Trump's Justice Department Warns House Republicans Not To Release Disputed FISA Memo
Source: BuzzFeed News
The Trump administrations Department of Justice is fighting a Republican push to release a classified, GOP-drafted memo that alleges government abuse of foreign intelligence laws in the Russia-Trump investigation.
In a letter to the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, the Justice Department warned that releasing the memo without first consulting the department and the FBI would be extraordinarily reckless and could endanger national security.
We believe it would be extraordinarily reckless for the Committee to disclose such information publicly without giving the Department and the FBI the opportunity to review the memorandum and to advise the HPSCI of the risk of harm to national security and to ongoing investigations that could come from public release, Stephen Boyd, the assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, wrote Wednesday to Rep. Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
The letter, first reported by ABC News, was posted in full by CNN. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice confirmed the letters authenticity to BuzzFeed News.
Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/emmaloop/trumps-justice-department-warns-house-republicans-not-to?utm_term=.sbqmPXAO88#.kt2dgAaXvv
The biggest bombshell in my view might be one later in the article: Nunes hasn't even READ the classified material his memo was supposedly based on. I wonder if he ever got his security clearance back?
From the letter: "Seeking Committee approval of public release would require HPSCI committee members to vote on a staff-drafted memorandum that purports to be based on classified source materials that neither you nor most of them have seen."
Here is a PDF copy of the original letter to Nunes:
http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2018/images/01/24/nunes.letter.pdf
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Much (much) nasty stuff posted, surprise surprise...not even sure I should post this link, actually, but - well, here tis, for those interested (imagine freerepublic on crack, Tide pods or - both)...
Stay calm and carry on, right?!
