Midknight Review -- new and revised: An investigative tool that could be used and abused by Mueller is the National Seucrity Letter.

an exclusive report by Midknight Review editor

National security letters
Another controversial tool reportedly used by the FBI to obtain phone records and other documents in the investigation were national security letters, which bypass judicial approval.
Improper use of such letters has been an ongoing theme at the FBI. Reviews by the Department of Justice’s Inspector General found widespread misuse under Mueller — who was then FBI director — and said officials failed to report instances of abuses as required.

The use of National Security Letters by passes the Federal Court System (including the FISA coout) as it give broad investigative powers to federal prosecutors.

Uses for NSL include but not limited to the following:

To establish evidence to support a FISA application for electronic surveillance or physical searches;

To collect information sufficient to fully develop national security investigations;

To develop information that is provided to law enforcement authorities for use in criminal proceedings.

Source:

https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2016/NSL-2007.pdf
(and scroll down to page 46)

In other words, Mueller does not need court permission if he chooses to misuse the national security letter process . . . . which he did when FBI Director back in 2003 - 2005.

More on this later.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

An investigative tool that could be used and abused by Mueller is the National Seucrity Letter.

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