No. of Recommendations: 2
The relevant investigations were not about 'finding excuses to surveil people.' The subjects were not just any people. They were people correctly suspected of commiting crimes. - sano
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Damn straight, just from a cursory look at Carter Page, it was clear he was an ingenious and well-placed KGB asset who had infiltrated Trump's campaign. The issue was so dangerous that the FBI could not risk even telling Trump there was a possible breech of security in his organization. Since Trump himself was a Putin operative, the FBI had reasonable cause to obscure the true scope of their investigation, even from the FISA court.