By David Singer —— Bio and Archives May 4, 2019
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"AG BARR: As I said in my confirmation hearing, I am going to be reviewing both the genesis and the conduct of intelligence activities directed at the Trump campaign during 2016. And a lot of this has already been investigated, and a substantial portion of it has been investigated and is being investigated by the office of the Inspector General, but one of the things I want to do is pull everything together from the various investigations that have gone on, including on the Hill and in the [Justice] Department, and see if there are any remaining questions to be addressed." SEN. JEANNE SHAHEEN: And can you share with us why you feel a need to do that? AG BARR: Well, you know, for the same reason we're worried about foreign influence in elections, we want to make sure that during elections--I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. It's a big deal...The initial decision to spy on Carter Page in the first FISA application--identified Page as:
"a US person and an agent of a foreign power ... The status of the target was determined in or about October 2016 from information provided by the Department of State."
"Well, what do you want me to do, Andy, wear a wire?" Rosenstein asked at the meeting, which also included FBI lawyer Lisa Page and four career DOJ officials, according to the senior official. One of the career civil servants was Scott Schools, who would later go on to sign off on the firing of McCabe, the official said.
David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com