No Evidence of Trump Wire Tap

"...I don't think there was an actual tap of Trump Tower,"

What does this mean "actual tap" ? Was his privacy bugged or not?

 

Here again, CNN is splitting hairs - yes, Nunes did say there was no evidence of a wire tap but didn't exclude other surveillance methods:

"President Obama wouldn't physically go over and wiretap Trump Tower. So now you have to decide, as I mentioned to [the press] last week, are you going to take the tweets literally? And if you are then clearly the president was wrong. But if you're not going to take the tweets literally and there is a concern that the president has about other people, other surveillance activities looking at him and his associates — either appropriately or inappropriately — we want to find that out."

 

Right. And "tap" may be a legalese term, which would require "court order" perhaps, thus, void an order not in the records, maybe that is where the comment "actual" tap comes in.

 

Key statements:

"...but said it's possible Trump communications may have been gathered in "incidental" intelligence collection."

"...don't think there was an actual tap of Trump Tower."

Electronic surveillance was possible , and even likely. Add the word "intentionally" to gathered in the first in the first statemtn and you have the nut of the matter.

Even Obama's non denial denial left that possibility open. He wouldn't have left it open if it hadn't happened.

 

Trump specifically accused Obama of ordering a wire tap on his phone. Let's deal with the specifics please.

 

Aww look, somebody thinks their demands means something to someone.

 

Who is demanding anything here?