agent of a foreign power." The [[fraud]] commited against the court by Obama operatives was intended to gain ''retroactive'' approval for their illegal surveillance throughout the [[2016 presidential election]], and as a future "insurance policy" against Trump's election.
In October 2016, the Obama [[Department of Justice]] represented the 2013 attempted recruitment of Carter Page by Russian intelligence as successful to FISA court, alleging Page was an "agent of a foreign power." The [[fraud]] committed against the court by Obama operatives was intended to gain ''retroactive'' approval for their illegal surveillance throughout the [[2016 presidential election]], and as a future "insurance policy" against Trump's election.
The court granted FISA Title I surveillance authority, the most severe and intrusive authority, giving the [[FBI]] authority to apply the same intrusions against anyone Carter Page had electronic communications with, and in turn anyone Pages's contacts had communications with - eventually the entire Trump campaign - as if it were a spy nest, drug cartel, or terrorist organization.
The court granted FISA Title I surveillance authority, the most severe and intrusive authority, giving the [[FBI]] authority to apply the same intrusions against anyone Carter Page had electronic communications with, and in turn anyone Pages's contacts had communications with - eventually the entire Trump campaign - as if it were a spy nest, drug cartel, or terrorist organization.