As Hemmingway notes, the Times soft-pedals the importance of what her Federalist colleague Sean Davis charges:
The Obama admin was actively spying on four affiliates of a rival political campaign weeks before an election.In case you don’t have the patience (or time) to read her whole, excellent column, I’ll share with you her conclusion.
This New York Times story may have been designed to inoculate the FBI against revelations coming out of the inspector general report, but the net result was to affirm the fears of many Americans who are worried that the U.S. government’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies abused their powers to surveil and target Americans simply for their political views and affiliations. The gathered information has been leaked to media for years, leading to damaged reputations, and the launch of limitless probes, but not any reason to believe that Trump colluded with Russia to steal an election.COTTonLINE has followed this story for over a month.
