Show me where Comey denied the wiretapping allegations? I'm not interested in "unnamed" sources who SAY that Comey denied the allegations. Originally Posted by veedub63Show you? Like the Pres showed his evidence? The president cited "unnamed sources"? So you believe his and not several independent news sources? Oh, got it. Mark Levin and Breitbart. Lol.
James Clapper denied it. http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/poli...-tower-n729261
So you have one explicit denial from the former DNI and several reports that the Dir FBI requested the DoJ to refute the wiretapp claim versus Levin/Breitbart/Trump "evidence".
Could former POTUS do it? Without FISA or somehow doing it without knowledge or complicity of the FBI or NSA? IDK, but find that pretty far fetched, with lots of potential for whistle blowing by people in the loop. WRT Obama's motives: Is it a non 0 possibility he tried to do this? Yes, it is not zero, but would he risk being worse than RM Nixon? Highly unlikely, IMO. Downside way outweighs upside. I mean the dude is a lawyer who has a tendency to play it very safe (to a fault, with some of his policies). Logic dictates that if he was going to take this risk and go down this path it would have to be for huge upside (like winning re-election, which was not possible).
I think the Economist has a rational description of the possibilities on this latest belching from DC: http://www.economist.com/blogs/democ...ent?fsrc=gnews