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Mr. Papadopoulos. I– the reason I'm suggesting that there
was a FISA was because there was tremendous scrutiny on – with my ties to Israel, to the point where I had apparently a formal
charge of acting as an agent of Israel, which I don't know how
that's even possible really, but there was a charge.
And by the time I had my first interview with the FBI, they
led me to believe that they knew about certain meetings I was
having, who I knew in the Israeli Government domestically and
abroad. That's how I remember it. And that they were very angry
almost about my ties to Israel, to the extent, as I mentioned,
during my second encounter I remember the agent, Curtis Heide,
telling me, oh, you don't want to wear a wire, just know that
you're lucky Israel is an ally or else we would be going after you, something incredibly bizarre.
Mr. Meadows. So what you're saying is, they had knowledge of
private conversations and communications that you had with other
individuals that would have taken extraordinary measures to find
out. They couldn't have found it on Facebook or read it in The
Hill or someplace.
Mr. Papadopoulos. That's – that's what I believe, yes.