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Re:Trump administration backs Oracle in Google fight by dwmcqueen on Thursday February 20, 2020 @09:06PM (#22380395)
I forget how much Carter Page was a political rival of Barack Obama somehow.

Thanks for the reminder.

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Re:Trump administration backs Oracle in Google fight by burfog on Friday February 21, 2020 @03:27AM (#22381712)
Carter Page was not the real target.

FISA warrants cover two hops. If person Y communicates with both X and Z, a FISA warrant on person X will allow spying on person Z. In this case person X is Carter Page, and person Z is Donald Trump. It is certain that a suitable person Y exists. Such a person would be anybody who communicated, no matter how briefly, with both Carter Page and Donald Trump. Numerous journalists would qualify as person Y.

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