‘Big deal’: Mark Levin goes ballistic over media’s ‘lack of curiosity’ on Obama’s surveillance of Trump

by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2017

Radio host Mark Levin tore into the major media for its “lack of curiosity and dishonesty” over the Obama administration’s possible wiretapping of the Trump campaign.

Levin took the media to task after he was heavily criticized for highlighting the alleged surveillance of Trump, which he countered was based on the major media’s own reporting.

Brian Stetler, left, and Mark Levin

In an open letter to CNN’s Brian Stelter published on his Conservative Review website, and directed at the larger media as well, Levin wrote:

“I simply put together the stories that YOUR profession reported, on the public record. Do you deny there were two FISA applications? Do you deny the first was turned down? Do you deny the second was approved? It’s called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. It is about surveillance. The fact that we cannot discern all the details because of the secrecy, except for what the media have revealed and selective leaks by the government, should cause you to want to know more, not to trash those who point it out.

“Your lack of curiosity and dishonesty about such matters and in dealing with me demean you and your profession.”

Levin said that there are some “logical implications” that can be made from the reporting on the issue, which includes pre-election reports in papers such as The New York Times.

He wrote:

“And yes, we can make several logical implications based on events and experience. A FISA application is a big deal. One, or two in this case, that involve campaign surrogates, or a server or computer related to a candidate or campaign, etc., is a big deal. President Obama’s statement is not a definitive statement of anything, other than he, personally, did not order a wiretap, which I never claimed. But that does not mean he was unaware of surveillance activity by several of his departments, even through routine reports to the president, such as the Daily Intel Briefing or information conveyed to him or his staff via the Justice Department re the FBI counter-intelligence activities. As for Clapper, despite his past dissembling before Congress, he may not have been aware of what was taking place since the FBI counter-intel operation reportedly sought the warrant. The Daily Intel Briefing might provide useful information in that regard as well.”

Stelter dismissed the wiretapping allegations as a conspiracy. His March 6 story opened this way: “An incendiary idea first put forward by right-wing radio host Mark Levin is now burning across Washington, fanned by President Trump’s tweets and a huge number of supportive commentators and websites — even though the facts don’t back up the conclusion.”

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