Posted on 09/18/2018 1:05:05 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
U.S. intelligence officials, blindsided by President Donald Trump's order that they make public highly sensitive files in the Russia investigation, are hoping the White House will allow them to conduct a formal declassification review and damage assessment before they are forced to release the documents, current and former officials tell NBC News.
Senior executives at the FBI, Justice Department and Office of the Director of National intelligence were scrambling Tuesday to respond after being taken by surprise by a White House press release Monday directing them to release classified material they had previously determined should not be made public.
But officials remained hopeful Tuesday that the White House would allow the declassification review to go forward, even as they expressed private outrage that Trump and his allies in Congress were seeking to disclose secret information for what appeared to be purely political purposes.
Officials said it was unclear how long the review would take. One challenge is that Trump ordered the release of only those text messages related to the Russia investigation. That will require the FBI to sort through tens of thousands of messages to figure out which ones apply.
Meanwhile, Trump said on Twitter that the documents would show there was no basis for the surveillance of his campaign aide.
"Really bad things were happening, but they are now being exposed," Trump wrote. "Big stuff!"
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
And the cow "could" jump over the moon.....but, neither are true.
so, RELEASE THE DAMN DOCUMENTS.....NOW!
President Trump is giving them enough rope to hang themselves. They have ‘resisted’ to the point of treason.
The documents being redacted don’t have a damned thing to do with national security and the only “sources and methods” involved are sources and methods used to illegally collect information on US persons. Oh, and national security classification guidelines are unequivocal when it comes to concealing criminal behavior by classifying it.
Well, this is an acid test. If he can't compel them to follow orders and he can't fire them, then he is not in charge of that part of the government and they really are in a state of rebellion.
“”he FBI interviews in particular, however, could discuss sources in Russia, the release of which could be extremely damaging””
There were no Russian sources. This was a fake generated concept, done by Steele and his Russian friend who was poisoned near the Brit chemical facility.
They will attack a few Russian names, but this was nothing but a Hillary/Comey/Brennan/Clapper plot created from thin air.
“Well, this is an acid test. If he can’t compel them to follow orders and he can’t fire them, then he is not in charge of that part of the government and they really are in a state of rebellion. “
It will confirm what we’ve all thought since he was elected—Our corrupt stasi state is in #resist and #sabotage mode. They ALL voted for hillary and will do anything to see Trump gone.
“I do hope to see hangings (of those found guilty). Only something like that will stop this traitorous and seditious behavior by these criminals.”
True. I keep hearing the talking heads rattle off the names of those who have resigned at the FBI, etc. As though that’s draining the swamp-solving the problem somehow. If there are no consequences to their actions, they’ll just be back in force after Trump is gone.
“Have a look at the latest hidden camera video from Project Veritas. Our government is populated with juvenile, deranged mental defectives. And they have access to the most powerful surveillance tools in the history of man.”
I haven’t seen it yet but knew that our corrupt stasi state is staffed by the same radical leftists that are at CNN, MSNBC, GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, etc.
just release them now.
“I have nothing to lose. It’s impossible to fire federal employees.”
Makes you want to go postal in his federal building.
I believe Trump sai “for immediate release”
They need time to fire up the big shredder.
Which lays the foundation for tribunals. If any foreign government was in on either the planning or the execution, its textbook treason.
These Government Officials are stonewalling and they are going to destroy as many documents as possible before they are released.
Any documents that are released will have nothing to do with this Present coup attempt against President Donald Trump.
Umm, they’ve already done the “damage assessments” which were the supposed reasons for the redactions — and which have now been overruled.
Do your job or pull a Sally Yates, and ciao.
The term “blindsided” is used by NBC to further the narrative that Trump is impulsive, out of control, etc., etc.
The were “blind-sided” and they are referred to as “intelligence” officials? “Morons” better describes those who did not perceive the winds shifting here.
“current and former officials tell NBC News”
totally fake news.
President Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, has already publicly stated that President Trump’s orders regarding these declassifications will be expedited ..
Not only did they know he was going to declassify these documents but the WH Counsel Office has been reviewing them for over a month to see what could be declassified with input by the FBI, DOJ, CIA and DNI. This has been in the works for a long time. I think that the WH did this in part so that some of these top folks will attempt to obstruct the release setting up a “firing” offense.
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