EXCLUSIVE. #ReleaseTheMemo? Source Says Only A Matter Of Time

[DonViejo]

Could a controversial memo allegedly describing abuses by the intelligence community get released? “It’s only a matter of time,” a Republican leadership aide said.

BETSY WOODRUFF
01.20.18 10:30 PM ET

House Republicans are moving in the direction of releasing a controversial memo produced by Rep. Devin Nunes and the majority staff of the House intelligence committee.

Nothing is close to being finalized, and the memo’s release is far from guaranteed. But a House Republican leadership aide told The Daily Beast that its release is very likely.

“It’s only a matter of time,” he said.

News of the memo’s existence spawned the hashtag #releasethememo. Wikileaks and Edward Snowden tweeted the hashtag, calling for the memo’s release.

The memo purports to describe abuses by the intelligence community that impact President Donald Trump. On Thursday morning, members of the House intelligence committee voted –– along party lines –– to make the memo available to all members of the House. More than 150 House members have read the memo since then. It is housed in the Secure Compartmented Information Facility the committee uses, in the basement of the Capitol Building.

Nunes’ staff wrote the memo based on top secret intelligence that the FBI showed to a tiny number representatives and staff. Nunes and Rep. Adam Schiff, the committee’s top Democrat, are among the members who have seen that intelligence.

Unsurprisingly, Nunes and Schiff hold diametrically different views as to what that underlying intelligence means. Nunes and his team say it is evidence of grave abuses by the intelligence community; Schiff and the other Democrats on the committee released a statement calling it “a misleading set of talking points attacking the FBI.”

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[Cracklin Charlie]

1. If its so explosive, why hasnt it already been released?

And won’t they have to show the original evidence that was used in it’s creation?

I smell b.s.

[HipChick]

2. Being pushed by Russian Accounts...anyone investigating that?

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/369797-russian-twitter-accounts-are-pushing-house-intelligence-to-release-shocking

[Roland99]

3. It's going to be filled with minutae about agents personal political opinions

and somehow claim this biases them against Der Shitler

[Gothmog]

4. This is the latest RWNJ conspiracy theory

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

5. Congressman Schiff is calling Nunes out for lying

Link to tweet