Do you think President Obama could have ordered (covertly or overtly) wire-tapping of then President-Elect Trump?

Obama was the WORST President, America ever elected and now we are dealing with a corrupt politicians aka Democratic Party!!

I believe he was made aware of the surveillance. He had to be in the loop, no doubt. If crimes were committed - the guilty should pay and be stripped of any clearances and be barred from future federal service.

I voted YES to this question. Why, because in order to cover his ass it was the democrats that brought the matter up. The who.e matter back fired with Mueller's investigation. Now to seal that investigation, it would be great if the Russians would out themselves.

Obama is a sociopath, he’d do anything even if it was illegal to get what he wants.

Obama is not the sharpest knife in the drawer! He was so sure Hillary was going to win, as the all were, that none of them covered their tracks! Just look at Stzrok and Paige and Mcabe! Comey too!

Ordered? Maybe, but as has been testified to he had told subordinates he wanted to be kept informed. Whether that included the 'wire tapping' we may never know but given the broad spectrum of people who either got the identity of Americans unmasked and/or became aware of their identities I find it difficult to believe he was unaware.

Is the Pope Catholic? The most glaring 100% verifiable lie: If you like your doctor and plan, you can keep your doctor and plan. I’m not the smartest guy in the world, but I told my clients (I sold health insurance at the time) that they would be forced to change policies in the coming years. The second most glaring verifiable lie: Average costs would go down by $2,500. Flat out lie. Third most verifiable lie: No one making less that $250k will see an increase in taxes. Since ObamaCare was implemented only after the Supreme Court ruled that the mandate was a tax, everyone saw an increase. Obama said, “Electricity costs will necessarily skyrocket” due to green energy - that is a regressive tax tat impact poor the most.
Given the original question, I think we are about the see an investigation unravel what will turn out to be the biggest scandal in American history. Certainly bigger than Watergate of the 1970’s and the Teapot Dome Scandal of the 1920’s. Obama knew of Hillary’s illegal server. Obama knew of the Trump surveillance. Obama put department heads in place who would carry out anti-American activities like Holder and Brennan. Of course he knew what was going on. In My Humble Opinion.

He may have done so, but the NSA no longer need a FISC court warrant to wiretap anyone's cellphone telephone line, that includes computers. I have personally had three computers and two cellphones destroyed by NSA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton.

Facts:
November 2015-April 2016 – The FBI and DOJ’s National Security Division (NSD) uses private contractors to access raw FISA information using “To” and “From” FISA-702(16) & “About” FISA-702(17) queries.
March 2016 – NSA Director Rogers becomes aware of improper access to raw FISA data.
April 2016 – Rogers orders the NSA compliance officer to run a full audit on 702 NSA compliance.
April 18, 2016 – Rogers shuts down FBI/NSD contractor access to the FISA Search System.
April-September 2016 – Rogers continues his investigation.
September 26, 2016 – DOJ’s NSD Head John Carlin files the Government’s proposed 2016 Section 702 certifications. The filing does not disclose the FISA Abuses. Carlin is aware of Rogers’ compliance review. The 2016 certifications are scheduled for Court approval on October 26, 2016.
September 27, 2016 – Carlin announces he is resigning. Mary McCord will later assume his position.
October 15, 2016 – Carlin formally leaves the NSD.
Mid-October 2016 – DNI Clapper submits a recommendation to the White House that Director Rogers be removed from the NSA. Clapper’s effort fails.
October 20, 2016 – Rogers is briefed by the NSA compliance officer on the Section 702 NSA compliance audit and “About” query violations.
October 21, 2016 – Rogers shuts down all “About Query” activity. Rogers reports the activity to DOJ and prepares to go before the FISA Court.
October 21, 2016 – DOJ & FBI seek and receive a Title I FISA probable cause order authorizing electronic surveillance on Carter Page from the FISC. At this point, the FISA Court is unaware of the Section 702 violations.
October 24, 2016 – Rogers verbally informs the FISA Court of Section 702(17) violations.
October 26, 2016 – Rogers formally informs the FISA Court of 702(17) violations in writing.
October 26, 2016 – The FISA Court refuses to formalize the 2016 Section 702 certifications. A complete overhaul of Section 702 processes ensues.
November 17, 2016 (morning) – Rogers travels to meet President-Elect Trump and his Transition Team in Trump Tower. Rogers does not inform DNI James Clapper.
November 17, 2016 (evening) – Trump Transition Team announces they are moving all transition activity to Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey
These are all Facts. The last 2 are proof (IMHO) that ADM Mike Rodgers told President Elect Trump that President Oboma's Admin was spying on him at the Trump Tower.

Unfortunately, given the Patriot Act and FISA, the Executive Branch can essentially wire-tap nearly every citizen. The laws assume that all actors are biased towards protecting our country, enforcing our laws and respecting the rights of citizens. However, people and political groups can act without respect to laws or rights. As a proof, we need to just review the multitude of 'gun control' laws that are contrary to the 2nd Amendment as well as 'civil forfeiture' laws that are contrary to the 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments. Finally, proof of this possibility lies in the fact that only one party (GOP) and one candidate (Trump) is being investigated. If the true concern is whether foreign countries have managed to influence our elections, then all parties and candidates would be investigated. Unfortunately, it appears that there may be ample evidence that one candidate and party did collude/conspire with foreign countries prior and during the election. But, that party and candidate are not being investigated.