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| Trump suggests surveillance law could have been used to 'abuse' his campaign | Trump suggests surveillance law could have been used to 'abuse' his campaign |
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| Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that a key program to collect foreign intelligence could have been used by the Obama administration to “badly surveil and abuse” his campaign. | Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that a key program to collect foreign intelligence could have been used by the Obama administration to “badly surveil and abuse” his campaign. |
| His tweet came despite his administration expressing support for renewing the program. | |
| Trump was referring to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which lets spy agencies collect information on foreign targets abroad. | Trump was referring to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which lets spy agencies collect information on foreign targets abroad. |
| The House is voting Thursday on possible changes to the legislation, and the Senate must also take action. On Wednesday, the White House issued a statement opposing changes to the program. | The House is voting Thursday on possible changes to the legislation, and the Senate must also take action. On Wednesday, the White House issued a statement opposing changes to the program. |
| Trump wrote: “This is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony [sic] Dossier, to so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign by the previous administration and others?” | Trump wrote: “This is the act that may have been used, with the help of the discredited and phony [sic] Dossier, to so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign by the previous administration and others?” |
| He then partially walked back his comments, adding: “With that being said, I have personally directed the fix to the unmasking process since taking office and today’s vote is about foreign surveillance of foreign bad guys on foreign land. We need it! Get smart!” | |
| Trump’s first tweet referred to a dossier on alleged contacts between Trump’s campaign and the Russian government, which has been back in the news this week with the release of a transcript of a congressional interview with Glenn Simpson, one of the men behind it. | |
| The dossier – compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele – makes an allegation that there was a “conspiracy of cooperation” between Russian agents and the Trump campaign, and the president has frequently scorned it since its publication last January. | The dossier – compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele – makes an allegation that there was a “conspiracy of cooperation” between Russian agents and the Trump campaign, and the president has frequently scorned it since its publication last January. |
| In March last year, Trump drew fierce criticism when he suggested without evidence that Barack Obama had “wire-tapped” his offices in New York before the presidential election. | In March last year, Trump drew fierce criticism when he suggested without evidence that Barack Obama had “wire-tapped” his offices in New York before the presidential election. |