{"id":38526,"date":"2020-04-01T12:28:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38526"},"modified":"2020-04-01T12:28:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:28:17","slug":"how-to-navigate-the-media-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38526","title":{"rendered":"How To Navigate The Media Spin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Epoch Times<\/a> posted an article yesterday about the report of the Justice Department Inspector General. The report found that the FBI failed to document facts correctly in 29 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) applications that were reviewed. A rational person would take that as an indication that all was not well at the FBI and that Americans were being unlawfully surveilled. However, the mainstream media did not necessarily see it that way.<\/p>\n

Eli Lake posted the following comments at Bloomberg News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In the twisted politics of the Trump Era, some of bureau\u2019s defenders might actually view this report as good news: It shows that the investigation of the Trump campaign was not necessarily politically motivated. The bureau made the same kinds of mistakes with suspects who were not connected to the Trump campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s hardly reassuring \u2014 and the malpractice that the report uncovers is a much larger problem than the FBI and its defenders may wish to admit. So far, the response to Horowitz\u2019s December report has been a series of administrative reforms, such as a requirement that FBI field offices preserve their \u201cWoods files\u201d and a mandate for new FISA training for FBI lawyers and agents. That\u2019s all well and good. But one need not go back to the bad old days of J. Edgar Hoover to see that the bureau has been careless in its monitoring of U.S. citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Woods procedures were issued in 2001 after Congress obtained a memo<\/a> from the FBI\u2019s counterterrorism division detailing surveillance abuse in the late 1990s. One target\u2019s cell phone remained tapped after he gave it up and the number was reassigned to a different person. Another FBI field office videotaped a meeting, despite a clear prohibition on that technique in its FISA warrant. In 2003, an interim report<\/a> from the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded that the 2001 memo showed \u201cthe FBI was experiencing more systemic problems related to the implementation of FISA orders\u201d than a problem with the surveillance law itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Very little has changed in the intervening 17 years. That\u2019s why it\u2019s foolish to expect new and better procedures will work this time. A better approach would be an aggressive policy to prosecute FBI agents and lawyers who submit falsehoods to the surveillance court. The best way to prevent future violations is to severely punish those who commit them in the present.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott Johnson posted an article today at Power Line Blog<\/a> that included the following quote (follow the link to the article for the audio of the answer to the question):<\/p>\n

The New York Times is illustrative of \u201cthe twisted politics of the Trump era.\u201d Daniel Chaitin covers the Times angle in his Examiner article \u201c\u2018Biased and out of control\u2019: Devin Nunes rips New York Times reporting on FISA memo.\u201d<\/a> Chaitin reports on Rep. Devin Nunes\u2019s interview with Larry O\u2019Connor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Radio host Larry O\u2019Connor read a passage from the [Times\u2019s] report [on the Horowitz memo] to Nunes during the Examining Politics podcast on Tuesday. It said DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz\u2019s report \u201chelps the FBI politically because it undercuts the narrative among President Trump and his supporters that the bureau cut corners to surveil the adviser, Carter Page, as part of a politically motivated conspiracy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSo, the good news for the FBI is that they trampled on people\u2019s rights all over the place, not just people who worked with Donald Trump\u2019s campaign,\u201d O\u2019Connor said. \u201cIs that the takeaway we should have here congressman?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I agree with Eli Lake–severe punishment for those guilty of illegal spying on American citizens is the only way to prevent future abuse by the FBI.<\/p>\n

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