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| Transparency for Fusion and the FBI Democrats vote to keep documents secret but Congress will see them. |
| 2018-01-19 |
| [WSJ] The chance that Americans will learn what really happened between the FBI and Fusion GPS is growing with Thursday’s vote by the House Intelligence Committee to give every House Member access to key information. Soon the House should move to declassify all documents in the case that don’t jeopardize intelligence sources and methods so the public can get the complete story. Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes also moved Thursday to release to the public his committee’s interview with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson. Every Democrat joined Republicans in voting for that public disclosure. Yet every Democrat voted against letting the rest of the House see a memo that will list the facts about the FBI’s use of FISA warrants to surveil members of the Trump campaign in 2016. Strange. What are Democrats afraid of? Ranking Democrat Adam Schiff has been a loud voice for accountability regarding the Trump-Russia probe, but his outrage evaporates regarding the role that Fusion GPS and its Democratic financiers may have played in persuading the FBI to seek a warrant to eavesdrop on American civilians. What were the FBI’s reasons and the evidence it used to seek such an extraordinary writ? All of this is relevant to the House’s recent vote to extend Section 702 that allows law enforcement to monitor foreigners. Mr. Nunes provided two closed briefings to Republicans last week as they prepared to renew Section 702, and he assured Members that he’d seen no evidence that government had abused 702 powers. But he also said he had seen evidence that law enforcement misused powers involving the surveillance of U.S. citizens as part of the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign. Thus the vote to let all Members see a memo describing relevant classified documents at intelligence agencies. The Constitution and Congress impose strict rules on government surveillance of U.S. citizens, and the FISA court relies on the integrity of law enforcement when granting warrants. If a senior Member of the House is attesting to abuse, all of Congress should see the evidence before deciding how to respond. FBI sources are telling the media that this will endanger national security. But all Members have top-secret clearance and can view any classified information that the House Intelligence Committee grants access to. They must adhere to nondisclosure agreements and are subject to the same criminal penalties for leaking classified information as FBI officials. Recall that former director James Comey leaked by his own admission. Once the Members have a chance to see the details, the full House can also move to declassify as much as possible and "read in" the American people. The FBI played an extraordinary and troubling role in the 2016 election, and access to the facts of what happened shouldn’t be limited to FBI leakers, their media protectors and partisans in Congress. Per Hannity: Congressman Jordan reviewed the classified memos on the FISA warrant abuse. Jordan said "when it's released to all of Congress and the American People, heads are going to roll in the DOJ and FBI." Now we know why that POS Rep. Adam Schiff doesn't want them released ! |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 The media will call it a witch hunt and a horrible purging of highly qualified experienced lawyers and agents. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-01-19 21:11 |
| #11 What are the odds the media spins this as a scandal a the Trump Justice Department, and the Trump FBI even if the crimes were committed by hold-overs and happened during the last administration. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-01-19 16:31 |
| #10 C'mon Pubs get smart. You like winning Methinks, you missed an 'h', and inserted an extra 'n', JQC |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-01-19 11:55 |
| #9 "Keep documents secret?" IMO, we are way beyond that today. If all of Congress will see them, it is likely they will be leaked even if they are "kept secret." In the interests of keeping voters informed so that they can make informed decisions in 2018, it is imperative the memo and associated documents be released to the public. C'mon Pubs get smart. You like winning, then quit being weenies. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-01-19 10:37 |
| #8 Well, there is quite a build up here. I just hope the outcome is worthy of it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-01-19 10:35 |
| #7 People need to hang. |
| Posted by: Betty Hatfield5124 2018-01-19 08:23 |
| #6 Gaetz: ‘I Believe There Are People Who Will Go to Jail’ Over Intel Memo |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-01-19 07:48 |
| #5 While there could be much, much more, my guess is (and only a guess) Fusion GPS acted as a cut-out to funnel DNC and Clinton cash to Russian intelligence sources for the purposes of dossier creation. Notice how we've heard virtually nothing from Wasserman Schultz and little from Clinton and Brennan or his string of Klingon colleagues of late ? Interestingly, the dossier material provided by Russian intelligence appears to be so salacious and unverifiable that it immediately become suspect. Perhaps that was the Russian's intent ? The signals intelligence monitoring of Trump Towers was conducted by Christopher Steele's former employer at the behest of John Brennan (another cut-out). The Director NSA, Admiral Mike Rogers wishing to have nothing to do with the scheme, informed Trump and the campaign activities were immediately relocated. Trump immediately goes on a "wire tap" rant and is labeled insane. Enter the DNC IT team and the Paki Awan Bros. Access to DNC traffic and who knows what else. Can we assume the Chinese played no role? I think not, especially with the recent revelations of intelligence source compromises on the mainland. And the Awan case, where is it going besides nowhere, and why ? The list of those knowledgeable and complicit could be quite extensive. We had all better buckle up for this one. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-01-19 07:05 |
| #4 Copy of 165 pages of the Simpson transcript. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-01-19 06:24 |
| #3 Looks like the curtain is coming down on these crooked bastids: Breitbart - ‘Worse Than Watergate’: ‘Shocking’ House Intel Memo Allegedly Reveals FISA Abuse by Senior DOJ and FBI Officials |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-01-19 06:15 |
| #2 Soon the House should move to declassify all documents in the case that don’t jeopardize intelligence sources and methods so the public can get the complete story. Since the public was exposed to the complete report, this only seems fair. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-01-19 03:40 |
| #1 I want them tomorrow AM. I will see them or I will ask a Pakastani IT guy to send it to me email from your @officiale-mailaccount. |
| Posted by: newc 2018-01-19 01:37 |