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    Napolitano: 3 Sources confirm Obama used British agency to spy on Trump

    Whoa. Huge, if true

    Canada Free Press

    by Robert Laurie
    3/14/2017

    Excerpt:

    Until we can put a name with the sources, or have something a little more concrete, I’d take all of this with a grain of salt, but… If what Judge Andrew Napolitano revealed this morning on “Fox & Friends” is true, the Trump wiretapping story is about to get a whole lot more interesting.

    According to Napolitano, Fox has three intelligence sources who claim that Obama bypassed the U.S. intel chain of command, contacted the British spy agency GCHQ, and obtained transcripts and records of then candidate Donald Trump’s phone calls. In doing so, he allegedly avoided the evidentiary paper trail that would have resulted had he used sources at the DOJ, CIA, or NSA.


    “Three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command. He didn'’t use the NSA, he didn'’t use the CIA, he didn't use the FBI, and he didn'’t use the Department of Justice. He used GCHQ. What the heck is GCHQ? That’s the initials for the British spying agency. They have 24/7 access to the NSA database. So by simply having two people go to them and say ‘President Obama needs transcripts of conversations involving Candidate Trump, conversations involving President-Elect Trump,’ [Obama’s] able to get it, and there’s no American fingerprints on this.”
    Like I said, anonymous sources should always be treated skeptically, but Napolitano is making a massive accusation here. If he’s not 100% sure of his sources, I doubt he’d be so brazen.obtained transcripts and records of then candidate Donald Trump’s phone calls

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    View the complete article including images and videos at:

    http://canadafreepress.com/article/n...o-spy-on-trump

    My comment:: I'm very skeptical of Obama going to the BRITISH intelligence agency to obtain transcripts and records of then candidate Donald Trump's phone calls. Obama has always HATED the British. It goes back to his Kenyan birth and lineage through his father's side. He even went so far as to remove the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office. It looks like a 'straw-man' setup to me. If so, the matter will just be allowed to 'cook' for awhile and then the British agency, in collusion with our own (untrustworthy?) intel groups, will DENY the entire story. BINGO -- The entire very serious wiretapping matter is then simply forgotten.
    Last edited by bsteadman; 03-17-2017, 01:53 PM.
    B. Steadman

  • #2
    GCHQ denies helping Obama spy on Trump

    itv News

    by Jamie Robertson
    3/16/2017

    Excerpt:

    One of Britain's leading spy agencies has angrily denied claims - suggested by the White House press secretary - that it helped former president Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump.

    In a very rare public statement, a spokesman for GCHQ told ITV News that any suggestion it was involved in spying on Mr Trump "was utterly ridiculous and should be ignored”.

    The strongly-worded denial came shortly after Sean Spicer repeated an unsubstantiated and explosive allegation - first made by a Fox News analyst - that Barack Obama used British spies to watch Donald Trump on his behalf to ensure "there were no American fingerprints on it".

    "Three intelligence sources have informed Fox News that President Obama went outside the chain of command. He didn't use the NSA, he didn't use the CIA, he didn't use the FBI and he didn't use the Department of Justice - he used GCHQ," Andrew Napolitano, a former New Jersey judge turned political commentator, said on Fox & Friends on March 14.

    Mr Spicer directly quoted Mr Napolitano as he addressed reporters during a combative press briefing on Thursday.

    The White House press secretary was attempting to justify President Trump's belief that Mr Obama placed Trump Tower in New York under surveillance in the run-up to last November's presidential election.

    Mr Trump has come under substantial pressure, including from those within his own party, to either provide credible evidence or retract his incendiary accusation.

    He has done neither nor signalled any desire to do so.

    And the White House has now risked escalating the controversy even further by embracing a theory that Britain - one of America's closest allies - conspired with a president against a presidential candidate.

    Asked whether President Trump had raised the allegation of British involvement with Prime Minister Theresa May and whether it could impact the so-called "Special Relationship", Mr Spicer said: "It has not been raised."

    GCHQ's decision to break with convention to publicly comment on a story indicates a clear annoyance within the agency at the White House's desire to elevate Mr Napolitano's claim.

    “Recent allegations made by media commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano about GCHQ being asked to conduct 'wire tapping' against the then President Elect are nonsense. They are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored," the spokesperson said.


    View the complete article including images and videos at:

    http://www.itv.com/news/2017-03-16/b...repeats-claim/
    B. Steadman

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