Ex-CIA director on wiretap claim: Trump apparently ‘forgot that he was president’
Ex-CIA director on wiretap claim: Trump apparently ‘forgot that he was president’
Yahoo NewsMarch 6, 2017 [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
As Washington continues to reel from President Trump’s evidence-free assertion that his phones were wiretapped by former President Barack Obama before the election, former Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Hayden says it seems Trump forgot something during his weekend Twitter flurry.
“It looks as if the president just for a moment forgot that he was president,” Hayden said on Fox News on Monday. “Why didn’t he simply use the powers of the presidency to ask the acting director of national intelligence, the head of the FBI, to confirm or deny the story he apparently read from Breitbart the evening before?”
Hayden, a critic of Trump during the campaign, has served in national security roles in both Democratic and Republican administrations. In addition to the top job at the CIA, he has served as director of the National Security Agency and as principal deputy director of national intelligence.
On Saturday morning, Trump unleashed a series of tweets claiming Obama had wiretapped the phones at Trump Tower prior to the 2016 election. Trump provided no citations to back up the claim, and a spokesman for the former president branded the accusation “simply false.”
Originally Posted by sunny47[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Ex-CIA director on wiretap claim: Trump apparently ‘forgot that he was president’
Yahoo NewsMarch 6, 2017 [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
As Washington continues to reel from President Trump’s evidence-free assertion that his phones were wiretapped by former President Barack Obama before the election, former Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Hayden says it seems Trump forgot something during his weekend Twitter flurry.
“It looks as if the president just for a moment forgot that he was president,” Hayden said on Fox News on Monday. “Why didn’t he simply use the powers of the presidency to ask the acting director of national intelligence, the head of the FBI, to confirm or deny the story he apparently read from Breitbart the evening before?”
Hayden, a critic of Trump during the campaign, has served in national security roles in both Democratic and Republican administrations. In addition to the top job at the CIA, he has served as director of the National Security Agency and as principal deputy director of national intelligence.
On Saturday morning, Trump unleashed a series of tweets claiming Obama had wiretapped the phones at Trump Tower prior to the 2016 election. Trump provided no citations to back up the claim, and a spokesman for the former president branded the accusation “simply false.”
Isn't he just assuming President Trump did NOT ask the agency heads for confirmation? Because I'm assuming Trump did ask for confirmation and got it.
Originally Posted by Chantel[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
And if it is...?
I was replying to a post, assuming what would happen if true, to the question was what would happen if it was not, and he slandered Obama by accusing him of a crime.
Originally Posted by Bourbon[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
NSA Whistleblower Says Trump Is Absolutely Right About Wiretap Claims
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From your link:
"This is the difference between being correct and right," Mukasey said. "The president was not correct in saying President Obama ordered a tap on a server in Trump Tower. However, I think he's right in that there was surveillance and that it was conducted at the behest of the attorney general – at the Justice Department through the FISA court."
Originally Posted by Tracian[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
From your link:
"This is the difference between being correct and right," Mukasey said. "The president was not correct in saying President Obama ordered a tap on a server in Trump Tower. However, I think he's right in that there was surveillance and that it was conducted at the behest of the attorney general – at the Justice Department through the FISA court."
Originally Posted by Tracian[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
From your link:
"This is the difference between being correct and right," Mukasey said. "The president was not correct in saying President Obama ordered a tap on a server in Trump Tower. However, I think he's right in that there was surveillance and that it was conducted at the behest of the attorney general – at the Justice Department through the FISA court."
Originally Posted by Chantel[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
The Attorney General answers to the President.
If the taps were legally obtained, or the President was offered evidence that was brought to a court, that signed a warrant, then that is not on Obama.
Legally obtained wire taps are just that....this is not like a Watergate...at least there is no such evidence yet to support that theory.
Originally Posted by Tracian[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
If the taps were legally obtained, or the President was offered evidence that was brought to a court, that signed a warrant, then that is not on Obama.
Legally obtained wire taps are just that....this is not like a Watergate...at least there is no such evidence yet to support that theory.
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