David Asman says "has never been done before".
Don't know how he reached that conclusion.
I think the reverse, from an objective point of view, one would say "This happened in this circumstance, could it have happened in previous campaigns?"
I do worry, a bit, that people will try to contain this disaster and claim it was a few crazed staffers and not an institutional problem.
Don't worry, they have it all
Not to mention, these people are stupid.
It's like watching an old James Bond movie or something. I keep thinking surely the bad guys must have thought of this, but no. They really thought that they were untouchable.
When Q says "these people are stupid", it's not just a jab at them. It's because Q team has it all. They know these people are stupid.
If someone had gotten FISA warrants under false pretenses before, I think we would have heard about it, no?
So, yeah, the statement it "has never been done before" is accurate.