The Left no longer cares about civil rights

For all their twaddle about what’s the next big civil rights issue, Democrats and the news media really don’t give the hairy ass of a rat about civil rights.

And their reaction to this memo is proof of that.

The Fourth Amendment is crystal clear.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The FBI and DOJ used an unverified bit of political opposition research funded by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee as their “probable cause” to spy on an American citizen.

And their “affirmation” or “oath” conveniently left out the fact that this “evidence” was opposition research funded by the Clinton campaign and the DNC.

Yet the Democrats and their publicists in the news media are treating this clear violation of the Fourth Amendment as a “nothing burger.”

They don’t care about civil rights.

So long as you are a political opponent, your civil rights no longer apply.

Last night, conservative columnist Derek Hunter retweeted this excellent thread from an attorney named Robert Barnes.

And I definitely think it might help you to understand just why this abuse of the FISA court is a wee bit more than a “nothing burger.”

Legal commentary thread on #Memo: It is important to remember that FISA courts are not like other courts; there needs to be specific evidence of a particular national security threat to circumvent regular federal courts. It is a HIGHER standard because its jurisdiction is LIMITED

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) February 2, 2018

FISA courts have LIMITED jurisdiction because the scope of the invasive tools of the NSA is far more INVASIVE than regular wiretaps, due to the SECRET nature of such courts, and from the risk of forum shopping with the limited number and deferential nature of FISA Judges.

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) February 2, 2018

That is why Congress imposed SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS on access to FISA courts and use of FISA evidence. To access FISA courts, only the highest ranking FBI officials must vet and approve, a high ranking DOJ official must authorize, and they must re-vet and re-approve every 90 days.

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) February 2, 2018

To spy on Americans through a FISA court, the FBI must show the target is an "agent of a foreign power," not merely in contact with a foreign power. The law makes it difficult to show someone is an "agent of a foreign power" to make sure it is not misused to spy on Americans.

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) February 2, 2018

The law does not allow the FBI to call an American an "agent of a foreign power" unless they can show the person "knowingly engages in clandestine intelligence gathering activities for or on behalf of a foreign power" AND the nature of their activity is criminalized.

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) February 2, 2018

Claiming someone is an "agent of a foreign power" is a difficult standard to ever show, and should never happen to a domestic political opponent in a domestic political campaign. That is why the FBI had to cook the books — put a bogus informant on their team & lie to the courts.

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) February 2, 2018

Trump's winning caused a problem for Comey & Comey's firing caused a problem for Rosenstein. Both Comey & Rosenstein signed off on the bogus affidavits to the FISA court to continue spying on Trump team members post-election and post-inauguration. They needed Mueller to cover up.

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) February 2, 2018

Key fact about Mueller: he is very close friends with Comey, and was the mentor and close friend of Rosenstein. Mueller is also expert at covering up for lawless law enforcement: see his role with Whitey Bulger, BCCI, HSBC, Waco, Noriega, IRS/Tea Party & Fast & Furious.

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) February 2, 2018

FBI turned over their NSA spying capacity to a private lobbying company in order to promote a smear campaign against a domestic political opponent. Fearing being caught, they appointed a special counsel (Mueller) to cover for them by accusing the man (Trump) who might expose them

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) February 2, 2018

Last addendum: FISA court was created in 1978 as a post-Watergate reform to PREVENT exactly what happened here.

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) February 3, 2018

This should concern anyone who believes in the basic civil rights of American citizens.

Which is exactly why the Democrats don’t give a crap.

They don’t care about our civil rights.

All they care about is power.

And if someone is a threat to that power, the Fourth Amendment goes right out the window. Because for the Democrats the ends justify the means.

That shouldn’t be the case in a Constitutional Republic.

But it is exactly what happened here.

And the fact that James Comey is so indifferent to this calls into question his entire tenure at the FBI.

That’s it? Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs.

— James Comey (@Comey) February 2, 2018

That’s it? Violating the Fourth Amendment rights of Carter Page means nothing to this partisan hack.

The person who “destroyed trust” and damaged the relationship with the FISA court was none other than James Comey. This memo merely points out how the FBI abused the FISA process to violate the civil rights of an American citizen.

The one significant mistake I believe President Trump made was waiting almost four months to fire this creep.

That’s it? Top brass at FBI/DOJ take “salacious & unverified”(your words, not mine) partisan funded dossier to get secret warrant from secret court to spy on private American on rival campaign. Doesn’t bother you? Bothers me. And more importantly, it bothers the American people.

— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) February 2, 2018

And the fact that the news media so quickly dismissed this should really concern all of us.

The Free Press is supposed to be there to protect citizens from the abuses of government. They are there to hold our government accountable to the people.

But not anymore.

We don’t have a Free Press, do we?

Now, their job is to protect the Democrat Party from any threats to their power.

Hale Razor hit the nail on the head yesterday when he tweeted this:

If Republicans in govt were trying to take out a Dem in an election by giving GOP oppo to a judge so the Dem can be spied on, CNN would be in full-on white truck mode.

— Razor (@hale_razor) February 3, 2018

Seriously you guys. If people do not go to jail for this, we have ceased to be a Constitutional Republic.

There is no equal justice under the law.

And our civil rights no longer apply.

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