How the House Intelligence Committee can make Nunes' FISA memo public

CNN ^ | Sat January 20, 2018 | Jeremy Herb,

[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.

[Revel]

If they released it now then the budget fight would take a very fast turn in favor of Republicans.

[Col Frank Slade]

Read it out loud at SOTU speech.

Have a nice day Dems .

[trebb]

Yep - it would be great for his SOTU speech include massive info on what’s been going on - his “people” have been sending out email requests to add your name to the petition to release the document - it seems he’s ready and willing....

[xzins]

Trump should not be involved in anything Mueller could say is part of his investigation against the president.

He should let congress be in charge of this process.

[mewzilla]

This link from Conservative Tree house clears a lot up....

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