re: So Obama had our spooks spying on Trump's people.

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The question in the OP is legitimate. Partially because Trump will one day have the power to surveil an incoming President and all his team and acquaintances. If we want to excuse this behavior now, we set another horrible precedent.

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If the IC is engaging in wrongful conduct directed at the Trump administration, Trump should be devoting his efforts to rebuilding a competent IC in a way that retains the very, very good work they've done in recent decades and purges political players.

I can't see that they way to do this is by attacking them en masse and ignoring their concerns, then when one of the concerns is shown accurate, attacking them further for helping to bring that to light.

I think Trump is approaching the job with seriousness (other than Twitter). I think he needs to quickly reform those around him so that the rest of the administration reflects the serious action he wants to take. He's got some good people in place. Add to that and get on with business. Stop sending KAC and Spicer out to take fricking absurd stances that dominate the news cycle so that you can 4D chess one over the media.