FACT CHECK: Read The GOP Memo Released By House Intelligence Committee

[Dulcinea]

A memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance authority became public on Friday after a push by House Republicans. President Trump authorized the memo's release, even after the FBI expressed "grave concerns" about the "accuracy" of the document, authored by House intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif.

NPR journalists who cover the Justice Department, the White House and national security have annotated the White House's authorization letter and the memo itself.

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/02/582828461/fact-check-read-the-gop-memo-released-by-house-intelligence-committee

[Pachamama]

1. Excellent way to read the memo with the footnotes from NPR staff

It helps put things in context....

[procon]

2. My review: NPR does a good job in breaking down the Republican

conspiracy theories at the heart of their fictionalized memo. The memo's inaccuracies and deceptive conclusions are laid bare and, point by point, explained in detail, and signed off by the NPR reporters who investigated it. Appropriate outside and legitimate references are cited and linked, further breaking apart the fabricated story concocted by Nunes incompetent staff of amatuer children's storybook writers.

Worth your time to read? Absolutely, and time well spent. NPR has put together the best breakdown of Nunes fizzled memo of the many that I've already looked at, go check it out.