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FISA abuse memo, #ReleaseTheMemo campaign send Congress, Wikileaks and Twitter into a tailspin
The Washington Times ^ | 1/19/2018 | By Dan Boylan

Posted on 01/19/2018 12:51:44 PM PST by b4its2late

Interest in a classified House Intelligence Committee memo, which reportedly outlines how the anti-Trump dossier was used by the FBI to justify surveillance against Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, has caused an online frenzy.

Late Thursday, WikiLeaks jumped into the proceedings, offering a reward of up to $1 million to anyone who could send them a copy.

Meanwhile, reports emerged that the Twitter hashtag calling for the memo’s public release — #ReleaseTheMemo — was receiving a major online push by Russian-linked Twitter accounts.

According to the Hamilton 68 Dashboard, an independent tracker of Russian online influence campaigns, #ReleaseTheMemo received a massive boost over the past 48 hours, from more than 500 Twitter accounts suspected to have connections to Kremlin online propaganda efforts, the Washington Examiner reported. Some accounts, but noted, clearly behaved like automated “bots” deigned to amplifying American conspiracy theories and disinformation.

On Thursday, the House House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to release the FISA abuse memo. According to sources close to the committee, it addresses text messages between FBI agent Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page which prove the dossier was used to justify FISA warrants.

Previously the FBI’s deputy head of counterintelligence, Mr. Strzok played a primary role in investigating Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state. He also worked on the FBI’s probe into possible coordination between Mr. Trump’s campaign and Russia in the 2016 election until leaving the investigation in July.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congress; dossier; fisa; mueller; muhrussians; putin; releasethememo; russians; thememo
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1 posted on 01/19/2018 12:51:44 PM PST by b4its2late
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Reports claimed that the memo could be released next week provided the White House does not object.


2 posted on 01/19/2018 12:52:25 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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$1M?.......that’s some serious dough!.................


3 posted on 01/19/2018 12:54:33 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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Actually I was thinking that this information might be explosive enough that this is why Chump Schumer was being summoned to the White House today. Destruction of Democrats may be in play.


4 posted on 01/19/2018 12:55:12 PM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: b4its2late

#ReleaseTheMemo was trending big on Twitter this morning and then just like that it was gone! People suddenly lost interest.


5 posted on 01/19/2018 12:55:33 PM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: b4its2late

not even on fox news front page anymore as of 4 pm eastern


6 posted on 01/19/2018 12:55:54 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: b4its2late

That wasn’t a bot. It was me!


7 posted on 01/19/2018 12:56:41 PM PST by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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8 posted on 01/19/2018 12:56:58 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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Twitter kiboshed it................


9 posted on 01/19/2018 12:57:41 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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Yep... of course. That’s why all these bombshell or breaking news threads abput this FISA warrant kust give me a big headache.It never materialized.


10 posted on 01/19/2018 1:00:05 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: Red Badger

People are still tweeting with it, quite a lot, new tweets coming every few seconds. Don’t think folks are impressed/convinced by Twitter’s attempt to scuttle the hashtag by dumping it from trending.


11 posted on 01/19/2018 1:00:08 PM PST by mewzilla
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Yep... of course. That’s why all these bombshell or breaking news threads abput this FISA warrant kust give me a big headache.It never materialized.


12 posted on 01/19/2018 1:00:13 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: b4its2late

Interesting to know that I am a Russian-linked Twitter account.


13 posted on 01/19/2018 1:00:19 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Genoa

No people did not lose interest. Twitter is taking it down.


14 posted on 01/19/2018 1:01:07 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: mewzilla

Twitter is probably going into meltdown to try and put out this fire..................


15 posted on 01/19/2018 1:01:28 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: snarkytart

Sorry, the universe doesn’t run on YOUR schedule. Snarky, I know ;-)

But maybe it will come out on SOTU day, Jan. 20. “Timing is everything”, say Q.


16 posted on 01/19/2018 1:01:46 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust Sessions. The Great Awakening is at hand...MAGA!)
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To: Duchess47

Yes, comrade, you are been found out!............


17 posted on 01/19/2018 1:02:06 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: b4its2late

People, I want you to be aware of the post by LS. First you may assume the LS is highly regarded and was very close to the campaign. He is independent now and I do not believe he is in government but he is doing research at the Reagan Library . My guess he is associated with a think tank.
In the post below he is telegraphing the possible contents of the 4 page “memo”. There are at least two nuclear bombshells that will rock this nation IMO 1. The obama boys and girls used fisa or warrantless searches on ALL 16 republican candidates!! 2. They dug dirt and used illegal search tactics on the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court before Roberts changed his opinion on obamacare and shocked the judicial world.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3623993/posts


18 posted on 01/19/2018 1:02:06 PM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
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was receiving a major online push by Russian-linked Twitter accounts
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The Russians are still doing it......../s


19 posted on 01/19/2018 1:03:47 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: snarkytart

You know what gives me a headache? People who write things like this:

...abput this FISA warrant kust...


20 posted on 01/19/2018 1:04:50 PM PST by KyCats
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