Although the leakers may have wanted to take aim at Nunes, the revelation of a top secret intelligence source has prompted new questions over whether the CIA and the FBI tried to ensnare members of the Trump campaign in order to launch an investigation of the campaign.
Wall Street Journal's Kimberley Strassel, who believes she has identified the source based on leaks and her own reporting, told Fox News on Friday, "It does look as though indeed, there was an FBI attempt - a successful one, to basically go out and spy with a human asset on the Trump campaign."
"We can take that to mean that there was somebody interacting with the Trump campaign and reporting back to the FBI, which means the FBI was using human intelligence to spy on a presidential campaign."
Democrats initially latched onto the infamous Trump dossier as evidence that prompted the investigation into the Trump campaign and whether it colluded with Russia.
After it was exposed as opposition research paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, leakers told the New York Times that the investigation started after an Australian diplomat passed on a tip based on a drunken conversation he had with Trump campaign volunteer George Papadopoulos in May 2016.
"And to the point, when precisely was this human source operating? Because if it was prior to that infamous Papadopoulos tip, then the FBI isn't being straight. It would mean the bureau was spying on the Trump campaign prior to that moment. And that in turn would mean that the FBI had been spurred to act on the basis of something other than a junior campaign aide's loose lips."
Halper, a University of Cambridge professor and former U.S. government official who worked in three Republican administrations and has links to U.S. and British intelligence, also had odd interactions with Trump campaign members.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/15/reports-indicate-fbi-cia-secret-source-spying-trump-campaign/
Wall Street Journal's Kimberley Strassel, who believes she has identified the source based on leaks and her own reporting, told Fox News on Friday, "It does look as though indeed, there was an FBI attempt - a successful one, to basically go out and spy with a human asset on the Trump campaign."
"We can take that to mean that there was somebody interacting with the Trump campaign and reporting back to the FBI, which means the FBI was using human intelligence to spy on a presidential campaign."
Democrats initially latched onto the infamous Trump dossier as evidence that prompted the investigation into the Trump campaign and whether it colluded with Russia.
After it was exposed as opposition research paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, leakers told the New York Times that the investigation started after an Australian diplomat passed on a tip based on a drunken conversation he had with Trump campaign volunteer George Papadopoulos in May 2016.
"And to the point, when precisely was this human source operating? Because if it was prior to that infamous Papadopoulos tip, then the FBI isn't being straight. It would mean the bureau was spying on the Trump campaign prior to that moment. And that in turn would mean that the FBI had been spurred to act on the basis of something other than a junior campaign aide's loose lips."
Halper, a University of Cambridge professor and former U.S. government official who worked in three Republican administrations and has links to U.S. and British intelligence, also had odd interactions with Trump campaign members.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/15/reports-indicate-fbi-cia-secret-source-spying-trump-campaign/
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