Latest Washington Post bombshell on Russia drops, but it's not clear which side should claim victory

Not that Rep. Ted Lieu would be one to spout off against the administration without airtight proof, but …

Dear @POTUS: You are right that Obama officials spied on your team. B/c there was PROBABLE CAUSE AGENTS OF A FOREIGN POWER WERE ON YOUR TEAM https://t.co/ri4bQ4jDdB

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 12, 2017

It was the Washington Post that dropped Tuesday night’s big bombshell, and if reports attributed to unnamed U.S. officials are your thing, consider the ground shaken. In short, the paper reported that last summer, the FBI and the Justice Department obtained a FISA warrant to former Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page.

The FBI obtained a FISA warrant last year to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page in a probe of campaign’s Russia ties https://t.co/PzRlqGkC2T

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 11, 2017

SooperMexican at the Right Scoop gave what might be the best take of all on the revelation: the resistance is jazzed because it’s becoming ever more clear that the Trump campaign did collude with Russia, and that elusive proof is just within reach; and Trump supporters are claiming victory because they can say that Trump was right all along about being surveilled by the Obama administration.

Breaking from WashPost: FBI applied for and obtained FISA surveillance warrant on former Trump aide Carter Pagehttps://t.co/jTcg2tNYzd pic.twitter.com/svyuJdWcHo

— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) April 11, 2017

This is pretty extraordinary. The bar for FISA targeting of a US person is SUPPOSED to be quite high. https://t.co/KsahcuFMS3

— Julian Sanchez (@normative) April 11, 2017

I know we're all jaded, but the FBI thought a Trump adviser was acting as an agent for the Russian government. That's not a small thing.

— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) April 12, 2017

As with every single bombshell up to this point in the Trump administration, though, there’s some fine print: “Page has not been accused of any crimes, and it is unclear whether the Justice Department might later seek charges against him or others in connection with Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election.” So …

https://twitter.com/jlangdale/status/851938282497859585

Now that would be a bombshell. For tonight, at least, just the suggestion that Page was deemed worthy of monitoring has some dreaming of that election do-over that isn’t going to happen, ever. At the very least, Rep. Maxine Waters and crew want Sean Spicer and his slip-up/denial of the Holocaust off the front page.

No distractions #kremlinklan https://t.co/1lCcrzinFG

— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) April 11, 2017

Warrant on Carter Page shows we no longer have smoke. We have extreme heat. Acting Atty General must appoint a Special Prosecutor NOW. https://t.co/tnFbFn9OWy

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 12, 2017

My president fired $80m of missiles to change the narrative and all I got was Carter Page trending.

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) April 12, 2017

Stop tweeting about Spicer, start tweeting about Carter Page. Thanks in advance.

— Kevin Phelan (@KPhed) April 11, 2017

https://twitter.com/MrDane1982/status/851950501289746433

Or, was the Obama administration using a flimsy case against Carter Page in order to monitor the Trump campaign?

Carter Page
Translation MSNBC to English
"Obama claimed Trump advisor was a spy to justify Obama spying on Trump campaign."
O is a criminal. pic.twitter.com/Kvk1JVB7iw

— Philip Schuyler (@FiveRights) April 12, 2017

https://twitter.com/DBloom451/status/851945263040258050

Some might call us fake news, but it would give us a break if players like the Washington Post could ease up on the bombshells.

Carter Page has the greatest odds of being tragically crushed beneath a piano at the bottom of a stairwell than anyone in earth right now

— kilgore trout was in the loop (@KT_So_It_Goes) April 12, 2017