Republican senator opposes release of House GOP intel memo

[Kristofer Bry]

Source: The Hill

MAX GREENWOOD - 01/31/18 08:22 AM EST

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Wednesday said that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee should not release a memo alleging abuses by the FBI and the Justice Department if it contains classified information.

"We can't let the politics of the moment cloud our judgment," Kennedy said on CNN's "New Day." "If there's classified information in that memo, it shouldn't be released. If they release it anyway, to be fair, the Democrats ought to be allowed to release their memo."

"My strong preference would be not to have either side put spin on it, go through the original material and try to take out all the classified information," he added.

Kennedy's comments come two days after the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to release a GOP-authored memo accusing the FBI and Justice Department of misusing their authority to obtain a warrant to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/371579-gop-senator-opposes-release-of-house-gop-intel-memo

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Time to get input from Admiral Akbar?

[cstanleytech]

1. Didnt he vote for Gorsuch and for the tax bill? If the answer is "Yes" than he can take

his olive branch and shove it where the sun does not shine.

[Rebl2]

2. Why

can’t the Democrats just release their memo anyway if Republicans release theirs? What’s the problem. Republicans don’t seem to care if they are releasing classified information. Odd because they were all up in arms about Hillary’s emails that might have had classified information.

[cstanleytech]

3. Its not odd they are hoping to use the memo to weaken the FBI greatly thereby granting them the

ability to do whatever shady stuff they want to do in this country plus the other part of their goal is to use it to rally their base (many of whom are extremely ignorant and need to be spoon fed) around.

[lagomorph777]

6. Absolutely - once the RePutins release a false version of the intel,

Dems have full cover to release the truth.

[ck4829]

4. Huh, I bet we can expect Wikileaks to leak this memo real soon though, right?

Should we all hold our breaths waiting for it?

[Roy Rolling]

5. Why tell CNN ?

Go tell Paul Ryan. Another stunt by our aw shucks Senator, soon to be running for governor.

[Bayard]

7. The truth is out there

I would suspect the reason he wants classified info redacted is because it would say the FBI was correct in this surveillance, and whatever they heard from Carter Page points the finger at tRump.

Otherwise, who cares about Carter Page if it was a legally obtained warrant?