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The right is waiting for the FISA scandal shoe to drop on Obama

Former President Barack Obama addresses the participants at a summit on climate change involving mayors from around the globe Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Chicago. The conference comes after President Trump said the U.S. will pull out of the Paris agreement. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Former President Barack Obama addresses the participants at a summit on climate change involving mayors from around the globe Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Chicago. The conference comes after President Trump said the U.S. will pull out of the Paris agreement. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
By Debbie Lord for The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Feb 8, 2018

Will it be former President Barack Obama who sees more fallout from the FISA memos? A roundup of editorials Thursday takes a look at the issue.

Opinions from the right:

Why FISA-gate is scarier than Watergate

From Townhall: What happened to the press and progressives who used to take on Washington corruption?

Tick, tick, tick...FBI scandal getting closer to Obama

From The American Thinker: Who would have thought that the “what did the president know” moment would refer to President Barack Obama.

ExploreScheming, speculation as Dems push intel memo

From The Washington Examiner: What is in the Democrat’s memo? We will likely know soon, and we’ll probably be disappointed.

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