[The Hill] Former CIA Director Leon Panetta said Thursday that President Trump risks a "constitutional crisis" by pushing for the release of a GOP memo detailing alleged government surveillance abuses over objections from the FBI.
In an interview with NBC's Chuck Todd, Panetta said he worries that the system of checks and balances in the federal government is breaking down.
"There is no question, Chuck, that it is breaking down the process as it was designed to work so that all sides would have say in the process," Panetta said on MSNBC's "MTP Daily."
"We have check and balances. But you have to establish ways for those checks and balances to work," the former Obama administration official continued.
"When that starts to break down, when the president says I’m going to release it no matter what the FBI says, or what the Justice Department says, then it creates what I consider a constitutional crisis," he finished.
#2
"Crisis"....says Former Klingon director and longtime Clinton surrogate.
Crisis? Crisis? Here's an actual fok'n "Crisis" and how YOU handled it.
"Unfortunately, there was no specific intelligence or indications of an imminent attack on that -- U.S. facilities in Benghazi," Panetta said. "And frankly without an adequate warning, there was not enough time given the speed of the attack for armed military assets to respond." Link to CNN article
#3
Leon Panetta is a part of the Problem: a Swamp-critter's swamp critter.
Remember in Obama's first term? He was brought in to shut down all of the leaks that plagued the Bush Administration. As Clinton's old consiglierie and an Obama (Soros faction) appointee he could tell all the swamp critters that 'Party Time' was over: "Shut Up! Or no more jobs in the Beltway!"
#5
"Unfortunately, there was no specific intelligence or indications of an imminent attack on that -- U.S. facilities in Benghazi," Panetta said. "And frankly without an adequate warning, there was not enough time given the speed of the attack for armed military assets to respond."
You did not think a hand grenade at the earlier consulate was "no warning"?
#7
Except the FBI reports to the president. Any "crisis* would be their refusal to obey the law and/or orders.
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#8
It is always interesting when violators of the constitution hide behind it when they are in trouble. The deep state violated the constitution when they violated the rights of fellow Americans. Apparently the memo merely outlines their method and mentions a few of the culprits.
#12
When the klingons minions say you are under heat because a grenade killed guards at the ramada and you move to the countryside and take a meeting from MB hemorrhoid erdogan stoog - once he leaves the party starts.
The compound gets waxed.
Please tell me you heard of Al Nusra before.
Let me try something else, the leftists tipped off the leftists whom in turn tipped off the jihadists which in turn took out a kindly but American target... on 9-11. Who could have thunk it.
I had responsible party claim within four hours before Hillary fuckhole blamed it on a video. And I have her e-mails here that hillary fuckhole sent 24 hours before her fake video.
And then she and MF Obama stood over OUR Men and said that some dude in Florida made a video and lied to the world.
Let me tell you something you fucktards:
My Benghazi folder is bigger than my fist and I committed all this to memory.
#13
The only Constitutional Crisis is of the making by the Swamp(tm). It has undermined the legitimacy of the government by its own actions.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness
#14
Unelected bureaucrats attempting a coup d'etat is the constitutional crisis.
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#15
A constitutional crisis will likely develop if all signs point to Obama using illegal means to influence an election. Is that what Panetta is afraid of?
#17
OK, it's been released. I personally don't see any crisis happening...can someone (Mr. Panetta perhaps) enlighten me?
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#18
when the REAL investigation starts, it will lead back to the White House.
and when a REAL investigation of the Clinton email server starts, it will be interesting to watch.
Now that it is out there that the FBI and DoJ were doing political things with both investigations and the FBI stonewalling can not be ignored, that is when you will see wholesale resignation to "spend more time with the family"
#19
All the names in the memo and cover page:
CoverPage:
Devin Nunes, Egan, Donald F. McGahn II, Paul Ryan, Adam Schiff
Footnote: Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush
Page 1:
Carter Page, James Comey, Sally Yates, Dana Boente, Rod Rosenstein, Andrew McCabe, FISA,FISC,FBI,DAG,DOJ,HPSCI
Page 2:
Carter Page, Christopher Steele, Hillary Clinton, Perkins Coie, DNC, Fusion GPS, Glenn Simpson, Donald Trump, Clinton campaign, any party/campaign, DOJ, FBI, FISA, FISC, Yahoo News, Michael Isikoff, Mother Jones, David Corn
Page 3:
DOJ, FBI, FISA FISC, Steele, Bruce Ohr, General Yates, Rosenstein, Donald Trump, Ohr's wife, DNC, Clinton campaign, Fusion GPS,Bill Priestap, Comey, McCabe,
Page 4:
FISA, Trump, George Papadopoulos, Pete Strzok, Lisa Page, McCabe, insurance
[ABCNEWS.GO] Nashville Mayor Megan Barry on Wednesday admitted to having an affair with the former head of her security detail.
The man in question, retired Sgt. Robert Forrest of the Metro Nashville Police Department, subsequently admitted to having the affair with Barry.
"Today, I have acknowledged publicly that I have engaged in an extramarital affair with the former head of my security detail," Barry said in a prepared statement. "I accept full responsibility for the pain I have caused my family and his. I am so sorry to my husband Bruce, who has stood by me in my darkest moments and remains committed to our marriage, just as I am committed to repairing the damage I have done."
Forrest, a 32-year veteran of the police force, retired on Wednesday just hours before Barry released the statement, according to WKRN.
"I have had an outstanding career and have enjoyed coming to work each day," Forrest said in his resignation letter to Capt. Michael Alexander.
This article starring:
Megan Barry
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[Gateway Pundit] Fox News contributor Sara A. Carter reports FBI Director Christopher Wray, along with the Justice Department, are pressuring the White House to redact all names in the FISA abuse memo prior to its release.
"BREAKING: @FBI Director Christopher Wray and DOJ wants all names redacted from #FISAMemo putting pressure on White House and House Intelligence Committee, Government officials say ... is releasing names a threat to national security?" tweeted Carter. Rumors are circulating that Wray has threatened to resign.
Would that be a bad thing?
No, he needs to be gone.
How about this fellow as a replacement for Wray ?
Trey Gowdy would certainly prove amusing in the position.
#10
So the major federal police agency tries to screw the country bigly by engaging is treason and sedition and we shouldn't know who is doing it? F%ck-off bigly. Release the entire memo.
#12
John, the Onion is definitely still around. The scary thing is that sometimes it's hard to tell satire from reality. Another satire site is the BabylonBee.
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#13
Names in document:
All the names in the memo and cover page:
CoverPage:
Devin Nunes, Egan, Donald F. McGahn II, Paul Ryan, Adam Schiff
Footnote: Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush
Page 1:
Carter Page, James Comey, Sally Yates, Dana Boente, Rod Rosenstein, Andrew McCabe, FISA,FISC,FBI,DAG,DOJ,HPSCI
Page 2:
Carter Page, Christopher Steele, Hillary Clinton, Perkins Coie, DNC, Fusion GPS, Glenn Simpson, Donald Trump, Clinton campaign, any party/campaign, DOJ, FBI, FISA, FISC, Yahoo News, Michael Isikoff, Mother Jones, David Corn
Page 3:
DOJ, FBI, FISA FISC, Steele, Bruce Ohr, General Yates, Rosenstein, Donald Trump, Ohr's wife, DNC, Clinton campaign, Fusion GPS,Bill Priestap, Comey, McCabe,
Page 4:
FISA, Trump, George Papadopoulos, Pete Strzok, Lisa Page, McCabe, insurance
[NTK]When President Trump delivered the annual State of the Union on Tuesday, he naturally cited the benefits that Americans had received during the first year of his presidency. In all, the president mentioned some version of the word “America” almost 90 times in his speech, but for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), this focus on the country Trump governs was “exclusionary.”
A statement from Faiz Shakir, the national political director of the ACLU, attacked Trump’s America-centric speech as “exclusionary” in a statement.
“Tonight, President Trump said the word ‘America’ more than 80 times in his speech,” Shakir wrote. “Yet, after a divisive first year, we hear and feel how exclusionary that ‘America’ is, with policies that have harmed so many vulnerable American communities.”
The ACLU staffer went on to demand that Trump sign amnesty for Dreamers without any additional border security or immigration enforcement:
[MSNBC] analyst Elise Jordan told network host Katy Tur that Democrats would try to impeach President Trump if they retake Congress in the midterm elections this year. The more reason to crawl nekkid over broken glass to vote Publican.
Not naked — it gets cold in Cincinnati in November — but the rest, yes.
“They definitely will try to impeach him,” she said. “That’s where the fever pitch is moving.”
The political analyst commented that the left-wing base of the Democratic Party was demanding impeachment proceedings.
“Already you see there’s pressure among the activist camp of the Democrats to call for his impeachment now,” she added, calling their movements “too soon.”
Jordan noted that the Robert Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election is still ongoing, and the results of that inquiry are not yet known.
#2
If the memo is as revealing of Dem criminality/corruption and cover-up as is being said, releasing the memo will go a long way towards putting a crimp in the narrative that there is going to be a "Blue wave in 2018."
I guess the Dems are afraid of transparency and pissing-off the American people. They created the bed they are lying in not us.
#10
When will charges be brought before a grand jury?
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[2/2/2018 11:28 AM]
The dossier was not a crime. The dems paying for it was not a crime. Using an FBI informant to write it is grey. Using it for political gain is underhanded, but not against the law. But taking pure fiction, using the informants reputation, and delivering it to the FBI in an attempt to force legal action against a candidate, corrupting the most classified warrant system, and violating the constitutional rights of American citizens in an effort to discredit a legitimate candidate and corruptly take an election to the highest office in America is not only criminal, not only qualifies under RICO, but it is the definition of a soft coup and treason.
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#12
Meh, agreed, no new bombshells...for US.
Now the IG report...
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#13
Wasn't there a rumor that McCain was handed the dossier?
You may be thinking of this, from Byron York
David Kramer, a former State Department official who, in late November 2016, traveled to London to receive a briefing and a copy of the Trump dossier from its author, former British spy Christopher Steele. Kramer then returned to the U.S. to give the document to Sen. John McCain.
McCain later took a copy of the dossier to the FBI's then-director, James Comey. But the FBI already had the document; Steele himself gave the dossier to the bureau in installments, reportedly beginning in early July 2016.
The "corroborating media articles that were used to validate the dossier were in fact initiated by either Steele himself, in meetings with the media, OR were plants created by Fusion to PAID journalists.
Second, McCabe admitted in testimony to Congress in December that the warrants would not have been sought without the dossier.
According to the memo the sole validity placed on the dossier by the FBI was Steele's previous reputation as a reliable source (they either ignored, or were not told by Steele that the dossier was paid for by the Clinton campaign).
I still don't understand why, after it came out that the Clinton campaign financed this thing, that the investigation was curtailed.
#23
A source close to Mr Steele said on Wednesday night that he now fears a prompt and potentially dangerous backlash against him from Moscow.
Clearly total BS and an attempt at misdirection. Good thing for Steele that President Trump isn't Putin.
I am reminded of this quote.
"And thou, SteeleMelkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined."
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
All the donks have accomplished is to prove that they are criminals who deserve to be kicked out of the swamp. It would have been hard for The Donold to accomplish this without their help.
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#24
49 Pan has it (comment #11). #16 Besoeker raises good points, but I presume they are in the queue. As far as I know, POTUs can declassify any damn thing, but would be cautious if too revealing.
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#25
It is just the tip of the iceberg; just the begining and believe me, the Dems see the dangers. The implications of the memo are not insignificant. There are risks to the MSM, peoples careers and their very freedom, intelligence agencies, HRC and those around her, Mueller's witch hunt. Moreover, it opens the door to other investigations. The next ought to be Uranium One. After that, the Clinton Foundation. After that pick one: theft of Haiti monies, child trafficking, distribution of fake AID's drugs in Africa, money laundering, campaign fraud, vote-rigging, etc.
7.2.4. 5 U.S.C. §7324. Political activities on duty; prohibition
(a) An employee may not engage in political activity—
(1) while the employee is on duty;
(2) in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by an individual
employed or holding office in the Government of the United States or any agency or
instrumentality thereof;
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#29
Nune's was just on Fox and said this memo just covered FISA abuses. He said there would be other memos. Being that it is the Intelligence Committee, it would most likely involve intelligence abuses such as the mishandling of classified info. Look out Comey and look out Clinton.
#31
release of the memo didn't prompt a zombie apocalypse
It might from a donk zombie's point of view; gonna be a lot of cooked zombies!
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#32
Removal works for me.
5 U.S. Code § 7326 - Penalties
An employee or individual who violates section 7323 or 7324 shall be subject to removal, reduction in grade, debarment from Federal employment for a period not to exceed 5 years, suspension, reprimand, or an assessment of a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.
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#33
Senator Grassley said the Judiciary Committee is about to release their FBI, Steele, Russian dossier memo (being reported @ Gateway Pundit.) Soon, the DOJ OIG extensive report is going to be issued. Look out tsunami coming!
#35
Remedies for violations
Both the subchapters covering physical searches and electronic surveillance provide for criminal and civil liability for violations of FISA.
Criminal sanctions follows violations of electronic surveillance by intentionally engaging in electronic surveillance under the color of law or through disclosing information known to have been obtained through unauthorized surveillance. The penalties for either act are fines up to US $10,000, up to five years in jail, or both.[15]
In addition, the statute creates a cause of action for private individuals whose communications were unlawfully monitored. The statute permits actual damages of not less than $1,000 or $100 per day. In addition, that statute authorizes punitive damages and an award of attorney's fees.[16] Similar liability is found under the subchapter pertaining to physical searches. In both cases, the statute creates an affirmative defense for law enforcement personnel acting within their official duties and pursuant to a valid court order. Presumably, such a defense is not available to those operating exclusively under presidential authorization.
#37
These FISA wiretaps were made under the color of law making them a violation of the law.
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#38
I'm curious where in the memo is the 'highly classifed' information which the FBI and NSA claimed would destroy civilization if the memo was released.
Am I missing something?
#41
The Dims refuse to acknowledge that Americans are exceptional at everything. Including being exceptionally Deplorable if the situation (draining swamps) calls for it.
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[ABCNEWS.GO] Nashville Mayor 
[NTK]When President Trump delivered the annual State of the Union on Tuesday, he naturally cited the benefits that Americans had received during the first year of his presidency. In all, the president mentioned some version of the word “America” almost 90 times in his speech, but for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), this focus on the country Trump governs was “exclusionary.”
[MSNBC] analyst 
