And it even began spinning that daddy of all superspook arguments—that revealing any detail about this particular asset could result in “loss of human lives.”

Am I the only one that reads that statement as a threat to kill off their own informants in order to protect the Feeb brass and their political masters?

They're just using an expected ploy from their playbook: "We'd love to tell you but it would hurt national security."

Of course, they could just be lying (again) to cover up for what they did. Spying on a future prez of the U.S. as a joint operation by FBI and CIA with some foreign national is a very serious matter.

And national security may be important but so is the confidence of the American people that their prez is not a paid Russian stooge. National security be damned, either demonstrate that Trump is a crook or drop all these investigations. Now! It appears they expect Mueller to investigate Trump for his full 8 years in office and beyond. It's intolerable.

It appears they expect Mueller to investigate Trump for his full 8 years in office and beyond. It's intolerable.

It's a strategic ploy to insure that Trump isn't re-elected so they can make sure they get another "business as usual" Dim or RINO in the WH in 2020.

They know they can only lose if anyone is allowed to focus on facts,so they spread innuendo.

In the back of my mind I see the "Deepstate"(not sure what to really call them) are setting Nunes and Gowdy up as leakers once they divulge the truth. To me its really getting bad and the only way to make right is release everything! No way it will happen because Obama and Clinton have to much to lose. No telling who else would get ran over, McCrazy and bush?

An FBI informant in the Trump campaign?

Perhaps not so much an informant as a special infiltrator.

Carter Page could have been an FBI and/or Intelligence asset who passed through Russia to create a legend, and later sought to attach himself to the Trump campaign. Once he infiltrated the campaign HQ at Trump Tower, his mission could have been to make innocent contact with the campaign leadership. Then the FBI and/or intelligence agency could open an investigation into the alleged Russian connection of their own asset, using this manufactured garbage to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on everyone within two skips of their asset Carter Page, i.e., virtually the whole Trump campaign leadership.

Of course, this would involve admission of numerous felonies at the FISA court if it were confirmed that Page was known not to be a Russian agent, but rather well known to be an FBI/Intelligence asset, acting as an their agent in infiltrating Trump Tower.

Below is an interesting tidbit from 2017 where Page was stretching credulity about his campaign involvement. Page did not need much actual campaign involvement. He could have sat in a coffee shop in Trump Tower and emailed, messaged, or called a few select people. A two skip FISA warrant would take care of the rest.

http://www.businessinsider.com/carter-page-trump-campaign-headquarters-2017-3

Foreign policy adviser disavowed by Trump team says he ‘spent many hours’ at Trump campaign headquarters

Natasha Bertrand
Business Insider
Mar. 9, 2017, 1:39 PM

[excerpt]

In response to questions about Page's claim that he spent "many hours" at Trump campaign headquarters on the fifth floor of Trump Tower, an administration official who worked with the campaign pointed to the fact that its headquarters moved from the fifth floor to the 14th and 15th floors of Trump Tower before the Republican National Convention last July.

After checking with two people who worked on the fifth floor of Trump Tower before the headquarters moved, the official said these people don't recall ever seeing Carter Page there. Page had no badge, the official said, and never signed a non-disclosure agreement — two requirements of anyone working with the campaign in an official capacity. He also wasn't on the campaign's payroll, the official said, and did not have a campaign email account.

"He's clearly inflating his role with the campaign and trying to cash in on Trump's victory," the official said.

They seem to be indicating a foreign person with high political connections was the FBI/CIA source.

Maybe it's Nigel Farage. Or Julian Assange. LOL

Perhaps we have a spy working as an aide to Putin or the 8 other tycoons who actually run Russia.

They seem to be indicating a foreign person....

The Kimberly Strassel/WSJ article indicated the Nunes request pertains to a U.S. citizen involved in the Russia collusion investigation. It may be an intelligence source who worked, or is working, in a foreign country.

See also, Conservative Treehouse, article by sundance, speculating on the source being Stefan Halper.

Stefan Halper checks off every single box:

• Currently overseas. vCurrent/Former CIA operative.
• Current/Former source for FBI. vAnti-Trump motive.
• Formerly put together this exact type of operation.
• Connections to UK spies/intel community/politicians.
• Connection to Australian spies/intel community.
• Connection to Alexander Downer.
• Political operative.
• Wanted Clinton to win 2016 election.
• Connects to Carter Page.
• Connects to George Papadopoulos.
• Connects to John Brennan. ETC.

Interesting suspect. I wouldn't be all that surprised if you're right.

Stassel is hinting that she knows or suspects. Which means she is actually fishing for someone to confirm it. Like someone with access to Nunes and the info from that recent briefing.

She might as well put up a sign: "Leaks wanted. Call Kimberly at WSJ."

It's not a bad bet for her. Someone in the Beltway is always ready to leak, if for no other reason than to get some revenge on the Other Guys for leaking something else.

Interesting suspect. I wouldn't be all that surprised if you're right.

I directly quoted Sundance at The Conservative Treehouse without expressing an opinion of my own.

I would still lean toward Carter Page being the cited source inside the Trump campaign. As far as I know, Stefan Halper was never a member of the Trump campaign, and was not a source inside the campaign.

I have not seen sufficient information to call it for Page.