This former British lawmaker is at the heart of the Trump wiretap allegations

[WhiteTara]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-former-british-lawmaker-at-the-heart-of-the-trump-wiretap-allegations/2017/03/06/9d8c6b94-027c-11e7-9d14-9724d48f5666_story.html?utm_term=.1dfd3b4d747c&wpisrc=nl_most-draw6&wpmm=1

LONDON — A former British legislator is at the heart of the Trump administration’s explosive allegation that President Barack Obama was spying on him during the 2016 campaign.

But who exactly is Louise Mensch?

For starters, the politician-turned-journalist is the writer behind an article published on the eve of the election titled: “EXCLUSIVE: FBI ‘Granted FISA Warrant’ Covering Trump Camp’s Ties To Russia.”

The article, published on the right-leaning, libertarian website Heat Street, did not create much of a stir at the time. But it has come under the spotlight after Trump, in a tweetstorm over the weekend, accused Obama of wiretapping his offices during the election campaign. Trump compared the alleged bugging to the Watergate scandal, but he has not offered any evidence to back up his claims.

In tweets on Monday, Mensch emphasized that her reporting does not back up Trump’s wiretapping claim, even though the White House cited her article to justify the allegation. She stressed that her reporting refers to a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court warrant and does not mention anything about wiretapping.

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“They gave me one of the most closely guarded secrets in intelligence,” she said, referring to her sources. Speaking to the Guardian, a left-leaning British newspaper, she added: “People are speculating why someone trusted me with that. Nobody met me in a darkened alley in a fedora, but they saw me as someone who has political experience and is their friend. I am a pro-national security partisan. I don’t have divided loyalties.”

[femmocrat]

1. Thanks!

I am really trying to figure out all this business about wiretaps, leaks, Vault7, deep state, etc. It's making my head spin! It's like a spy movie where you can't quite hear what they are saying and all the scenes are shot in the dark!

[Me.]

2. So Like The Occupant Of The WH To Ignore

the letters F, I, S & A.

[yallerdawg]

3. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

Ms. Mensch frequently appears on MSNBC, and she absolutely hates and despises the mindless denizen in the White House.

Link to tweet

[WhiteTara]

8. She sounds like an interesting person.

Really bulldog on things she believes.

[leftstreet]

4. With all due respect, is anything EVER going to come from this?

She's starting to remind me of the breathless!!, bomshells!!, wait for it!! we got from Sybil Edmonds

[jmg257]

5. So, is the warrant real, or not? Guess it depends who is asked?

OR is it "warrant" vs "wiretaps"?

[EarthFirst]

6. So many foreign interests with one or two degrees of separation...

I guess that's all coincidence, however!

[kentuck]

7. I should hope the FBI was doing its job.

And followed all Russian calls. If the Russians had just happened to call General Flynn, there was no way to know that the Russian would call General Flynn? We don't know how they recorded Flynn, as far as I know? But they did not necessarily originate the call at General Flynn's end.