DOJ to Allow Intelligence Committee Members to View FISA Applications

[DonViejo]

In a letter to Republican Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, the Department of Justice said on Friday that it would be allowing all members of the committee to review FISA applications that have been the subject of Republican investigations. The letter also says that members of the Senate intelligence committee will be able to see them as well. “The Department considers this an extraordinary accommodation based on unique facts and circumstances,” the letter reads.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/doj-to-allow-intelligence-committee-members-to-view-fisa-applications?ref=home

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DOJ agrees to allow 'extraordinary' access to FISA applications

BY JOSH DELK - 04/06/18 08:33 PM EDT

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday agreed to allow additional access by the House Intelligence Committee to view four surveillance applications, calling it an "extraordinary accommodation."

The DOJ said in a letter to the committee that it will allow all members of both the House and Senate Intelligence committees private access to view the classified documents at the Justice Department, emphasizing "unique facts and circumstances."

The four Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) applications, which allowed the FBI to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, have come under immense scrutiny from GOP lawmakers who allege that the government used biased information in obtaining the FISA warrants.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) earlier this week demanded the DOJ provide access to the FISA applications, as well as provide the original document that constituted the FBI's basis for opening its counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with Russia during the 2016 election.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/382056-doj-offers-extraordinary-accommodation-allowing-intel-committee-access-to-fisa

[anneboleyn]

1. Depressing. They are so desperate to shut this down using any excuse possible

[wishstar]

2. Nunes was probably hoping they would deny request so he could claim coverup by anti-Trumpers

Nunes and his cohorts were probably wanting to set up Rosenstein and Wray as complicit in covering up the alleged Deep State anti-Trump conspiracy the right wing loves to claim as a diversion from Mueller probe.

[emulatorloo]

3. You nailed it. Now folks dont have to take Nunes bullshit spin.