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there was no evidence presented. there was hearsay that was
Posted on: July 23, 2018 at 11:05:42 CT
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3 to 4 times removed from the original source presented as fact. there was circular confirmation presented as corroboration. the same FBI who presented it as fact in the affidavit also claimed it was salacious and unverified and then after a legit attempt to verify it the best they could say was it was minimally verified. whatever that means.
the affidavit is riddled with speculations presented as facts.
and make no mistake, despite the left's attempt to say the dossier wasn't the basis of the FISA warrant, it absolutely is. there's literally nothing else but the dossier in the affidavit when you take into account the articles are from the same source.
i have seen several Dems say this is probable cause which is less than proof beyond a reasonable doubt and therefore the FISA warrant meets the legal standard.
if you are of the opinion that 4th hand hearsay, that's never corroborated, qualifies as probable cause ie a set of facts and circumstances that lead a reasonable person to believe a specific person committed a specific crime then I really don't know that we'll ever see eye to eye.
based on my experience I don't believe it comes even arguably close. i can assure you from the probably 1,000 probable cause statements I've written and 100's of search warrants I've written the manner in which the affiant of the FISA warrant presented his PC would have got me laughed out of a judge's chambers if I ever made it that far b/c presumably the prosecutor would have caught it first.
that this thing sailed through the FBI and DOJ tells you that not only can a prosecutor indict a ham sandwich they can also get a FISA warrant on a ham sandwich.
when the target is an American citizen and the stakes are spying on that American citizen I think the bar should be MUCH, MUCH, MUCH higher.
Edited by blake1771 at 11:16:03 on 07/23/18
the affidavit is riddled with speculations presented as facts.
and make no mistake, despite the left's attempt to say the dossier wasn't the basis of the FISA warrant, it absolutely is. there's literally nothing else but the dossier in the affidavit when you take into account the articles are from the same source.
i have seen several Dems say this is probable cause which is less than proof beyond a reasonable doubt and therefore the FISA warrant meets the legal standard.
if you are of the opinion that 4th hand hearsay, that's never corroborated, qualifies as probable cause ie a set of facts and circumstances that lead a reasonable person to believe a specific person committed a specific crime then I really don't know that we'll ever see eye to eye.
based on my experience I don't believe it comes even arguably close. i can assure you from the probably 1,000 probable cause statements I've written and 100's of search warrants I've written the manner in which the affiant of the FISA warrant presented his PC would have got me laughed out of a judge's chambers if I ever made it that far b/c presumably the prosecutor would have caught it first.
that this thing sailed through the FBI and DOJ tells you that not only can a prosecutor indict a ham sandwich they can also get a FISA warrant on a ham sandwich.
when the target is an American citizen and the stakes are spying on that American citizen I think the bar should be MUCH, MUCH, MUCH higher.
Edited by blake1771 at 11:16:03 on 07/23/18
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there was no evidence presented. there was hearsay that was - blake1771 KC - 7/23 11:05:42