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Originally posted by lendaddy
So agree or disagree that's the justification.
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Then why did he lie about it? Why did he tell the American people that it was because the administration didn't have the luxury of time to wait for a warrant?
I'm sorry, when somebody lies about something this important, I'm not giving him the benefit of the doubt on anything else.
I think the real reason is so there would be no accountability, no oversight, no restrictions on whom they could spy on. Or how they could use the information.
5 out of 19,000 FISA warrant applications have been denied. The president did not risk a major constitutional crisis because he wanted to improve those odds.