White House Orders Broader Access to Files About F.B.I. Informant
Source: NYT
WASHINGTON The White House has rebuffed concerns among American intelligence and law enforcement officials and ordered that more lawmakers be given access to classified information about an informant the F.B.I. used in 2016 to investigate possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to two American officials with knowledge of the decision.
Both the director of national intelligence and the director of the F.B.I. tried to keep the classified documents tightly restricted, fearing that a broader dissemination of operational reports and other sensitive material could lead to more leaks of detailed information about the role of the confidential F.B.I. informant.
Some American officials believe, in fact, the reason the White House made the decision was to provide political ammunition to President Trumps Republican allies who have argued without any evidence that the F.B.I. investigation was opened in July 2016 as an effort to keep Mr. Trump from becoming president.
The F.B.I. files about the informant will now be available to all members of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees, instead of to just a group of congressional leaders known as the Gang of Eight. It is unclear whether Mr. Trump or a lower-level White House official authorized the move.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/us/politics/white-house-fbi-informant.html
benld74
(9,904 posts)Everything is being thrown into the fire.
Democracy
FBI
Rule of Law
For what
To protect this turd of a man
This waste of oxygen
This waste of space
GOP doesnt care
What else does Putin have?
What other emails are being threatened to be released?
Prayers
We need them now more than ever
highplainsdem
(48,975 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)ssssllllllllooooooooooooooowwwwwww wwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllkkkkkkk. They can they order whatever they want, but it doesn't actually mean it's going to happen in ....well.....a reasonable amount of time.
bluestarone
(16,926 posts)Russia owns us!!!!!!!!!! Somebody's gotta do something!!!
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)I engoy me a good Rickroll, too.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)but they don't play for our team, anyway.
MontanaMama
(23,313 posts)to reunite the stolen children with their parents and thats not happening AND nobody is forcing their hand. Who will force the hand of the IC to give this information up? Im serious...the WH et al cant find their collective asses with both hands. Tell them yeah yeah yeah...well get to that...and then dont. This is fucking infuriating.
ancianita
(36,048 posts)Bayard
(22,063 posts)Didn't Scooter Libby go to jail for outing a confidential informant?