I'm not sure if President
@realDonaldTrump is fully aware of this or not, but I am generally confident DC insiders understand the potential.
Consider the NSA database is essentially a library of information of activity. Within that data, there is a flow of information related to election activity.
Behind that thought you now have an expanded perspective of why the ODNI would be involved in election type investigative activity.
Essentially, the data library shows XXX and the factual paperwork supporting XXX exists in actual warehouses. The data is within a digital library. The factual paperwork is on the ground.
Now, pause.
The lockbox to open the digital record is accessed using the recently discussed 702 pathways. As presented for several years, the FISA (702) key is a tool, and the tool is needed to unlock the data.
Without FISA (702) there is no collection, because there is no need for metadata collection. Understood?
FISA (702) is not about foreign stuff as it relates to the common discussion; instead, it is the baseline of the entire data capture. Understanding this takes you to a mental reset.
The capture is never discussed (see Snowden and Clapper), we only see debate on the access.
So, if you take your thinking back to the data collection itself, then you ask what is in that massive digital vault we call the NSA library.
There's a lot of stuff in there, including all of the electronic data that surrounds elections. All of that data can be filtered permitting a granular look at election outcomes and all the background electronic communication that comes attached to it.
FISA (702) essentially represents the authority, the key that unlocks the ability to review the data.
Think very carefully.
If the database contains the digital records of elections, and if those digital records show manipulation of election data, then accessing that massive library would represent a risk.
How many people in DC are in elected office as a result of election manipulation?
Now, does the extreme concern from specific people in congress start to take on a new context?