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Americans deserve the truth about what the Plasmic Echo documents actually reveal, and what we see so far is deeply troubling. A newly released package of FBI and DOJ memos includes a live-monitoring line that logs a March 24, 2023 call from a redacted “Lawyer 7” to White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles that lasted exactly 41 seconds — the kind of precise metadata that smells like mapping the defense team rather than ordinary law enforcement. The blank agent notes attached to a meeting with former CIA Director John O. Brennan only add to the suspicion that this was a political dragnet dressed up as an investigation.
What the documents show
The declassified packet shows the Washington Field Office using a pen register/trap-and-trace feed on Susie Wiles’s phone that captured contacts described as roughly 21 lawyers, several campaign advisers, and members of the media. Pen register metadata — the PR/TT lines — don’t capture content, but they build a revealing map of who was talking to whom and when, which can be weaponized just as effectively as spying. That a former Special Counsel’s team would oversee or be aware of such detailed logs around a political opponent’s legal network looks less like neutral law enforcement and more like political targeting.
Chain of command and the missing Brennan page
The packet also contains a meeting record between Jack Smith’s team and John O. Brennan where the attached agent notes are blank, leaving a conspicuous silence where answers should be. That missing material raises obvious questions about who authorized what and whether senior officials stacked the deck; the paper trail points toward decisions made at the highest levels under a prior Justice Department leadership. Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Todd Blanche owe the public a full accounting of the legal bases for any PR/TT orders and an explanation for why relevant notes are missing or redacted.
Attorney-client privilege under attack
Whether the PR/TT collection was technically lawful or not, the effect is the same: chilling contact between clients and counsel and eroding the sanctity of attorney-client privilege in politically sensitive cases like the Mar-a-Lago matter. Conservatives should not be coy about calling this what it is — a threat to due process and equal protection when investigative tools are used to map a political opponent’s legal defense. If federal agents were cataloging lawyer calls in real time, that is an abuse of power that transcends partisan politics and demands immediate oversight.
Demand for unredacted records and real accountability
Congress must subpoena the full Plasmic Echo ZIP, the underlying PR/TT orders, renewals, and any court approvals, and compel sworn testimony from Jack Smith’s team, those who signed off on surveillance, and anyone involved in the Brennan meeting. The White House Government Transparency Task Force and John Solomon have posted these memos, but partial releases and blank pages are not enough — Americans want unredacted proof and answers from the Department of Justice and the FBI. If this is allowed to stand as business as usual, the next administration’s lawyers and political dissidents will be next, and no patriot should accept that erosion of liberty.
