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spanone

(135,849 posts) Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:18 PM Mar 2017

m$nbc: ari fleischer....really? says there is some truth to trump's wiretap bullshit?

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m$nbc: ari fleischer....really? says there is some truth to trump's wiretap bullshit? (Original Post) spanone Mar 2017 OP

Some truth as in a FISA warrant he got caught up in? herding cats Mar 2017 #1

That was my first thought... TDale313 Mar 2017 #3

He was referring to the NYT article of January 19th, and the "wiretapped communication" comment... jmg257 Mar 2017 #9

The only way anyone in Trump Tower was tapped was if intelligence agencies got a warrant to do it, Vinca Mar 2017 #2

Ari should never be interviewed or spoken to - slimeball liar. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2017 #4

Some truth, that's a rather qualified term. Johonny Mar 2017 #5

He's an obfuscator and liar. NT Ilsa Mar 2017 #6

If you hold your mouth just right, and squint just so . . . gratuitous Mar 2017 #7

What he did was reference the NYT article as 'a basis of truth' (more like a misguided notion)... jmg257 Mar 2017 #8

herding cats

(19,565 posts)

1. Some truth as in a FISA warrant he got caught up in?

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:19 PM

Mar 2017

Or, what specifically?

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

3. That was my first thought...

Reply to herding cats (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:23 PM

Mar 2017

If there's any truth at all to the wiretapping, a judge okayed wiretapping Trump or someone he was talking to.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)

9. He was referring to the NYT article of January 19th, and the "wiretapped communication" comment...

Reply to herding cats (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 05:20 PM

Mar 2017

One official said intelligence reports based on some of the wiretapped communications had been provided to the White House.

Of course the headline explains what communications:
Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates

Vinca

(50,285 posts)

2. The only way anyone in Trump Tower was tapped was if intelligence agencies got a warrant to do it,

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:22 PM

Mar 2017

which means Dear Leader is guilty of something, or if they unexpectedly picked up communications with someone at Trump Tower while monitoring a foreign entity. The idea that Obama had anything to do with it is ludicrous.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts)

4. Ari should never be interviewed or spoken to - slimeball liar.

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:27 PM

Mar 2017

Johonny

(20,856 posts)

5. Some truth, that's a rather qualified term.

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:30 PM

Mar 2017

some truth is a lot like saying, the total statement was not true.

Ari Fleischer is a shill that smokes crack. There's some truth in that statement, but the statement isn't true...probably.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

6. He's an obfuscator and liar. NT

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:32 PM

Mar 2017

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

7. If you hold your mouth just right, and squint just so . . .

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:36 PM

Mar 2017

Ari: I call bullshit. President Trump specifically said that Obama tapped his phones. There were no qualifiers, no distancers, it was Obama and Obama alone who tapped Trump's phones (plural, not singular). If Trump has proof of this, it's up to him to bring it to the table, not for everyone else to figure out which of his myriad hobgoblins was whispering in his ear when he sent out his tweets. There's no "some truth" to this beyond there is a man named Obama and Trump possesses phones.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)

8. What he did was reference the NYT article as 'a basis of truth' (more like a misguided notion)...

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 05:18 PM

Mar 2017

Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates

But what he failed to mention, as did Levin, was the HEADLINE explains the source of the wiretaps referred to in the article!! NOT Louise Mensch's report about a FISA 'warrant'.

One official said intelligence reports based on some of the wiretapped communications had been provided to the White House.

It was Russian communications that were wiretapped, not trump's!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/trump-russia-associates-investigation.html?_r=0

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