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Congressman Matt Gaetz Leads 65 Lawmakers in Push for Release of Intelligence Committee’s FISA Memo
received via email | Jan 19, 2018 | Congressman Matt Gaetz

Posted on 01/19/2018 5:05:37 PM PST by Jim Robinson

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) today led a group of 65 lawmakers in a letter to Chairman Devin Nunes of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence urging the immediate release of the four-page FISA Memo document to the public, as well as any relevant ancillary information. In the letter, Rep. Gaetz states, “the audience of this document should not be limited to Members of Congress — the American people deserve to know the information it contains.”

Cosigners of the letter include: Congressmen Brian Babin (TX-36), Don Bacon (NE-02), Jim Banks (IN-03), Jack Bergman (MI-01), Andy Biggs (AZ-05), Rod Blum (IA-01), Dave Brat (VA-07), Larry Bucshon (IN-08), Ted Budd (NC-13), Michael Burgess (TX-26), Bradley Byrne (AL-01), Buddy Carter (GA-01), Steve Chabot (OH-01), Warren Davidson (OH-08), Rodney Davis (IL-13), Scott DesJarlais (TN-04), Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Blake Farenthold (TX-27), Thomas Garrett (VA-05), Bob Gibbs (OH-07), Louie Gohmert (TX-01), Paul A. Gosar (AZ-04), Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Brett S. Guthrie (KY-02), Andy Harris (MD-01), Jody Hice (GA-10), Trey Hollingsworth (IN-09), Richard Hudson (NC-08), Randy Hultgren (IL-14), Darrell Issa (CA-49), Bill Johnson (OH-06), Jim Jordan (OH-04), David Joyce (OH-14), Mike Kelly (PA-03), Steve King (IA-04), Raul R. Labrador (ID-01), Doug Lamborn (CO-05), Robert E. Latta (OH-05), Barry Loudermilk (GA-11), Tom McClintock (CA-04), Mark Meadows (NC-11), Luke Messer (IN-06), Alex Mooney (WV-02), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Kristi Noem (SD-01), Ralph Norman (SD-05), Steven Palazzo (MI-04), Gary Palmer (AL-06), Scott Perry (PA-04), Ted Poe (TX-02), Jim Renacci (OH-16), Phil Roe (TN-01), Dana Rohrabacher (CA-48), Francis Rooney (FL-19), Mark Sanford (SC-01), James F. Sensenbrenner (WI-05), Lloyd Smucker (PA-16), Claudia Tenney (NY-22), Mimi Walters (CA-45), Randy Weber (TX-14), Bruce Westerman (AR-04), Roger Williams (TX-25), Ted Yoho (FL-03), and Lee Zeldin (NY-01).

The full text of the letter can be found below.

LETTER TEXT

The Honorable Devin Nunes

Chairman

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

HVC-304, The Capitol

Washington, D.C. 20515

Dear Chairman Nunes:

Thank you for your hard work as Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), and for making the recent four-page memo from HPSCI available to Members of Congress. After reading the document, we were shocked and frustrated, but it has deepened our belief in the vital importance of transparency.

This important memo will be of interest to anyone who cares about America and our democratic system of government. We are writing to request the immediate release of this document to the public, as well as any relevant ancillary information. The audience of this document should not be limited to Members of Congress — the American people deserve to know the information it contains.

Thank you for your service and for your prompt attention to this request.

Sincerely,

Matt Gaetz

Member of Congress


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To: for-q-clinton

It’s about using FISA warrant derived info back to at least 2012 to gather dirt on gobs of people too.


101 posted on 01/19/2018 10:18:49 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Jim Robinson

Yep - sent my “reps” a note demanding they do it -


102 posted on 01/20/2018 3:58:12 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives......;-))
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To: Jim Robinson

Do it.

I believe this is a defining moment in American history. Failure to release it in it’s entirety, and soon, relegates us to bnanna republic status.


103 posted on 01/20/2018 5:16:38 AM PST by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

I pray to God in Heaven you are right.


104 posted on 01/20/2018 5:33:35 AM PST by Paulie (America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
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To: Mariner

“Many Bothans died to bring us this information.”


105 posted on 01/20/2018 6:13:50 AM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: Eddie01

Heh. Gowdy is clammed up in a fetal position somewhere.

His colleagues got tired of waiting around for Gowdy to “do something.”


106 posted on 01/20/2018 9:36:58 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Jim Robinson

The usual rock-hard patriots are on the list.....but some surprising names, as well.


107 posted on 01/20/2018 9:38:24 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: All

It’s the height of ludicrousness that Republicans are adhering to the rules for the release.

B/c the criminals complicit in this atrocity....why it’s even an issue.....is that they could care less about rules.


108 posted on 01/20/2018 9:42:37 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: PetroniusMaximus
>> “could you imagine if there is evidence that the Obama administration blackmailed a Supreme Court justice?” >
> From what I understand, whats coming down the pipeline will be 100 times worse than that.

We already know the NSA is tracking internet and phone, even the contents of communications (e-mail and phone), and not just metadata — how could this be made worse? Star-chamber courts?
Clandestine death-squads/assassinations? / Massive [ab]use of Civil Asset Forfeiture to steal both assets and the means to provide a [legal] defense?

Scailia?

109 posted on 01/20/2018 10:23:58 AM PST by Edward.Fish
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To: Jim Robinson
I noticed my poseur congressman Trey Gowdy is not on the list. He's such a phony.
110 posted on 01/20/2018 10:27:13 AM PST by SoCar
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To: Eddie01
I called my swamp creature congressman Trey Gowdy yesterday on this issue. They claimed i was only the second call. He has many in this district so bamboozled they probably think he's on board when he's clearly an obstructionist. Majorly open borders too.
111 posted on 01/20/2018 10:32:20 AM PST by SoCar
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To: Edward.Fish

Child trafficking and abuse on a massive scale.


112 posted on 01/20/2018 10:56:27 AM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: PetroniusMaximus

I really hope your assessment is correct.


113 posted on 01/20/2018 11:37:48 AM PST by Bluebeard16
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To: PetroniusMaximus
Child trafficking and abuse on a massive scale.

I fail to see the connection between FISA ("intelligence", wire-tapping, and the like) and child trafficking/abuse. — Unless there's things like memos going around detailing child trafficking/abuse, I don't see how FISA could connect.

114 posted on 01/20/2018 1:07:38 PM PST by Edward.Fish
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To: Edward.Fish

There is no direct connection. FISA is merely the tip of the iceberg.


115 posted on 01/20/2018 1:37:08 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: PetroniusMaximus
There is no direct connection.

If there's no direct connection, then the memo will have nothing to do with it. Period.

FISA is merely the tip of the iceberg.

Well, we already know how much esteem the Powers That Be hold our Constitution — going by that standard, FISA isn't even the snow atop the Iceberg.

116 posted on 01/20/2018 4:29:56 PM PST by Edward.Fish
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To: Edward.Fish

“If there’s no direct connection, then the memo will have nothing to do with it. Period. “

I said, “From what I understand, whats coming down the pipeline will be 100 times worse than that.”

This is post-memo stuff.


117 posted on 01/20/2018 4:39:44 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Jim Robinson

Rep. Steve King tweeted this:

“I have read the memo. The sickening reality has set in. I no longer hold out hope there is an innocent explanation for the information the public has seen. I have long said it is worse than Watergate. It was #neverTrump & #alwaysHillary. #releasethememo

BTW, IG Horowitz released some of his 1.2million documents to Congress last Friday. Dead silence. Puzzling.


118 posted on 01/20/2018 10:03:23 PM PST by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine, education and our for)
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To: Jim Robinson
"After reading the document, we were shocked and frustrated, but it has deepened our belief in the vital importance of transparency. This important memo will be of interest to anyone who cares about America and our democratic system of government."

Hear, Hear!

119 posted on 01/21/2018 10:30:15 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: The Westerner

Hope it is indeed Austerlitz-18.


120 posted on 01/21/2018 10:32:42 AM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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