Of course Barry was aware of, condoned, and authorized Comey, Clapper, and Brennan to do all that they did. In much the same fashion as Barry and his thugs dug up sufficient dirt on Jack Ryan to get Ryan to withdraw from the 2004 Illinois senate race.
Barry's thugs also included Rahm Emmanuel and his thug-behind-the-scenes Valerie Jarrett. They dug so much dirt they had callouses where they shouldn't have had them -- on their souls.