"Worse than Watergate"- House Intel Memo

[Ronin13]

It won't surprise me if the memo gets declassified, but given the intel community owns the declassification and is already highly compromised, I expect extreme redaction in this case. So the original memo might say:

"James Comey reviewed the Fusion GPS dossier and knew it was totally made up but used the dossier in the FISA request to get a FISA warrant issued to spy on the trump campaign"

The redacted and public version might say:

"****** ***** reviewed the ****************** and knew it was *************** but used the ******* in the ************ to get a ************ issued to *************************"

Good luck getting anything done with that level of covering tracks.

I think you're a little off base with what will/won't be redacted. Usually redactions are done to conceal or protect a source or source information. So it might just be that the memo reveals the corruption, but doesn't cite how they discovered any. It would be one thing to declassify and release the memo (with relevant redactions), it would be quite another to release the redacted documents used to create said memo. I think this is much bigger than most will let on, seeing as it's rumored (I'm aware of the flak related to reporting on rumors) to be illegal use of FISA and the FBI/DOJ relating to a presidential election. The timing of this could be used more advantageously to benefit the Republicans come election time in Nov.

[Great-Kazoo]

illegal use of FISA and the FBI/DOJ relating to a presidential election. The timing of this could be used more advantageously to benefit the Republicans come election time in Nov.

Considering Manafort was staying at one of Trumps hotels as a resident, then yes FISA violations, big time.


If this info was released now, buy friday the American public would have forgotten it. Get closer to nov. yes it would have a more lasting impact, if at all

[Ronin13]

Considering Manafort was staying at one of Trumps hotels as a resident, then yes FISA violations, big time.


If this info was released now, buy friday the American public would have forgotten it. Get closer to nov. yes it would have a more lasting impact, if at all

That's the reason I think a lot of them are sitting on this for a bit... the shutdown has kind of dominated the news, too. Maybe this will get shoved down on the docket a bit for a short time and then come creeping back. Politics is a dirty game, and it's high time the republicans stop playing nice.

ETA: We might not get so lucky... They're considering releasing the memo:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018...ce-abuses.html