To show a distinction between an approved IC candidate and an unapproved IC candidate, all you need to do is look at the contrast in the senate confirmation process, and the distinction between Bill Pulte and Jay Clayton.
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), the entity that protects the interests of the DC Deep State, is going to hold a confirmation hearing for current USAO Jay Clayton on Wednesday afternoon. An SSCI vote is then likely within 12 hours, and a full Senate vote within 24 hours (Thursday). That’s the speed at which the Senate will move when they are in full control of the aperture.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has already dispatched the request of President Trump to attach the Save America Act to the FISA (702) reauthorization vote that will likely happen as soon as Jay Clayton is confirmed. Again, this example outlines how the DC system moves when they -not the executive- control the functions of the Intelligence Community.
If you watch the Thune statement above, please note the professional obfuscation. It is very important to understand and recognize the issues as they face our nation.
The government (DOJ/FBI) does not need any authorization from congress to conduct surveillance on foreign nationals. There is nothing needed to spy on, intercept, surveil, or track the activity of a foreign national. The foreign person does not have any constitutional protection at all.
However, if an American is the target of secret surveillance, tracking, spying, etc., the DOJ/FBI need some method of authorization to violate the fourth amendment protection within the constitution. That’s where FISA (702) come into the picture.
FISA (702) only pertains to an American in the surveillance process.
FISA (702) is the presumed legal method, never tested in court, that permits the DOJ and FBI to violate the 4th amendment protection of the American person. FISA (702) only pertains to a legislative construct that permits this secret surveillance of the American person.
The Title-1 surveillance warrant that often comes with the 702-authorized review or investigation; is all encompassing and authorizes the government to secretly look at the private records of the targeted American.
If FISA (702) did not exist, all of the electronic record keeping, the stored metadata of Americans, would be worthless. FISA (702) is the key that allows the government to unlock the data (private records) and review it. Without the key, you cannot open the door – as a consequence, the U.S. government doesn’t need the vault.
FISA (702) has never been tested in court by any targeted person, in part because the evidence against the accused person only exists for prosecutorial use if the person is factually guilty of the suspected allegation. This is the catch-22 that has permitted the 702 violations to continue without challenge.
It doesn’t matter how many times our politicians try to position the argument, there is nothing that stops the DOJ/FBI from looking at the activity of foreign actors. However, there are constitutional protections that stop the DOJ/FBI from looking at the activity of Americans. FISA (702) is designed specifically to work around those constitutional protections.
It looks like Jay Clayton is on the fast-track to be confirmed on Thursday, and FISA (702) to be reauthorized immediately thereafter.
We are in an abusive relationship with our government.
The fact that the SSCI does not oppose the nomination is reason enough to withdraw the nomination. Hopefully we get Tulsi back soon, although that is probably just wishful thinking.
John Thune is guilty of cowardice. For this an for felatting with his boyfriend schumer. The GOP Senates deserves their asses kicked for not firing thune.
When they’re screwing American citizens, the republicans in the Senate move at lightening speed.
When both the House and Senate approved – with lightening speed – the release of the so-called Epstein Files (something like 48 hrs?) it was abundantly clear then.
“well it may be the the Devil or it may be the Lord but you gotta serve somebody”
Bob Dylan
Not just republicans. Screwing over Americans seems to be the only issue with bipartisan support.
America would be a far better place if during a PDT cabinet meeting in Florida, the earth opened up and swallowed DC in total.
But continue to believe that no one else hates America as much as the demoncrats.
Plus Warner is all for it. Insert suspicious cat.
Wouldn’t it be sweet if he was a Tulsi clone but wearing a set of acceptable clothes? Just thinking out loud
Likely not a bad thing her selected deputy is remaining in place. And I’ll give him benefit of the doubt that he understands the scope & import of what she has been doing.
Her selected deputy only remains in place if he doesn’t get pushed out by the “new” ODNI. The one that will be determining the scope & direction of the work going forward.
I’m thinking the same thing. I’m hoping he gives them a big surprise.
I cannot understand why our prez has backed away and let this happen. Should have supported his first nominee that obviously made the nervous senators very nervous😱👻.
I have only one question….why did Trump nominate someone the Swamp loves?
Likely because he isn’t going to be directly responsible for the majority of consequential work that needs doing. He is mostly going to do busywork.
Pulte is going to be the one for that which is why the Senate would never confirm his appointment as DNI.
Pulte goes away as acting DNI once Clayton is approved 😎
An assistant/deputy DNI does not need confirmation by the Senate does it?
Pulte has other jobs. Was only going to Act DNI while also doing the other jobs. Wil go back to other jobs after Acting DNI is over.
Depending on when the new DNI is sworn in, Pulte may never start as Acting DNI.
Gabbard is scheduled to depart Friday the 19th. New guy to be approved Thursday 18th.
But Pulte leaves as soon as Clayton is sworn in. Not much time for Pulte to get anything consequential done.
My thoughts exactly! Why go along with these swamp rats?
The Senate RINOs are going to renege on attaching the SAVE Act to the 702 reauthorization the moment Clayton is confirmed. You can go to the bank on it. The SAVE Act needs to be passed first.
Agreed. I hope President Trump tells Thune that he will not sign the FISA 702 reauthorization until he has signed the Save America Act – the real Save America Act, where citizenship must be proved, not just that someone has a driver’s license.
If Trump has a deal over Clayton and the SAVE America Act and they break it, Trump can fire Clayton and put Pulte back in.
True!
“dispatched”. Thune threw cold water on the two together and said there are not the votes if the two are linked
At least that is the way Politico wrote story.
“…the way Politico wrote story.” Which, from past experience with that source, guarantees NO relationship to the factual truth of the matter.
Already happened.
Such slimy double dealing should pave the way for the Constitutional president of the Senate, V.P. Vance, to take over the running of the senate.
The repeal of the 17th Amendment can’t come soon enough; it’s just taking forever for people to realize the damage it has done to the voice of the individual State legislatures and do wonder if repeal is even possible at this late date; but
something needs to be done to break up the political cabal called the United States Senate, which has become a very expensive retirement club instead of representing the individual State’s needs.
Is there an organized movement to repeal the 17th?
At this point Bessie I for one am convinced that every member of the US Senate only answers to one whistle, the whistle of the IC, the illegal fourth branch of our government.
And I further observe that the fourth branch is hand in glove with foreign and commercial interests …
A seditious and totally un American situation.
We found during Reagan that having a great President without a loyal Congress was not a cure for the deep state….history rhymes once again.
If Clayton is that bad, why did PDJT nominate him? We can only hope that Clayton turns out to be their worst nightmare. I’m not holding by breath.
Exactly, I trust Trump. And he didn’t have to nominate Clayton so quickly. He could have allowed Pulte to do some work first. There is literally no one who can or should second guess Trump. He knows what he is doing, and he’s working these guys somehow. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out. I think he’s been able to change some hearts and minds along the way as well.
Rubio was a grand surprise. It’s apparent to me now that he likely had many personal meetings and discussions with President Trump over the past few years. Rubio is a wiser and more capable leader now.
Rubio was confirmed unanimously and he turned out rather nicely.
I too am holding my breath with a nod to PDJT.
Quislings!!!
So will Trump stand his ground and not sign or veto 702, without the save act ???
Not likely, since he was embarrassed by his earlier, empty claim to not sign any bill prior to the SAVE Act.
I hope and pray Clayton is a traitor to the traitors.
No EOs have been turned into law, the Senate has never recessed so President Trump can appoint good people, and Thune will do everything possible to neuter or not pass the Save America Act.
We are in an abusive relationship. I know cheer up things could be way worse. They aren’t trying to chop our heads off here yet like they are in the late great britain.
And we are not even getting “the honeymoon phase” of an abusive relationship.
Heck we didn’t even get dinnef
So the speed of approving J. Clayton vs the stomping of the feet and crying about the nomination of Bill Pulte tells us that Clayton will be controlled opposition and nowhere near as successful as Tulsi Gabbard. Is that what Sundance is trying to tell us here? Back to the old way it was. A tradeoff for the Save America act combined sadly with the renewal of Fisa. SAD,SAD
Pray and help others.
If I were the president, I’d pull his nomination. Its obvious they’re in a hurry to get rid of Pulte and replace him with an obvious friend. Why play their game? Buck the system and in this case the senate.
If Warner on board, Doylester is not.
A rather opulent office.
🙁
For sure Tom Cotton isn’t a closet homosexual. It would be so wrong to suspect that.
Them there’s toe tapper shoes…
Is that Cotton’s? What the heck..
Looks like a house of ill repute.
Reminded me of this from the Vanity Fair’s announcement of the Rockefeller and Rothschild alliance to crush America.
What? No piano?
😂
Gives new meaning to the idea of “domestic abuse”.
I hate what these people have done to our country.
Amazing how quickly they can act in the Legislature when it is in their own interest.
Oh but wouldn’t it be sweet irony if Jay Clayton were to turn around and follow in the footsteps of Tulsi Gabbard?
We think alike my friend
Or…If President Trump replaces him after the Save Act is approved.
If Trump hasn’t gotten that exact commitment from Clayton….then he stepped on a big rake……
I wouldn’t hold my breath, at all. The speed alone tells us Clayton is the SSCI’s boy, full throttle.
I guess all we can do is to continue to pray and trust in God.
Psalm 34:15-17
So why did Trump nominate Clayton so quickly?
Why not take a month to cogitate on a few candidates, and then let Pulte have a little fun?
Im rather terrified that Thune and his corrupt pals are so effusive in their praise of Clayton. Why is that?
Has Ztrump committed a massive blunder here?
I can’t say for sure, obviously, but I believe this is all tied in with the Save America Act and urgency the Uniparty feels regarding FISA 702 reauthorization. President Trump wants the Save America Act, and the Uniparty wants FISA 702 reauthorization. The Uniparty is also terrified of Bill Pulte. The midterms are just around the corner, so time is of the essence. So a deal has to be made. I trust President Trump has made the best deal he could make to get the Save America Act through the Senate.
One Clayton is approved, for how long can it wait for a swearing in ceremony?
It sure would be nice to FISA 702 Warner, Thune, the turtle, and several others.
Thune was Mitch’s baboon. We need to take the broom and chase out all of Mitch’s cronies and monkeys.
Thune’s head looks like an elephant dropping that dried in the sun.
So the fact that this guy gets a fast confirmation and the save act gets the middle finger….we are screwed!
thank you Sundance for excellent sunlight!
God Bless America
Can’t wait to see what Trump pulls out of this trap!
So, do they have any dirt on this new guy? Seems like the only reason they would want to confirm him?
Why would President Trump put forward USAO Clayton as nominee to replace Tulsi Gabbard?
Bet the save act will quietly disappear and not be approved. These politicos are nasty.
I am wondering how this happened? Did the President have some sort of deal going on to get someone in place as DNI whom tpsb wanted in exchange for something else he wanted? Did he do this on purpose or did he get talked into it? Did Tulsi get to have her input into this pick? How bad will this guy be as far as continuing the stellar work Tulsi was doing?
Things we will never know I guess but it doesn’t seem to be a very positive move for MAGA or America.
Thune is a POS!
So Sundance, how does this line up with the releases from June 15-19 coinciding with the opening of a certain presidential library?
I am hoping for election interference papers.
Same question…this is all moving very quickly and if anything big is going to drop regarding the 2020 election, it will have to happen Tuesday or Wednesday, IMHO….
When does the President return from G7?
The Trump Ace card is…….Thune will need a veto proof majority on the 702 without the save america act.
Is it fair to say that just because the Senate approves Clayton this week, that the White House might just be too busy to swear him in until after the 4th of July/America 250 festivities? And then, who knows what might come up that delays swearing in further… I suppose if they were to pass the SAVE Act, then possibly some time could be found sooner than later…. Just wondering 🤔
So, does this mean that Tulsi’s investigation of the coup is now going to rot on the vine?
Will SJC Chair Grassley also adhere to the “blue slip” tradition in the nomination of James M. McDonald as USASDNY?
PDJT’s nomination of one of his personal layers follows the proposed departure of Jay Clayton as DNI. In Trump I, McDonald served as director of Enforcement at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He could signal a shift in priorities for the SDNY, potentially affecting ongoing investigations and fostering closer alignment with the administration’s law enforcement agenda in handling cases involving public corruption, financial/organized crime, terrorism, and national security.
Chair Grassley acknowledges that former PDJT’s longtime close legal adviser Lindsey Halligan’s nomination as USAEDVA is being permanently blocked by the lack of approval from Democrats Mark Warner and Jim Kane who representing VA in the U.S. Senate (“blue slip”).
I’ll take the “very important tool for our nations security” (cough – surveillance of soccer moms voting habits – cough cough) to have honest elections, but I can’t wait for Tim Burchett to call out why they really want it. He’s the only one who will.
Thune is a tool.
Abusive it is. When it comes to hiding secrets under classification (which is why they want a DNI approved by the SSCI only) and when it comes to anything related to Sec 702 (their key to spying on innocent Americans) the Senate acts at lightening speed. We can see their foibles and deceptiveness clearly.
I read today that there are 60 revisions to 702. One of them is criminal referrals for spying on Americans. Hoping it is retroactive.
I am also hoping that Jay Clayton gives them a big surprise.
President Trump got quite a few stellar and consequential nominees approved shortly after taking office (Gabbard, RFK Jr, and Hegseth). There was some doubt at the time that all would be approved. DNI Gabbard accomplished a great deal. We definitely got dealt a great hand.
Other DNI reform work in process has presumably been briefed to the president, but hasn’t been revealed to the public. If Clayton turns out to be a total putz and lackey for the SSCI, then that should be apparent to President Trump. Hopefully he knows what he is doing and this isn’t some Wiles selection. Rubio was a curveball that most of us did not see. Half of the senate is smarting over that one.
President Trump should pull Clayton’s nomination.
Veto FISA unless the full-blown SAVE Act is passed and on the Resolute Desk before FISA arrives. Or better yet, Veto any FISA bill
Sundance – If by chance you should have some unused influence – may I suggest now would be the time to use it.
If Trump vetoed fisa I would be soooooo happy.
And he’s still not passing the SAVE ACT.
I said the other day that if the drunken douche Warner was praising Clayton as he did Sunday, maybe Clayton’s not the right guy for the job.
Trump nominated him. 5D chess? 😑
That “catch-22” of yours is nonsensical. The 4th Amendment does not talk about criminal proceedings, and is therefore not limited to them. It protects against unreasonable search, regardless of justification or context.
Obviously also, “Prosecutorial use” occurs whether or not the accused turns out to be “factually guilty.”
This brazenly unconstitutional contretemps exists only because no one has yet had the stones to say, “ENOUGH!”
Because of the present capacity to transmit and forever record, quite literally, both your location within 15 feet and your heartbeat … because this capacity now EXISTS … even the President of the United States insists that this “search” is necessary, as a matter of “national security.” The 4th Amendment be damned.
Ladies and Gentlemen and Justices: This is precisely why this Amendment(!) EXISTS.
At the airport: No, we must(!) digitally strip-search(!!) you! Of course those naked-you images don’t exist. Hyuck, hyuck, hyuck … of COURSE they don’t!
President Trump should just veto the FISA (702) legislation if The Save America Act is not attached.