[ April 23, 2024 ]
The Democrats are freaking. Transparency to the Democrats is like the silver bullet to Dracula.
The Democrats and their faked Russia collusion smear is exposing them — hoisted on their petard.
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House Intel votes to make Nunes memo public
By Katie Bo Williams, The Hill, 01/29/18:The House Intelligence Committee on Monday evening voted to make public a GOP-crafted memo alleging what some Republicans say are “shocking” surveillance abuses at the Department of Justice (DOJ), according to the committee’s Democratic members.
The committee voted against making public the Democrat-drafted countermemo, but did vote to release it to the entire House, Democratic lawmakers said. The majority members expressed concern that the minority memo would damage sources and intelligence methods, according to ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).
The move ends weeks of speculation over whether the memo, which was drafted by staff for chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), would be made public. But it intensifies the dispute over what Democrats say is an all-out assault by Republicans to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
The document will not be immediately released. Under the arcane House rule Republicans used to override the classification of the four-page memo, President Trump now has five days to review and reject or approve its publication.
But the White House has signaled support for the document’s release and is widely expected to defy the DOJ in allowing the publication to go forward. The DOJ has opposed the release of the document, reportedly infuriating President Trump.
Some Republicans who have read the memo have hinted heavily that it contains information that could unravel the entire Mueller investigation, long described by the president as a “witch hunt.”
The precise contents of the memo remain unknown. However, it’s believed to contain allegations that the FBI did not adequately explain to a clandestine court that some of the information it used in a surveillance warrant application for Trump adviser Carter Page came from opposition research partially funded by the Clinton campaign, now known as the “Steele dossier.”
The document spotlights Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s role in approving the warrant application, according to The New York Times. Rosenstein appointed Mueller and has become a recent target on the right — as well as reportedly garnering the frustration of the president.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant applications require multiple levels of authentication and require investigators to show probable cause that an individual is acting as an agent of a foreign power. To date, there has been no public evidence that DOJ officials abused the FISA process.
While Nunes has described the memo as “facts,” Democrats have slammed it as a collection of misleading talking points they are unable to correct without exposing the highly classified information underpinning the document.
It’s unclear how much input the DOJ will have prior to the publication of the memo. Typically, when sensitive documents are declassified, the agencies with equities in the intelligence weigh in to assess whether its release would damage national security.
Releasing the memo without allowing them to review it on those grounds, Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote to Nunes, would be “extraordinarily reckless.”
But the committee initially stonewalled the DOJ from viewing the document because, as one committee member put it last week, “They’re the ones that have the problem.”
On Monday morning, deputy press secretary Raj Shah hinted on CNN that the DOJ would also not have an opportunity to review the document during the White House pre-release review.
“The Department of Justice doesn’t have a role in this process,” he told CNN.
FBI Director Christopher Wray was reportedly allowed to view the document in the committee’s secure spaces over the weekend. A committee spokesperson declined to comment on Monday, as did the FBI.
Another unanswered question revolves around the highly classified intelligence that underpins the memo, which came from documents provided to the committee by the DOJ as part of an agreement brokered by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). The DOJ has said the release of the memo would be an abrogation of the terms of that agreement, an assertion that spokesmen for both Ryan and Nunes reject.
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49 Comments
6 years ago
Notice that the Memo has to go to the National Security Council to be vetted
– before being declassified
– about 2 to 5 days
– expect redactions
6 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
They’ll redact everything except the words ‘the’ and the preposition ‘a.’
6 years ago
“Deleted” FBI texts outline plans to physically remove Trump prior to inauguration -Roger Stone
6 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
They have tried everything short of hiring a hitman to nullify the election of Trump. Hoping to see some jail time here.
6 years ago
Hillary Clinton conspired to do the thing the Framers feared most.
– To seize control of the Presidency by illegal subterfuge.
– Then, as an usurper in office, and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces,
– to use her powers to rule as an enemy of democracy,
– for an indeterminate period.
6 years ago
This is excellent. Let’s get their debauchery out in the sunlight where everyone can see it.
6 years ago
Reply to
Ebayer
The Democrats have fought this tooth and nail because they know it implicates them as well.
D
6 years ago
Reply to
Gizmo
WATCH OUT tomorrow night!
The Democrats are going to do something during the President’s STATE OF THE UNION address. (they might boo him, or do something unprecedented in terms of disruptiveness). I hope it back-fires of them!
6 years ago
Reply to
TD
I hope Trump would have a copy of the memo in hand when he approaches the podium, and then waving it, as camera rolls, and tells the world — YOU GONNA HAVE IT AS OF, RIGHT NOW! — and takes out a pen, and signs the Executive Order right there and then, while everybody is watching
Dramatic? Why not?
6 years ago
Reply to
Jackie Puppet
Agree. Hillary Mafia runs fake investigation. Nobody is touching the mafia itself. And Hillary mafia killed another witness to email investigation http://tinyurl.com/y8p9cv5l
Nobody even investigates it bcoz Hillary gang is running FBI/DOJ/state dept/NSA
6 years ago
Ouch: House Intelligence Committee Republicans have opened an investigation into the Justice Department and FBI
– this came in the same meeting today about the memo
– Democrats on the committee don’t like this
– for some reason
6 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
“The Memo”
– goes right up to Obama
– FISA abuse has gone on since 2014 at least
– no way Obama did not know
– but Hillary is low-hanging fruit
– because she paid $1 million for the bogus Steele [pee-gate] report
– and she knew exactly how it would be used
– to get FISA approval to wire-tap Trump
6 years ago
Reply to
DemocracyRules
GIVE BARRY A FAIR TRIAL AND PUBLIC HANGING THE NEXT DAY….ON PAY PER VIEW…
6 years ago
The jig is up
6 years ago
Reply to
John Giametti
TOO funny! Almost swallowed my pipe. Blew ashes, tobacco, and glowing embers all over my lap.
6 years ago
Reply to
John Giametti
That comment definitely hit the “Priceless” column. Thanks for the laughs.
6 years ago
Just WHO at the DoJ has a problem with the memo, and the “agreement” with Congress?
McCabe? Rosenstein? Wray? Sessions? Asst AG Boyd? And does he have a role in this witch hunt?
6 years ago
Release the memo, then release the hounds, run the democrats up a tree, then hang them from it. democrats have lied too long and too loud, it is time to silence liars.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
WHERE ARE THE LYNCH MOBS NOW THAT WE NEED THEM….TIME THE DIMS GET WHAT THEY DESERVE PUBLIC EXECUTIONS BY HANGING ON PAY PER VIEW…..BET THAT WOULD BREAK VIEWERSHIP RECORDS..
6 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohammedan
Cree indian dogs, they’re all nuts and teeth. One way or another justice will be done, once the hounds get them.
6 years ago
Reply to
Sunshine Kid
But, if we want to tree them … Cree dogs and Pit Bulls just won’t do the job … Plus, the sound of some good cooners baying … That’s a symphony . a delight to the ears.
6 years ago
Reply to
dad1927
When it comes to stupid, there is no stupid like a university liberal arts major.
D
6 years ago
PLEASE !!
PLEASE !!
PLEASE !!
………. DON’T FORGET THE KING PIN !!!
6 years ago
6 years ago
Make it a double whammy Harper Collins and hit the bookstores with Secret Empires now.
6 years ago
Why the Democrats want to hide their memos is fairly obvious: They have plenty to hide!
6 years ago
Will it tell how many women Bill Clinton raped? What kind of mental illness Hillaryous has? Is Michele obama really a man? I know her wife ain’t.
6 years ago
Heads need to roll!
Let’s see how the MSM covers this.
6 years ago
I hope this goes further than just reading the memo. Bring all these traitors to court and put them behind bars. Maybe HRC can do her next book read from jail at the Oscars.
6 years ago
clean up the swamp
6 years ago
we can’t understand why they were destroying America, the democrats said, but its for our own good, as they sell us out. Shutting down America for illegals! 
6 years ago
Actually, I think it is a silver bullet to a werewolf, although it would work on a vampire. A cross to Dracula would be more appropriate.
