DOJ and FBI Demand Access To Nunes Memo

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DOJ and FBI Demand Access To Nunes Memo

https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/doj-letter-to-nunes-1.jpg?w=640&h=644
https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/doj-letter-to-nunes-2.jpg?w=640&h=663

Stephen Boyd (again)... he's the Justice Dept. lying slug for the FBI
that 'explained' how 'software updates' and 'rollovers' inadvertently deleted the 50,000 FBI text exchanges. :mad:

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If you REALLY want to burn some brain cells...
you can read this analysis:

Brilliant Strategery – DOJ and FBI Demand Access To Nunes Memo While Making Wrong Assumptions….
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/24/brilliant-strategery-doj-and-fbi-demand-access-to-nunes-memo-while-making-wrong-assumptions/#more-144981

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP6H3Uq0XRo

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Meanwhile...



Senator Chuck Grassley Confronts FBI and Justice Department – Asks Full Senate To Review Criminal Referral For Christopher Steele…
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/24/senator-chuck-grassley-confronts-fbi-and-justice-department-asks-full-senate-to-review-criminal-referral-for-christopher-steele/

(this is the ongoing (separate) Senate Judiciary Committee investigation...)

Grassley sent a criminal referral to the justice department for Christopher Steele.
Much of the referral itself was redacted and withheld from public view because it was classified.

Today, in a move with strong parallels to Chairman Nunes (House Intel Committee Memo),
Senator Grassley is asking all of his senate colleagues to review the referral, and all the attached classified documents
he and Senator Graham submitted to the Justice Department.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8B22YSmtJc

Sessions Justice Department is Stonewalling



"I have already been pushing the Department to review the classified referral memorandum to confirm the memo’s classification markings so that we can release the unclassified portions as soon as possible. But now the Department has deferred to the FBI, and the FBI is falsely claiming that three of our unclassified paragraphs each contain the same, single classified fact.

Now, that surprised me, because those particular paragraphs are based on non-government sources and do not claim to repeat or confirm any information from any government document. Even if those portions of our referral did reference the allegedly classified fact at issue, it is hard to understand why that fact should be classified.

First, the Deputy Attorney General has discussed the fact at issue with me more than once in unsecure space and on an unsecure phone line. Second, the FBI is not acting as if this information would harm national security if released. FBI never notified the entities copied on the memo’s transmittal, for example, including the Inspector General and the Intelligence Committees, to ensure that fact was protected as classified.

If FBI really believed this fact was classified, then the FBI and the Department should take better care to act consistent with that belief. Unfortunately, I suspect something else is really going on here. It sure looks like a bureaucratic game of hide the ball, rather than a genuine concern about national security. I am pressing this issue with Director Wray, and I hope that we can provide this information to the public as soon as possible."



"Here in the Senate, the Judiciary Committee has access to the same information that the House Intelligence Committee saw before drafting its summary memo. Our committee does not have the same authority to release classified information. We have to rely on the agency to review and potentially declassify our memo.

Based on what I know, I agree that as much of this information should made be public as soon as possible, through the appropriate process. And, I don’t just mean the summary memos. The government should release the underlying documents referenced in those memos, after deleting any national security information that truly needs to be protected. But most of this story can be told, and should be told. The American people deserve the truth.

Stale, recycled media spin from journalists and pundits who do not have all the facts is not enough. The country is filled with frenzy and speculation, but hungry for facts. However, I cannot release this information on my own, and neither should anyone else. Classified information is controlled by the Executive Branch. We should work together to achieve the greater transparency while still protecting legitimately sensitive national security information."

[enhanced_deficit]

Some good news for Trump-Kushner team lately, both seem to be lucky to have things take this turn with memogate near critical juncture of Mueller probe.



Related
If the claims being made about this memo are factual, that could undermine the very basis for Mueller investigation ?

IF that turned out to be the case, then all the secondary gates/scandals linked to/stemmed from original "Russia gate" (such as Israel-Flynn gate (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?517312-Breaking-Flynn-says-Trump-directed-him-to-make-contact-with-Russians&), Bannon claimed Kushner money laundering gate (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?518162-The-Kushner-s***-is-greasy-Bannon-predicts-Mueller-will-roll-up-president-s-son-in-law&), latest Peggy Peterson-Michael Cohen (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?518567-Never-Trumpers-doing-excessive-Stormy-Daniels-porn-searches&p=6576479&viewfull=1#post6576479) gate etc) would also become moot?

This would be huge news if confirmed.

[AZJoe]

So the criminals want to see what evidence there is against them before telling the next lie or destroying the next batch of evidence.