Bombshell: How far did Obama spying go?
The Sharyl Attkisson case.
By Jon Rappoport
During the transition between election and inauguration,
Trump associates have phone conversations with foreign leaders. Those
conversations are recorded by US intelligence agencies and turned into
secret intelligence reports...
Former Obama National Security Advisor, Susan Rice, is
accused of "unmasking" the names of Trump team members contained in
those US intelligence reports and illegally leaking their names to the
press. Bloomberg reports: "One U.S. official familiar with the reports
said they contained valuable political information on the Trump
transition such as whom the Trump team was meeting, the views of Trump
associates on foreign policy matters and plans for the incoming
administration."
In other words, US intelligence agencies, under Obama, were
spying on Trump associates---and Rice obtained the names of those
associates, which are supposed to be kept confidential.
Leaking the names to the press, in the current political
atmosphere, would result in the impression that Trump associates were
having improper conversations with foreign leaders, or even "colluding"
with them. Lots of innuendo here.
The Susan Rice spying scandal points to what? More. Other
Americans the Obama team spied on. Other Americans who were opposed to
the Obama agenda. Other Americans who were critical of the Obama
administration. Other Americans who were exposing the Obama
administration.
For example, former CBS star investigative reporter, Sharyl
Attkisson---who has sued members of the Obama team and several federal
agencies. That lawsuit has just been referred to another venue by the
judge in the case. He could have dismissed the suit, but he didn't. He
wants it to proceed. He wants Attkisson to have her day in court.
You might remember Attkisson was uncovering highly
embarrassing details about the gun-walking operation, Fast &
Furious, and the attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi. She
was making the Obama administration extremely uncomfortable.
But let me quote Judge Emet Sullivan's recent order transferring Attkisson's suit:
"In 2011--at the same time that Ms. Attkisson was conducting
investigations and issuing certain of her high-profile news reports--the
Attkissons 'began to notice anomalies in numerous electronic devices at
their home in Virginia.' These anomalies included Ms. Attkisson's
work-issued laptop computer and a family desktop computer 'turning on
and off at night without input from anyone in the household,' 'the house
alarm chirping daily at different times,' and 'television problems,
including interference.' All of these electronic devices used 'the
Verizon FiOS line installed in [the Attkissons'] home,' but Verizon was
unable to stanch the anomalous activity despite multiple attempts. In
January 2012, the Attkissons' residential internet service 'began
constantly dropping off'."
"In February 2012, 'sophisticated surveillance spyware' was
installed on Ms. Attkisson's work-issued laptop computer. A later
forensic computer analysis revealed that Ms. Attkisson's laptop and the
family's desktop computer had been the 'targets of unauthorized
surveillance efforts.' That same forensic analysis revealed that Ms.
Attkisson's mobile phone was also targeted for surveillance when it was
connected to the family's desktop computer. The infiltration of that
computer and the extraction of information from it was 'executed via an
IP address owned, controlled, and operated by the United States Postal
service.' Additionally, based on the sophisticated nature of the
software used to carry out the infiltration and software fingerprints
indicating the use of the federal government's proprietary software, the
infiltration and surveillance appeared to be perpetrated by persons in
the federal government."
"An independent forensic computer analyst hired by CBS
subsequently reported finding evidence on both Ms. Attkisson's
work-issued laptop computer and her family's desktop computer of 'a
coordinated, highly-skilled series of actions and attacks directed at
the operation of the computers.' Computer forensic analysis also
indicated that remote actions were taken in December 2012 to remove the
evidence of the electronic infiltration and surveillance from Ms.
Attkisson's computers and other home electronic equipment."
"As Ms. Attkisson's investigations and reporting continued,
in October 2012 the Attkissons noticed 'an escalation of electronic
problems at their personal residence, including interference in home and
mobile phone lines, computer interference, and television
interference.' In November of that year, Ms. Attkisson's mobile phones
'experienced regular interruptions and interference, making telephone
communications unreliable, and, at times, virtually impossible'."
"Additionally, in December 2012, a person with government
intelligence experience conducted an inspection of the exterior of the
Attkissons' Virginia home. That investigator discovered an extra Verizon
FiOS fiber optics line. Soon thereafter, after a Verizon technician was
instructed by Ms. Attkisson to leave the extra cable at the home, the
cable disappeared, and the Attkissons were unable to determine what
happened to it. In March 2013, the Attkissons' desktop computer
malfunctioned, and in September of that year, while Ms. Attkisson was
working on a story at her home, she observed that her personal laptop
computer was remotely accessed and controlled, resulting in data being
deleted from it. On April 3, 2013, Ms. Attkisson filed a complaint with
the Inspector General of the Department of Justice. The Inspector
General's investigation was limited to an analysis of the compromised
desktop computer, and the partially-released report that emerged from
that investigation reported 'no evidence of intrusion,' although it did
note 'a great deal of advanced mode computer activity not attributable
to Ms. Attkisson or anybody in her household'."
"The Attkissons allege that the 'cyber-attacks' they
'suffered in [their] home' were perpetrated by 'personnel working on
behalf of the United States.' Accordingly, they have asserted various
claims against the United States and against former Attorney General
Eric Holder, former Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, and unknown
agents of the Department of Justice, the United States Postal Service,
and the United States, all in their individual capacities. Those claims
include claims against the United States under the FTCA and claims
against the individual federal officers for violations of constitutional
rights under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of
Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971)..."
Spying, surveillance, harassment, interference, attempts at intimidation.
Are you noticing any significant mainstream news coverage of this case? Of course not.
Ordinarily, mainstream reporters protect their own colleagues, but here there is silence.
Let's call it what it is: PARTISAN POLITICAL SILENCE.
The silence is based on a principle they don't teach at journalism schools:
"We omit the news that contradicts our agenda. Our agenda IS the news."
Memo to the new Attorney General, Jeff Sessions: You could
launch your own investigation into the Attkisson case. Bring it front
and center. Uncover all the nasty details. Expose the perpetrators.
Now.
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