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Sen. Mark Warner sounds alarm over William Barr's new declassification powers
Washington Times ^
| 5/28/19
| Mary Clare Jalonick and Susannah George
Posted on 05/28/2019 4:51:04 PM PDT by proust
WASHINGTON The top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee is sounding the alarm about the new powers that President Donald Trump has granted to Attorney General William Barr.
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, in a letter obtained by The Associated Press, said he fears Trump is giving Barr the right to selectively declassify certain information for purposes of political gain. He asked that the leaders of the nations spy agencies contact lawmakers if Barrs investigation threatens their work.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: agbarr; barr; declassification; deepstate; desperate; establishment; markwarner; smellthefear; spygate; warner; worrieddems
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:51:04 PM PDT
by
proust
To: proust
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:52:07 PM PDT
by
proust
(Justice delayed is injustice.)
To: proust
Warner sounds like the heat is getting to him.
To: proust
How do these guys say these things with a straight face??
I mean, really??
Do they HONESTLY not see the dripping, drooling irony??
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:52:55 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
To: proust
So, Senator Warner, you admit that there is embarrassing information to leak?
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:52:57 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: proust
Funny how all of a sudden it’s really starting to suck being a Democrat.
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:53:25 PM PDT
by
bk1000
(I stand with Trump)
To: proust
The scumbags are circling the wagons. I hope Barr has flaming arrows in his quiver......
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:53:31 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
To: proust
This is great. They know they got caught with their pants down
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:53:41 PM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
To: Yo-Yo
It is really odorous to be you, isnt it.
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:53:54 PM PDT
by
Shady
(One More Time: CO2 is PLANT FOOD! Without it we die. Any questions?)
To: proust
“For purposes of political gain”
What a steaming pantload. It’s for purposes of exposing deep state corruption and the coup d’etat attempt by DOZENS of the enemies of freedom.
To: proust
Why would he gain politically from classified information, unless it reveals very improper behavior by Democrats?
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:54:21 PM PDT
by
Williams
(Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
To: proust
Trump has declassified the documents and there is not a damn thing the Democrats can do about it.
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:54:38 PM PDT
by
Baldwin
To: proust
After eight years of the most opaque administration in history the Obamuminsts are afraid of light and transparency...like the cockroaches that they are!!!
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:54:46 PM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: proust
Warner is worried that he no longer has cover. Too bad Marky Mark!!
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:56:01 PM PDT
by
DarthVader
(Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
To: proust
Yeh ‘threatens their work’. Their work at maintaining the globalist stinking one world project.
To: proust
Every democrat related news item is now an antiperspirant commercial complete with those big unsightly armpit sweat stains.
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:56:56 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: proust
Coverup! Release everything!
OK.
Coverup! You released everything!
To: proust
"If you get me one more glass of wine, Ill tell you stuff only Bob Mueller and I know. If you think youve seen wild stuff so far, buckle up. Its going to be a wild couple of months." --- Mark Warner
And since Christopher Steele is refusing to meet with DOJ, perhaps Mark Warner can get in touch with him like he did in 2017.
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:57:56 PM PDT
by
mass55th
("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
To: proust
What bullshit. The PRESIDENT has the absolute authority to declassify anything he wants.
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posted on
05/28/2019 4:58:14 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
To: proust
"for purposes of political gain."
What does he think Obama did for 8 years straight? It's a privilege that comes with winning. Eat it.
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