White House Source: Trump Wiretap Was Ordered Because “Due Diligence”

I despise information only sourced with unnamed sources and not checked against anything or anyone else. A single unnamed source is useful for background information but never the lead. That being said, it’s information, it’s out there so it cannot be ignored, just caveated – this information is allegedly from a single anonymous source from the Obama White House.

The reporter on Fox News’ Watters’ World makes three important claims:

First, that the wiretap did happen which so far, FBI Director James Comey and former DNI James Clapper have not refuted.

Second is that the intelligence community was involved which DNI Clapper did deny.

Third, and most interesting, that “due diligence” was used as the legal test to push a FISA warrant where the stricter test of “probable cause” is the absolute minimum. Did the court allow a wiretap without probable cause or is this source in question?

Either we’ve got another Watergate or there’s no there there – impossible to tell with such shoddy sourcing.

Refuting named, publicly made comments by Comey and Clapper with a poorly-sourced and unconfirmed statement isn’t going to stand-up to scrutiny, but it’s out there, so here ya’ go – grain of salt and all that.