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Leghorn21

(13,523 posts)
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 06:17 PM Jan 2018

CNN - Nunes - via Tea Pain:


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CNN Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr's staff has not been given access to a classified memo drafted by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a sign of how closely House Republicans are guarding allegations of Justice Department wrongdoing over surveillance activities in the Russia investigation.

According to three sources familiar with the matter, Burr's staff requested a copy of the memo and has been denied, just as the FBI and Justice Department have also been denied reviewing a copy of the document. The memo is based on highly classified intelligence that only a select group of House and Senate lawmakers have accessed.

Indeed, the memo was drafted by Nunes, R-California, and his staff, as the chairman weighs whether to hold a committee vote as early as next week calling for the memo's public release.

The four-page Nunes memo alleges that the FBI withheld information from the FISA court judge who approved warrants on Donald Trump's team, including former campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page, CNN has reported.

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CNN - Nunes - via Tea Pain: (Original Post) Leghorn21 Jan 2018 OP
This memo is totally bogus Gothmog Jan 2018 #1
Apparently, Goth!! nt Leghorn21 Jan 2018 #3
Foxxx prepares talking points...I think Nunes thought it clever to patch together some right wing Fred Sanders Jan 2018 #7
They have their best pretend cowboy on the case. SergeStorms Jan 2018 #25
Good rant! Daniels is to journalism as Foxxx is to news. Fred Sanders Jan 2018 #26
Did this memo come out of the data the FBI was forced to show Nunes? Jim__ Jan 2018 #2
Jim, I simply do not know who/when/how re: THE MEMO. But it appears to be something Leghorn21 Jan 2018 #8
Bet Mueller has someone looking into it too Generic Other Jan 2018 #11
He is obviously working for the KGB as well. Just like trump. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #12
Friggin' idiot drama mongers. Squinch Jan 2018 #4
Wow Docreed2003 Jan 2018 #5
who on Nunes mercuryblues Jan 2018 #6
Beats me, merc - and isnt this Nunes giboni still recused from this committee?? Leghorn21 Jan 2018 #9
C'mon Devin. Run up to the WH and hold a press conference disclosing classified info Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #10
#ReleaseTheMemo! Isn't it funny? Hav Jan 2018 #13
The bots are resting now, Hav - all quiet on the memo front, until, I guess, their paymasters Leghorn21 Jan 2018 #14
Nunes is an idiot who thinks he is clever. kwassa Jan 2018 #15
Nice tweet on this, k: Leghorn21 Jan 2018 #16
You'd think Ryan would be embarrassed and remove DeminPennswoods Jan 2018 #21
Not Only Is Noonass a Seditious Criminal, ... DoctorJoJo Jan 2018 #17
Just another republican con job. Fuckm Augiedog Jan 2018 #18
Could Nunes be breaking the zentrum Jan 2018 #19
Devin F'ing Nunes again!! BobTheSubgenius Jan 2018 #20
Nunes is from planet f**ktard Juliusseizure Jan 2018 #22
I live in rural Virginia . . . Sam McGee Jan 2018 #23
Desperation causes thbobby Jan 2018 #24

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
7. Foxxx prepares talking points...I think Nunes thought it clever to patch together some right wing
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 06:32 PM
Jan 2018

Last edited Wed Jan 24, 2018, 11:59 PM - Edit history (1)

media conspiracy theories for tossing to the red meat eaters.

Of course he never expected to release it, just to tease it. But RW media ALSO demanineg to see it was maybe unexpected.

So...release and be embarrassed beyond measure or hold, and be embarrassed beyond measure.

Oh what a web we weave!

SergeStorms

(19,187 posts)
25. They have their best pretend cowboy on the case.
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 09:07 PM
Jan 2018

Charlie Daniels, you know......that bastion of journalistic integrity (or is it fiddle playing?) "released" an "opinion piece" that was picked up by every right-wing propaganda megaphone in the country (and Yahoo "News" as well). It was all about the sorry state of affairs in the FBI, and how there's going to be earth-shattering news coming from the House GOP soon that will rock the very foundation of our Democracy. And he knows this.........how?

No shit, Charlie........it's called the Trump administration. They've been chipping away at the Constitution since his first day in office. Charlie has always been a useful idiot for the right-wing in this country, and it's nice to see some things never change. His picture was printed along with the "opinion piece", dressed in his very best cowboy costume and signature ten gallon hat (with no hair and no brain one wonders what he keeps under there?). I know Charlie Daniels is ALWAYS the first source I check for questions on Constitutionally hot topics.

And right-wingers always complain about the people in "Hollyweird" injecting their beliefs into political discussions. At least they're intelligent and painfully aware of the right-wing fascists are trying to do to our country.

Charlie's brain isn't known for being a giant depository of stored knowledge. It's more of a noisemaker he uses on stage to accompany his fiddle playing. It gives off a faint rattling noise, similar to a pea in a steamer trunk.

Jim__

(14,063 posts)
2. Did this memo come out of the data the FBI was forced to show Nunes?
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 06:23 PM
Jan 2018

The data that Rosenstein went to Ryan about so that they didn't have to show it to Nunes? Nunes is certifiable, he belongs in a mental institution, not heading a government intelligence committee.

Leghorn21

(13,523 posts)
8. Jim, I simply do not know who/when/how re: THE MEMO. But it appears to be something
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 06:33 PM
Jan 2018

this Nunes character cooked up, and then with the help of numerous bots, he (and whoever he works for) got “releasethememo” trending on twitter a couple days ago - I kinda watched it as it burgeoned, don’t know if you heard about that -

At any rate, Sen. Feinstein and another Dem are looking into how exactly a bogus twitter trend proliferates like that - appears to be an extremely coordinated effort - no secret that this happens, no surprise in these days and times, but “releasethememo” went from 0-120mph in a matter of minutes...maybe some good info can come of that occurrence-

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
11. Bet Mueller has someone looking into it too
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 06:46 PM
Jan 2018

Those skunk weasels in the Gopeecoli party need to go now.

Leghorn21

(13,523 posts)
9. Beats me, merc - and isnt this Nunes giboni still recused from this committee??
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 06:37 PM
Jan 2018

Nope, I can’t keep up...sorry!!

Freethinker65

(10,001 posts)
10. C'mon Devin. Run up to the WH and hold a press conference disclosing classified info
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 06:39 PM
Jan 2018

You know you want to, but your information is cherry picked and you will get called out on making a fool of yourself again...and maybe another ethics investigation... Oops.

Better call for assistance on your next move. I hope nobody is listening to your conversations.... hahaha

Hav

(5,969 posts)
13. #ReleaseTheMemo! Isn't it funny?
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 07:16 PM
Jan 2018

I don't use Twitter myself but are the Trump bots still demanding the release of this memo? It was always funny hearing that demand as if the Dems were blocking it to hide something when it was fabricated by a Repub and that the Repubs could have taken steps to declassify it. Unbelievable how people cannot use simple logic. If it was what Nunes pretends it is, it would have been already leaked.

Leghorn21

(13,523 posts)
14. The bots are resting now, Hav - all quiet on the memo front, until, I guess, their paymasters
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 07:23 PM
Jan 2018

issue them their next set of marching orders -

DeminPennswoods

(15,265 posts)
21. You'd think Ryan would be embarrassed and remove
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:41 PM
Jan 2018

Nunes from the cmte all together, but you'd be wrong.

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
17. Not Only Is Noonass a Seditious Criminal, ...
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:07 PM
Jan 2018

... but he is as dumb as anyone in the House, which offers a LOT of competition. And I hope Mueller nails his ass, too!

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
19. Could Nunes be breaking the
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:18 PM
Jan 2018

Last edited Thu Jan 25, 2018, 04:59 PM - Edit history (1)

…..law if the memo is fraudulent? Or if it's part of an attempt to obstruct Mueller/justice? Isn't it sort of like inventing evidence in the course of an investigation?

BobTheSubgenius

(11,560 posts)
20. Devin F'ing Nunes again!!
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:23 PM
Jan 2018

I'm getting so sick of hearing his name without the phrase "Will the defendant please rise?" attached.

Juliusseizure

(562 posts)
22. Nunes is from planet f**ktard
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:43 PM
Jan 2018

I'm no genius, but a memo you don't reveal to anybody has pretty limited propaganda value.

There will be excitement, then the inevitable disappointment if/when it amounts to nothing of real substance.

He's then doing dems a favor by deflating the Trump troops, looking like a complete ass again, and giving the Russian investigation even more momentum.

It reminds me of a Lincoln quote - "better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."


 

Sam McGee

(347 posts)
23. I live in rural Virginia . . .
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:44 PM
Jan 2018

. . . where the Potomac River enters the Chesapeake Bay.

In an adjoining county is my favorite flake, a wackadoodle woman named Catherine Crabill. Google her -- she's a N U T -- she's nuttier than a porta-pottie at a peanut festival.

She has a letter to the editor in our local weekly paper today -- I'm trying to find a copy of it online to post, otherwise, I'll scan it and post it. She no doubt is getting her material from the insane side of the 'net. Among her claims are:
-- The Clinton Foundation received $149 million campaign donation from Russia
-- Mueller made a secret trip to Russia to coordinate an attack on Trump
-- FBI agents held hundreds of "off-site" meetings to plot how to destroy Trump

I suspect she has seen the memo!!!

This may be the source of some of the bullshit being thrown at Mueller:
https://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-robert-mueller-uranium/


thbobby

(1,474 posts)
24. Desperation causes
Wed Jan 24, 2018, 08:45 PM
Jan 2018

desperate ploys. The KGOP is very, very afraid. I am very afraid of what they are willing to do to make this go away or divert attention from it. War with North Korea?

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