When President Trump originally tweeted that Obama had carried out surveillance on him, the response from much of the mainstream media was to cast doubt over this claim.However, in a recent interview with MSNBC, Obama's former Deputy Asst. Secretary of Defense, Evelyn Farkas, appeared to suggest that surveillance and intelligence gathering did take place.This is a key quote from the interview:Hopefully this admission will be picked up by congressional investigators and Evelyn Farkas will be asked to expand upon her statement.However, although a significant admission, it isn't really anything that wasn't already known. In a recent press briefing, Sean Spicer read out a long list of news stories reporting on surveillance by Obama and his administration. You can watch the video of the press briefing below:Here are a selection of quotes that were read out by Sean Spicer regarding the media reports on wiretapping and surveillance:On March 3rd, Fox News chief anchor Brett Baier said:Baier continues:Sara Carter reported:The New York Times reported on January 12th 2017:On November 11th, 2016, Heat Street reported:Sara Carter from Circa News:On February 14th, the New York Times refers to phone records and intercepted calls:Sean Hannity of Fox News:On March 14th, Judge Napolitano on Fox News:Sean Spicer sums it up as follows:Given all of the media reports on surveillance listed above, it seems incredible that until recently some sections of the media were still trying to claim that no surveillance took place!Trump is the master of 4D chess. Give the press enough rope and then let them hang themselves with it.- - - - - - - - - -