Well, now it has a name
Clapper has now admitted that there was Spying in my campaign. Large dollars were paid to the Spy, far beyond normal. Starting to look like one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history. SPYGATE – a terrible thing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 24, 2018
But it’s not an exclusive name.
Mark Felt’s COINTELPRO has been spying on politicians and US citizens for awhile now. It’s nothing new.
Best name for a Gate ever.
Every piece of mail you send/receive is scanned by the USPS. They know I am a lifetime NRA member. They know my bank account. They know everything, including how I think and what I believe and hold dear. I accept that. I know where many of them live and I know how to do recon. Other things that I know I will not say because those are things they don’t know.
Ymarsakar is right. The FBI has been rotten at the top for a long time. I wonder if Louis Freeh had stopped the corruption under his directorship, because he and his bio seemed better than the others.
Here is a new op-ed from the WSJ by Lee Edwards. He was in the Barry Goldwater campaign and is now at the Heritage Foundation.
Title and subtitle:
“The FBI Spied for LBJ’s Campaign”
“On the president’s orders, the bureau wiretapped Barry Goldwater’s plane and headquarters”
One money quote:
“Advance knowledge of Goldwater’s travel schedule and advance copies of his remarks were provided by a spy the Central Intelligence Agency had planted in Goldwater headquarters.”
Mr. Edwards supports his claims with references to congressional/senate testimony and FOIA obtained FBI documents.