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View Poll Results: Did Obama Wiretap Trump?
Yes, Obama wiretapped Trump. 170 46.07%
No, Obama did not wiretap Trump 199 53.93%
Voters: 369. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 03-05-2017, 02:50 PM
 
Location: University City, Philadelphia
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Just your opinion ... do you think President Obama illegally wiretap Donald Trump and his campaign?
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Old 03-05-2017, 02:54 PM
 
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Just your opinion ... do you think President Obama illegally wiretap Donald Trump and his campaign?
Two different questions:
1) did President Obama illegally wiretap Donald Trump and his campaign?
2) did the FISA Court authorize legal bugging and was it carried out?
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Old 03-05-2017, 02:56 PM
 
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It's interesting how the left is gradually moving to acknowledge Obama did wiretap Trump. But it was legal so that makes it OK.
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Old 03-05-2017, 02:57 PM
 
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If Obama did indeed illegally wiretap Trump I am sure compelling evidence will be forthcoming within the next day or two.

If not, perhaps this assertion will be forgotten by the end of this month?
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Old 03-05-2017, 02:57 PM
 
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Two different questions:
1) did President Obama illegally wiretap Donald Trump and his campaign?
2) did the FISA Court authorize legal bugging and was it carried out?
And was it rejected a couple of times before finding a more favorable judge for partisan reasons?
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Old 03-05-2017, 02:57 PM
 
Location: Twin Falls Idaho
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Based on Clapper's outright denial and the fact that Trump's accusation appears to be based on tainted news reports..I vote No.

..And then there's this....

https://a.msn.com/r/2/AAnOQko?m=en-us
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Old 03-05-2017, 02:59 PM
 
Location: Stasis
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It's interesting how the left is gradually moving to acknowledge Obama did wiretap Trump. But it was legal so that makes it OK.
Interesting that the right is now moving the goal posts to legal FISA bugging, but Trump's rant was about illegal Nixon/Watergate type bugging.
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Old 03-05-2017, 02:59 PM
 
Location: St Louis, MO
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Two different questions:
1) did President Obama illegally wiretap Donald Trump and his campaign?
2) did the FISA Court authorize legal bugging and was it carried out?
I think you are dead on with this phrasing.
I highly doubt 1, but I think 2 is almost a certainty.

I think the more critical question is what was obtained, and was this information shared with the State Department? (Which was legal to do, but certainly a significant ethical issue if that did happen.)
I would also like to know if it stopped at Trump. Were other Republican candidates bugged? Were Sanders and Kucinich bugged? If so, was information obtained from those taps shared with the State Department?
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Old 03-05-2017, 03:00 PM
 
Location: Billings, MT
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I honestly do not know.
COULD obama have done such a thing? IMO, absolutely.
WOULD obama have done such a thing? IMO, it is very likely he would.
DID he do it? Damifino.
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Old 03-05-2017, 03:01 PM
 
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It's interesting how the left is gradually moving to acknowledge Obama did wiretap Trump. But it was legal so that makes it OK.
I haven't seen that report.

Can you cite your sources?

Could wiretapping a political opponent ever be legal? Is it possible the Trump campaign was doing something illegal that justified the wiretapping?
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