Posted on 03/27/2017 12:42:28 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
The embattled House intelligence committee chairman, Devin Nunes, has said he had no choice under classification rules except to view sensitive documents at the White House, a statement likely to intensify speculation that the Trump administration fed Nunes the material.
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Nunes has dodged questions, primarily from CNN, that his source came from the White House, and intimated that whistleblowers from the intelligence agencies brought the surveillance documents to him. Nunes told Bloomberg View on Monday that his source was an intelligence official and not a White House staffer.
But Nunes’ office has acknowledged that the chairman viewed whatever surveillance documents he has acquired on the White House grounds, apparently at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, where the National Security Council staff works.
Viewing the documents at the White House came under immediate scrutiny, since the House committee possesses secure facilities where it frequently accesses classified information as part of its routine responsibilities.
But Jack Langer, Nunes’ spokesman, told the Guardian that Nunes saw at the White House “executive branch documents” that Congress does not have.
“Because of classification rules, the source could not simply put the documents in a backpack and walk them over to the House intelligence committee space. The White House grounds was the best location to safeguard the proper chain of custody and classification of these documents, so the chairman could view them in a legal way,” Langer said.
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Excuse me .. Nunes is not obligated to tell anybody ANYTHING.
Oh, boy.
Fake News.
Nunes had an obligation to inform the Commander In Chief
of wiretapping and spying.
I have a suspicion that these "executive branch documents" did not originate in the executive branch, either.
“The embattled House intelligence committee chairman, Devin Nunes”
No slant in this article. None what so ever. NOT!
Some good, new intel in here...ping.
Y’know, I wonder if these documents were dropped off by Comey during his sudden visit last Friday? Nah!
More information
Hmmm.
Holy shit.
If the head of the intelligence committee cannot brief the president on possible cyber crime, nothing do with Russia , then why would we have an intelligence committee?
Ping
Well, otoh, Nunes is only privy to anything called evidence by virtue of his position on a Committee, as it’s chairman.
Baseless? Ha! It's turning out to be even worse than many of us thought.
No...these were someones left behind documents.
Scroll up...lol
This Nunes meeting on White House grounds (probably at EEOB) occurred one day before he made his announcement on March 22. So the meeting on WH grounds occurred on Tuesday, March 21st.
He went to meet a source at a secure location. Secure as far as the source was also concerned. 1+1=2 Therefore the committee and its rooms are therefore not secure. Nor would I think it was secure if they had the smoking gun. Make sure those cannot get a head start impugning the information but rather Nunes can take the hit as the information will speak for itself. Nunes is playing this smart and safe. This is big.
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