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How the House Intelligence Committee can make Nunes' FISA memo public
CNN ^ | Sat January 20, 2018 | Jeremy Herb,

Posted on 01/20/2018 10:59:34 AM PST by BenLurkin

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are considering using an obscure committee rule to bypass the executive branch's declassification process to release the classified memo on alleged surveillance abuses spearheaded by Chairman Devin Nunes.

Rep. Mike Conaway, the Texas Republican leading the committee's Russia investigation, said Friday evening that the committee would consider using the rule — which he believed had never been invoked in the committee's 40-year history — in order to publicly release the memo that Republicans say details FBI abuses of a surveillance law known as FISA. And if the committee votes in favor of making the classified Nunes memo public, the rule states that it's then up to President Donald Trump to decide whether it should be released.

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The committee rule that Republicans might rely on to release the memo states that the Intelligence Committee "may disclose publicly any information in its possession after a determination by the select committee that the public interest would be served by such disclosure."

Under the rule, the committee vote would trigger a five-day waiting period where the President has to notify the committee whether he objects to the disclosure of the information.

If the President does not object, the information would be released. But if the President does object, it would put the matter to the full House, which could potentially debate the matter in a closed session in the chamber before a public vote could override the President's objection.

Such a decision for the President could drive yet another wedge between Trump and the intelligence community, the FBI and the Justice Department, all of which almost surely would object to the release of information related to FISA warrants.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 115th; california; devinnunes; fisaabuse; fisamemo; houseintel; houseintelrule; mikeconaway; releasethememo; texas
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To: BenLurkin

The Republicans now have it in their power, evidently, to really put Trump’s enemies on the skids by releasing the document. Maybe they are waiting for Monday morning to avoid the distraction of a weekend. If they don’t release it soon, it will be beyond all comprehension as to why not.


41 posted on 01/20/2018 12:15:46 PM PST by odawg
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To: BenLurkin

Rule X. really.


42 posted on 01/20/2018 12:28:08 PM PST by Panhandle.deporable (Future these)
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To: BenLurkin
"...the intelligence community, the FBI and the Justice Department...would object to the release of information related to FISA warrants."

Why? If they did nothing wrong, why would they object?

43 posted on 01/20/2018 12:30:12 PM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Islam delenda est.)
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To: odawg

I think when they should take to the floor after the shut down and say this memo is one of the reasons the Dems shut the government down. The have a vote to release it. Plan the five days to end on the 30th. Then put it on the House website 15 minutes before the State of the Union. President Trump will then mention its available for all to see with all corresponding documents. Then he reads it and gives his opinion while he has the biggest audience he will have so the media can’t hide it.


44 posted on 01/20/2018 12:34:33 PM PST by Betty Jane
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To: BenLurkin

My crystal ball says:

The evening of January 28th will see a dozen people fired.

The memo will be released to the public January 29th around 3pm.

January 30th Trump will address during SOTU.


45 posted on 01/20/2018 12:38:32 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (SEDITION! Obama DOJ colluded to try overthrow the President!)
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To: BenLurkin

Find your balls and just releasw it. The American people are your protection. DARE the FBI to come after you for classified information leak.

You won’t risk your career or prosecution? Lots of men risk their life for America this afternoon


46 posted on 01/20/2018 12:42:01 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: DouglasKC

Maybe they are sitting on it, to make certain people nervous and get them to cooperate and roll on others. I’m pretty sure that not knowing what is in the memo is unsettling some folks in the Capital.


47 posted on 01/20/2018 12:45:57 PM PST by TallahasseeConservative
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To: BenLurkin

Find your balls and just releasw it. The American people are your protection. DARE the FBI to come after you for classified information leak.

You won’t risk your career or prosecution? Lots of men risk their life for America this afternoon


48 posted on 01/20/2018 12:51:17 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: BenLurkin

S&GOP!


49 posted on 01/20/2018 12:56:36 PM PST by GOYAKLA (" Winning not Whining"!)
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To: BenLurkin

Good Grief! Just catch Feinstein’s cold and hand it to Fox News. Precedent set.


50 posted on 01/20/2018 1:07:58 PM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for!)
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To: BenLurkin

CNN doesn’t seem to remember that phrase about “of the people, by the people, for the people.”

Release the document to the people so we can make the determination of whether or not these government agencies have been working for the people or against us.


51 posted on 01/20/2018 1:16:35 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( Sessions couldn't find his own ass if Al Franken was grabbing it at the time ))))
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To: BenLurkin

I’m not understanding something here. You have all those “conservative” counties wanting to get away from the “liberal” counties. That I get. But why are the people in those “conservative” counties voting DEMOCRAT? If they were all voting Republican, then they would have representation in their own statehouse. (I’m probably missing something obvious).


52 posted on 01/20/2018 1:20:33 PM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for!)
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To: SaveFerris

I have been told or read that the last days were imminent for years.

It used to scare me, now just bad Presidents who hate America scare me.


53 posted on 01/20/2018 2:05:57 PM PST by Maris Crane (`)
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To: BenLurkin

Honestly, I don’t understand why something like this is available to elected representatives but not to the people themselves.


54 posted on 01/20/2018 2:11:34 PM PST by LibertyFound
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To: Maris Crane

I understand.

From about 2500 years ago:

Iran = Persia

Libya = Put or Phut

Turkey = House of Togarmah

Cush = Ethiopia or more likely these days, modern Sudan (not South Sudan)

Ezekiel 38 KJV (KJV phrases)

Verse 8 -> Latter Years

Verse 16 -> Latter Days

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+38&version=KJV

NOT going to say it’s tomorrow, of course.

BUT it’s no accident a serial Manchurian Candidate liar like Obama gave $150 billion dollars to Iran and Iran is actively working towards nuclear weapons to shoot at Israel. On that day, NK will seem like a minor thing because (IMHO) it will be the Middle East that eventually sets the world on fire. And somewhere in there, 7 years of false “peace” that divides Israel.

I know - wild stuff.

Keep an eye on Libya - they’ve got to align with Iran

Just some points to ponder - no offense intended


55 posted on 01/20/2018 2:18:04 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DouglasKC

I would prefer that it be made public at 0-Dawn hundred on Monday!


56 posted on 01/20/2018 2:20:02 PM PST by Taxman (Replace the income tax with the FAIRtax and abolish the IRS!)
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To: SaveFerris

Actually, nearly 2,600 years ago, now (not exactly)


57 posted on 01/20/2018 2:23:53 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables

My crystal ball foretells similar tidings.

Late on January 29th, the media receives its usual copy of the SOTU speech. It is a Trumpian speech, but without reference to the traitors within Obama’s executive branch.

On January 30th, the President reads the pre-released SOTU speech. At the very end, he reads the memo to the nation.

The dinosaur media won’t know what hit them or what to say.


58 posted on 01/20/2018 2:29:58 PM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: BenLurkin

“Such a decision for the President could drive yet another wedge between Trump and the intelligence community, the FBI and the Justice Department, all of which almost surely would object to the release of information related to FISA warrants.”

What the heck is this CNN propaganda!

The committee can vote on it today. Trump will sign off on it in 5 minutes. Done and released.


59 posted on 01/20/2018 2:46:39 PM PST by Revel
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To: janetjanet998

Yeah the Democrats used one of there own groups to claim that Russian bots are everywhere. The members of the group are known propaganda artists. Only an ignorant fool would believe them.


60 posted on 01/20/2018 2:49:58 PM PST by Revel
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