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Relevant paragraph below. Arguing that they couldn't have interviewed Page about "Steele allegations" before those were known. Doesn't at all make the case that they couldn't infer things like willingness to cooperate from prev interview. pic.twitter.com/ep11UUKFub
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Bradley P. Moss
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.@AndrewCMcCarthy I see a lot of questions about the ethical lines pushed here but what I’m missing still is any identification of an actual legal obligation broken.
Is there case law saying FBI couldn’t rely on Steele’s credibility as a substitute for that of his informants? twitter.com/chuckrossdc/st…
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Brad Heath
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Necessity would be a legal obligation (and it's one of the most common avenues for attacking a Title III wiretap). But there's not really any evidence on that point - so yet another episode of blind men grasping at the elephant.
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Andres Freund (Pol)
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25. velj 2018. |
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I can't quite figure out whether McCarthy's argument are purely partisan at this point, or whether there's some merit and I'm just blinded to that side due to my own partisan blinders.
He's certainly more articulate than some, but as a non-lawyer I find the arguments strained.
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Bradley P. Moss
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25. velj 2018. |
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There are valid questions raised from an ethical standpoint. I’m not persuaded on the legal front though.
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Azul
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25. velj 2018. |
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He asks: "Why didn't the FBI call Page in for an interview rather than subject him to FISA surveillance?.."
Pg1 of the memo: "the FBI interviewed Page in March 2016 about his contact with Russian intelligence.." pic.twitter.com/x2KRy5Wf5A
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Andres Freund (Pol)
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25. velj 2018. |
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The argument presumably is, that that was before the start of the "current" CI investigation. Therefore the interview couldn't have been about the relevant matters. If that's indeed the idea, I'm not convinced.
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Brad Heath
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25. velj 2018. |
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Sure. But we have no idea what the FBI said to justify necessity. There's no way to reliably assess that against the FISA standard without knowing more.
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