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snooper2

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14. Let me try to explain how this works--

Reply to leveymg (Reply #13)

Thu May 16, 2013, 02:15 PM

May 2013

If a FBI case agent or somebody in Justice are looking at phone records in the course of a criminal investigation, it makes PRETTY good sense that the person or persons being investigated DON'T know that you are looking at their records, or calls, or doing a wiretap. You kind of don't want the bad guys knowing what you are doing LOL

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Bomb Plot Briefing May Undercut DOJ's Case For AP Records Seizure - MSNBC [View all] WillyT May 2013 OP

4 paragraphs only- the above is 7 graham4anything May 2013 #1

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+1 uponit7771 May 2013 #7

Sorry WillyT..you are persistent, but I call bull-shit! Anansi1171 May 2013 #3

"Within hours *after* the AP published its May 7, 2012 story..." CJCRANE May 2013 #4

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The original AP story was sparce on details re the double-agent. Those were provided later by WaPo & leveymg May 2013 #6

True but it looks like the REAL issue is the AP shouldn't have had it at all!! uponit7771 May 2013 #8

BINGO DearAbby May 2013 #9

Not sure that's the case. The underwear bomber and the FedEx toner bombs were also "controlled" ops leveymg May 2013 #11

This is the stupid shit I've ever heard Cali_Democrat May 2013 #10

"sweeping secret subpoena of the press association�s phone records" snooper2 May 2013 #12

It's pretty sweeping by the standards of other leaks. leveymg May 2013 #13

Let me try to explain how this works-- snooper2 May 2013 #14

Well...I refused to believe there was a "Blue Dress"...until the very last. KoKo May 2013 #15