Judicial Watch filed Freedom of Information requests with the FBI, CIA and the NSA to find out which Obama appointee authorized the wiretap. The group has announced if there is no reply to their requests by next week, they will file suit in federal court. They want to know who authorized the tap, what is in the statement filed with the court requesting permission to tap his phone and they want to see the warrant for the wiretap, assuming the tap was done legally, which is not a safe bet.
Breitbart.com reported:
Conservative foundation Judicial Watch is planning to sue several government agencies if they do not hand over records related to the wiretapping of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
The group filed Freedom of Information Act requests for the records weeks ago but are planning to sue by next week for the records if they do not receive anything by then.
Judicial Watch filed the requests with the FBI, NSA, CIA, and Treasury Department, according to the group’s Director of Investigations and Research Chris Farrell.
The group is aiming to find out whether there was ever a warrant allowing the U.S. government to wiretap Flynn’s phone calls, and if so, who requested it and why.
“If you have a warrant, attached to the warrant 99 percent of the time, there is an affidavit, a sworn declaration normally by a law enforcement officer or senior official,” said Farrell.
Such a warrant could be classified, depending on the case, he said.A wiretapped phone call between Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak was leaked to the Washington Post and revealed in a Feb. 9 story.
The leak, which took place in December, contradicted public assertions by Vice President Michael Pence that Flynn had never discussed sanctions with Kislyak, and led to Flynn’s eventual resignation on Monday.