Quote:The House Intelligence Committee on Monday approved the release of the Democratic rebuttal to the highly-publicized GOP memo that alleges government surveillance abuse during the 2016 campaign.

"We think this will help inform the public of the many distortions and inaccuracies in the majority memo," California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the panel, told reporters.

The vote was unanimous, he said.

Schiff said Democrats have given the DOJ and the FBI a copy of their counter-memo and have asked them to tell them what redactions should be made for national security reasons.

On Friday, Republicans on the Intelligence Committee released the memo from Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., which claimed the FBI and DOJ would not have sought surveillance warrants to spy on onetime Trump campaign adviser Carter Page without the infamous, Democrat-funded anti-Trump dossier.

The White House responded by saying the memo “raises serious concerns about the integrity of decisions made at the highest levels of the Department of Justice and the FBI to use the government’s most intrusive surveillance tools against American citizens.”

President Trump – as he did for the original GOP memo – has several days to consider whether he should block the release for national security reasons.

The Nunes memo has fueled accusations from Republicans of bias against Trump by top FBI and Justice Department officials.

Schiff said Monday said Democrats want to make sure the White House "does not redact our memo for political purposes."

Sarah Sanders, the White House press secretary, suggested Friday the president would be open to releasing the counter-memo.

“The administration stands ready to work with Congress to accommodate oversight requests consistent with applicable standards, including the need to protect intelligence sources and methods,” Sanders said of the Democratic memo.

Schiff -- referencing how Nunes has said the GOP memo was “phase one” of the process to release information on government surveillance abuses -- argued the Democratic memo is “phase two.”

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/...-memo.html

Unanimous vote? That means every Republican on the committee voted in favor. Not one single Democrat voted in favor of releasing the Nunez memo. Just keep that in mind the next time someone calls for bipartisanship.

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Unanimous approval.....Republicans must have something to hide.
It will be filled with classified material and have a ton of black ink all over it just so Shiffty can say “see I told you Trump didn’t want you to see the truth”. But there won’t be a call by anyone that the release of this memo is “dangerous and irresponsible”. What a swamp that DC is.

Good. Now the FBI needs to read it and the DOJ prior to release.

(02-05-2018 07:10 PM)SoMs Eagle Wrote:  Unanimous approval.....Republicans must have something to hide.
It will be filled with classified material and have a ton of black ink all over it just so Shiffty can say “see I told you Trump didn’t want you to see the truth”. But there won’t be a call by anyone that the release of this memo is “dangerous and irresponsible”. What a swamp that DC is.

Amazing. A 3 page memo was endangering national security. A 10 page memo with supposedly even more detail--does not endanger national security. All the Republicans consistently vote to release more information rather than less. The Democrats seem to want to hide information. Hmmmm. What does that tell anyone with common sense.

(02-05-2018 07:09 PM)Old Blue Wrote:  Unanimous vote? That means every Republican on the committee voted in favor. Not one single Democrat voted in favor of releasing the Nunez memo. Just keep that in mind the next time someone calls for bipartisanship.

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To be fair you have to realize they voted to disclose 10 pages of this

It would be so cool if Trump, just for chits and grins, would deny releasing the memo on risking national security grounds.

Bring it. I always like reading both sides of the story and this is just too entertaining. Just went by Publix and am stocked with popcorn.

While Democrats didn’t want you to see the Nunes memo, GOP votes for you to see theirs. Nunes memo was made as part of the staff examination of the evidence. The Democratic memo was made purely to spin from GOP memo. But GOP sitll voted for it showing more class than Democrats.

(02-05-2018 07:55 PM)HCJag Wrote:  Bring it. I always like reading both sides of the story and this is just too entertaining. Just went by Publix and am stocked with popcorn.

I'm sure the libs have illusions of grandeur, kinda like in A Christmas Story when Ralphie day dreamt of his teacher loving his essay about the Red Ryder BB gun.

(02-05-2018 08:06 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  While Democrats didn’t want you to see the Nunes memo, GOP votes for you to see theirs. Nunes memo was made as part of the staff examination of the evidence. The Democratic memo was made purely to spin from GOP memo. But GOP sitll voted for it showing more class than Democrats.

Can't wait to see Mach's spin on all the pubs voting for the release of the donk memo.

(02-05-2018 08:09 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(02-05-2018 08:06 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  While Democrats didn’t want you to see the Nunes memo, GOP votes for you to see theirs. Nunes memo was made as part of the staff examination of the evidence. The Democratic memo was made purely to spin from GOP memo. But GOP sitll voted for it showing more class than Democrats.

Can't wait to see Mach's spin on all the pubs voting for the release of the donk memo.

The troll will troll.

(02-05-2018 08:12 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(02-05-2018 08:09 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(02-05-2018 08:06 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  While Democrats didn’t want you to see the Nunes memo, GOP votes for you to see theirs. Nunes memo was made as part of the staff examination of the evidence. The Democratic memo was made purely to spin from GOP memo. But GOP sitll voted for it showing more class than Democrats.

Can't wait to see Mach's spin on all the pubs voting for the release of the donk memo.

The troll will troll.

Spin comes after talking points are given out from the usual mouthpieces.
Libs never respond immediately. It takes awhile. Willing idiots and all...

(02-05-2018 07:48 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  It would be so cool if Trump, just for chits and grins, would deny releasing the memo on risking national security grounds.

I have a friend that just sent me the first page after DJT reviewed it.....



#hotoffthepresses

(02-06-2018 08:08 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(02-05-2018 07:48 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  It would be so cool if Trump, just for chits and grins, would deny releasing the memo on risking national security grounds.

I have a friend that just sent me the first page after DJT reviewed it.....



#hotoffthepresses

LOL, that's even better.