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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen Mark Warner on Nunes Memo
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Ive seen the underlying Intelligence documents behind the #NunesMemo, and it is a distortion of the facts. Anyone can selectively pick documents out of a huge storyline and cook up a case. That doesnt make it true.
This is not the way the United States government operates, and it is not the way members of the Intelligence Committees are supposed to act.
As a member of Congress, getting appointed to an Intelligence Committee is a very sobering proposition. You hear things that you have to keep secret, that you cant share with anyone, because you know if you do reveal classified information, people can die.
There are processes in our government that allow for declassification in a reasonable, rational way that protects the sources and methods of our intelligence community. This political charade with the #NunesMemo isnt it.
FISA warrants and other classified intelligence materials arent toys for members of Congress to use in partisan games. Theyre important tools that the dedicated men and women of the Intelligence community use to keep us safe and literally save American lives.
Even Trump-appointed officials at the FBI have voiced grave concerns about its accuracy, and his appointees at the DOJ have warned that releasing the memo would be extraordinarily reckless.
Its not hard to figure out the purpose of this political shell game, but it is remarkable the lengths to which some will go to shield the President from this investigation.
None of this is normal. We are watching a coordinated effort to undermine the Russia investigation, our nations law enforcement agencies, and Special Counsel Mueller play out in front of our eyes.
Elected leaders, particularly those entrusted with our nations secrets, must live up to the trust placed in them by their colleagues and the American people. Starting right now. History is watching.
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Sen Mark Warner on Nunes Memo (Original Post)
fleur-de-lisa
Feb 2018
OP
his base will take anything in the nunes memo as pure fact....the lie beats the truth
spanone
Feb 2018
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spanone
(135,866 posts)1. his base will take anything in the nunes memo as pure fact....the lie beats the truth
FSogol
(45,524 posts)2. Good to see Sen./Reps standing up to to this bs. If you are on social media, spread around the
voices of Warner, Schiff, Lieu, and Beyer
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)3. ...and Rep. Ted Lieu, F!
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CanonRay
(14,112 posts)4. The fact that apparently has not been absorbed is
that it doesn't matter if it is true. That is the new reality today. That is why they wrote it.