Posted on 01/28/2018 8:10:32 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
If the memo is redacted when it’s released, it will be the equivalent of Christopher Steele’s discredited “golden showers” raining down on the American public.
The predicted release of the FISA “Secret Memo” mid-week will be the biggest FBI PR rip-off of recent times.
Can anyone say “REDACTED!”? That’s what the released Secret Memo will be even though trusted people who read it like Rep. Steve King have already given us its size and scope. Now that the FBI has had a chance to cover its tracks, the “Secret Memo” will be as explosive as reading a note from FBI agent Peter Strzok’s wife reminding him not to forget to pick up the milk on his way home.
Judy Mcleod is an ignorant rabble-rouser who, obviously, has zero concept of what constitutes a Top Secret document or what is required to de-classify one.
The fact that the document's top-level, or "Header" classification is "Top Secret" means that, in one or more of its "portions" or paragraphs or sections, there is at least a single word, phrase or statement that divulges Top Secret information that could, if divulged, threaten National Security.
For example, during WWII's "Mahattan Project", a single presence of the words, "uranium""atomic" could (depending on context) require an entire book to be classified "Top Secret".
Until that bit of Top Secret information is redacted, the document cannot be declassified.
Ostensibly, the "memo" deals with misuse of information extracted from NSA intercepts, and, there is information that could compromise -- or provide clues to -- how the NSA works. That information must be redacted in order to declassify the memo.
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Granted, most of us have felt the frustration of finding huge blacked-out blocks instead of information we desire. Many times, those redactions are used to "CYA" obscure the misdeeds of government actors.
But, give Chairman Nunes the credit of intending to expose the perfidy of malicious "Deep State" malefactors -- and grant him credit for having the intelligence to NOT obscure the message he wants to convey to the American people. E.G., there is 99.999 probability that the malefactor's names that were redacted in the FISA Court Opinion will presented "in the clear" in the IC's "memo".
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Judy Mcleod should stick to hyperventilating about things concerning which she has a clue. The "FISA Abuse Memo" is NOT one of those things...
Judi...
Especially if 90% of what is redacted is not necessary.
Or, better politically motivated.
Zero proof in the article that it will be redacted. None. Zero. Zip. Hyperventilating conjecture. Jeeze Loise.
People need to get a grip and realize some facts:
1. The memo is a product of The House Permanent Select Comittee on Intelligence (HPSCI).
2. Therefore it is not under the jurisdiction of the executive branch.
3. Therefore Trump CANNOT declassify it on his own initiative. He cannot even look at it unless they give it to him.
4. The HPSCI can vote to declassify it, and release. There is a law governing the procedure.
5. There are 13 majority members and 9 minority.
6. It takes a simple majority vote to start the declassification procedure.
7. The HPSCI did not meet last week. They will meet tomorrow.
8. After the vote, they send it to the executive branch to review for no more than 5 days. To Trump directly.
9. Trump will let some heads of agencies review.
10. Trump’s call on whether to object or not. Sessions can only give opinion. He cannot veto.
11. Even if Trump objects, the house itself can override.
Ok, those are facts.
My guess is vote will be attempted tomorrow. For Unredacted memo. Games will be played, but the vote WILL happen. Might take till tuesday. Watch for Shiff to try everything to stop it. Watch for heck, firealarms pulled. Evacuations even lol. This is the biggest single vote to unravel the deep state crime cabal since the POTUS election. It is that big of deal. Panic city.
So Melt the phones tomorrow!!!!!!!!!
Thanks. It appears there is a Constitutional crisis on the horizon. This is what happens when people who don’t actually believe in the Constitution or love what the US stands for wind up in positions of power.
My congressman claims he read it in his form letter like response to my calls. Claims it is appalling and we must be shown the contents.
Yet...he follows that with how he can’t tell us what is in it and that he and some others wrote a letter to the committee asking them to release it.
Point? That BS letter to the committee is cowardly CYA. If the memo is as bad as he told me, his duty, having sworn to support and defend the Constitution, is to tell all of us what the memo says. His duty is to the Constitution and the people. NOT the intl committee and NOT the DOJ. Truth is, most of these lying Republicans don’t want the information released either. This is all theater.
Suggesting that a congress creature put the Constitution before the criminals named in the memo..........what a novel thought. Or sacrifice his congressional career to get the truth to us. See any pigs flying?
Thank you very much for the clarifications. Very helpful in understanding this mess. You are obviously correct about ‘melting’ the phones.
It has to be bad for Dems. If it was bad for Repubs, it would have been leaked by now....
It names names and their specific interactions/actions...think Brennan, Clapper, Comey, Lynch, Rice, Rhodes, Power.
“Why should President Trump allow a REDACTED memo, instead of the ‘fullly named ‘ warts and all....in order to protect their sorry behinds...
IMO....he WON’T!!!!!!!”
We know who the actors are so if its redacted we can just fill in the blanks and arrest them all and make them squeal.
I would agree. If this were released 24 hours before the State of the Union speech...he could spend three minutes talking about this and the networks would not be able to contain the anger of the public. I’ll bet that by 6PM tomorrow (Monday), it’s in the public view.
It would lead into nicely Trump’s recent reforms of the 702 FISA matter coming as a result of DNI Coates and NSA Rogers work.
It will be like the typical rap song on the radio where 90% of the lyrics are bleeped out.
“The Rats have stopped screaming and Sessions is not on the Sunday shows making the case to stop the release. So what does that tell you.”
He’s practicing his fly casting technique.
“That the Rats have given up, and that Jeff Sessions is a Rat.”
He’s waiting for the IG report which is due out in 2096.
Top secret has a new meaning...now it’s anything that would incriminate a democrat.
You’ze guys ought to watch your Sessions insults. It will get the feathers of the Sessions Shills here at FR all ruffled up.
I generally try to be objective based on events and reports.
Sessions now has a record of “performance”.
I hope he is able to “grow” from his performance this first ~1 year. Couldn’t hurt to try to pressure him for better outcomes.
“So this will be a nothing event and the dimwits can say, see, told you so....their hands are clean from it all.”
Oh it might make juicy reading even with the redactions. But you could jyst as well read some Clancy or Flynn for all that will be done about it.There is no will at Justice to ensure...well, justice.
“So this will be a nothing event and the dimwits can say, see, told you so....their hands are clean from it all.”
Oh it might make juicy reading even with the redactions. But you could jyst as well read some Clancy or Flynn for all that will be done about it.There is no will at Justice to ensure...well, justice.
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