House Intel Democrat says FISA judge knew political origins of Trump dossier

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House Intel Democrat says FISA judge knew political origins of Trump dossier
by Kelly Cohen | Feb 9, 2018, 4:47 PM

A congressman on the House Intelligence Committee claims the court that oversees warrant applications for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act knew of the political origins of the "Trump dossier."

According to a transcript of a Monday night meeting, Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., said there is something in the Democratic members’ own intelligence memo that shows the FISA court judge “was alerted” that the author of the dossier, Christopher Steele, was commissioned by opposition research group Fusion GPS, which was paid in part by the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

“I suspect the existence of a fully unbiased source or informant is extraordinarily rare, if not nonexistent,” Himes said Monday. “As we all know, law enforcement and intelligence paying for information is hardly conventional.”

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According to a transcript of a Monday night meeting, Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., said there is something in the Democratic members’ own intelligence memo that shows the FISA court judge “was alerted” that the author of the dossier, Christopher Steele, was commissioned by opposition research group Fusion GPS, which was paid in part by the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

If true, it just shows that relying on Pub judicial appointments to advance conservatism and protect the republic from the statists is not a good strategy. The chief justice (Roberts) appoints the FISA court judges. 

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Interesting.  So the Democrats failed to inform the FIS judge about the origin of the Steele dossier, but now claim the judge knew all along? Yeah, right.

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“I suspect the existence of a fully unbiased source or informant is extraordinarily rare, if not nonexistent,” Himes said Monday. “As we all know, law enforcement and intelligence paying for information is hardly conventional.”

This is an incredibly stupid thing to say. Many police departments work with paid informants.  In fact, most have a program where they are registered, paid, and required to provide a specific amount of information in order to get paid.

The feds and intel community works in a similar fashion.  Hasn’t he ever seen a reward offered for a fugitive? Does he not remember the $25 million bounty on bin Laden? What a clown.