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Byron York: 'Hide the ball' — On Capitol Hill, growing frustration with FBI secrecy
Washington Examiner ^ | Byron York

Posted on 01/24/2018 2:01:29 PM PST by janetjanet998

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On January 4, Grassley and Sen. Lindsey Graham, chairman of the crime and terrorism subcommittee, sent a criminal referral to the FBI and Justice Department concerning Christopher Steele, the former British spy who authored the Trump dossier. In a cover letter, Grassley and Graham suggested that Steele might have lied to the FBI during his association with the bureau as he compiled the dossier.

That's all the cover letter said. The referral itself, which was classified, made the actual case about Steele. Grassley wrote an unclassified version of the referral for public release — finally, the public could understand what the case was about — but first sent it to the FBI to make sure the information in the unclassified version was in fact unclassified.

That's when Grassley got the runaround. The FBI "falsely claimed" — Grassley's words — that a portion of the document was classified and thus held up release. The information was not classified, Grassley said — it was based on "non-government sources" and "the deputy attorney general has discussed the fact at issue with me more than once in an unsecure space and on an unsecure phone line."

"Unfortunately, I suspect something else is really going on here," Grassley said. "It sure looks like a bureaucratic game of hide the ball, rather than a genuine concern about national security."

Grassley's and Graham's referral remains in FBI limbo — and the public remains in the dark about what is reveals.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 201801; 20180104; chrissteele; christophersteele; criminalreferral; graham; grassley; obi; orbis; steele
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1 posted on 01/24/2018 2:01:29 PM PST by janetjanet998
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This may explain why Nunes doesn’t want the FBI to see the memo


2 posted on 01/24/2018 2:02:20 PM PST by janetjanet998
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They are trying to run out the clock......................


3 posted on 01/24/2018 2:03:42 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: janetjanet998

Gee, maybe Graham has pulled his head out of his ass, but I’m sure it’s only temporary.


4 posted on 01/24/2018 2:04:39 PM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: janetjanet998
Just thinking about Trump saying no more personal phones in Whitehouse....and the missing texts.

I suppose they could be texting to government servers.

Maybe a connection. Maybe not.

5 posted on 01/24/2018 2:05:32 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Red Badger

“They are trying to run out the clock......................”

They are also hoping that the dimoKKKRATS take back the House in 2018.


6 posted on 01/24/2018 2:05:40 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: janetjanet998

So, we now know the FBI was possibly involved in a Coup attempt to remove Trump from office. And they were working on Behalf of the Democrat Party. So, this is possibly high treason at a level never seen in the USA


7 posted on 01/24/2018 2:07:02 PM PST by realcleanguy
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It’s the democrats’ military tactic.

Every hour you can delay the enemy’s advance allows the reinforcements to come up to the battle.

Every hour you can delay the Trump agenda allows the dems to bring up their other forces (impeachment, new elected dems, Republican sell outs).


8 posted on 01/24/2018 2:08:06 PM PST by oldbill
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A coup d’etat during the election, then a conspiracy to assassinate a lawfully elected president.

High treason all around.


9 posted on 01/24/2018 2:14:09 PM PST by JP1201
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To: janetjanet998
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Posted by Qanon. Can anyone verify?

10 posted on 01/24/2018 2:14:35 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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So now propose a bill to cut their funding in half, or shut them down entirely.

Their usefulness for certain functions such as counter-intelligence can be transferred elsewhere

Everyone should note that for the first 125 years of the USA’s existence, we had no FBI.


11 posted on 01/24/2018 2:15:13 PM PST by PGR88
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Here's an idea: simply declassify ALL FBI files and repeal the legislation establishing the FBI.

FBI stonewalling solved!

12 posted on 01/24/2018 2:16:33 PM PST by Edward.Fish
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To: Parley Baer

It’s gonna be a looooong hot summer..................


13 posted on 01/24/2018 2:16:50 PM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: Parley Baer
They are also hoping that the dimoKKKRATS take back the House in 2018.

That's exactly what happens. Democrats take over committee chairmanships, and any releases or investigation into FBI behavior is over.

14 posted on 01/24/2018 2:17:04 PM PST by PGR88
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To: JP1201
Nope, not Treason.

US Constitution; Article 3, Section 3:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.


15 posted on 01/24/2018 2:19:46 PM PST by Edward.Fish
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Why won’t Sessions play ball with his former colleagues in The Senate?


16 posted on 01/24/2018 2:24:06 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Edward.Fish

It is treason.

1) They gave uranium to Russia/NK/Iran.

2) They gave OBSTRUCTION to the rescue at Benghazi.

3) They violated the Oaths to remove an Elected President
using a “secret society” on the Deep Web.

4) ....


17 posted on 01/24/2018 2:25:37 PM PST by Diogenesis
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“Republicans in both House and Senate are growing increasingly frustrated with the FBI and Justice Department over tight restrictions on classified and other confidential information in the Trump-Russia affair.”

The Justice Department and the FBI are still controlled by Hillary’s campaign staff. If only we had an Attorney General who was loyal to the American people.


18 posted on 01/24/2018 2:25:37 PM PST by odawg
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who are they sending it to? how do they know who is on the up and up and who is just like Steele? Both the FBI and The Justice Dept are laced with criminals.


19 posted on 01/24/2018 2:27:33 PM PST by frnewsjunkie
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Congress should immediately create a new job: not special prosecutor, but “special investigator”, with ultimate security clearance and authorized to look at anything and everything at the FBI, Justice Department, or any other federal law enforcement agency.

No refusal to give documents, no censoring of documents, and anything at all he determines is relevant he marks as such, or even copies on the spot, after which the supervision of those documents is assigned to a named responsible person, and their destruction is a serious felony federal offense.

Any federal LEO who stands in his way is arrested on the spot. Comply or face arrest.


20 posted on 01/24/2018 2:28:48 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Liberals have become moralistic, dogmatic, sententious, self-righteous, pinch-faced prudes.)
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