Tag: FBI

The disclosure still serves the public's interest by exposing abuses of the FISA procedures and by raising legitimate concerns over the policies followed by the FBI and DOJ in filing surveillance applications with the FISA court. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

The public deserves answers about the Nunes memo

Margot Cleveland · February 5, 2018 9:35 pm

Political debate requires understanding how persuasive — or unpersuasive — arguments are and will prove over time. I'm surprised that Democrats aren't doing a better job at this. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Michael Barone: Are Democrats destroying their own credibility?

Michael Barone · February 5, 2018 9:01 pm

"I just read the memo written by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, and I hope that this minority report will be made public this week." Rep. Jim Banks tweeted. (@RepJimBanks/Twitter)

GOP Rep. Jim Banks calls for release of Democratic memo on FISA

Anna Giaritelli · February 5, 2018 7:20 pm

The deputy White House press secretary accused Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence panel, of pulling "partisan, political stunts" by sharing sensitive information with reporters in order to gain a political advantage. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

White House blasts House Democrats for ‘partisan’ leaks

Gabby Morrongiello · February 5, 2018 6:35 pm

If you read the memo over the weekend and scratched your head, wondering what on earth could be so sensitive in it as to damage national security, you're not alone. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Has the Nunes memo hurt national security? Adam Schiff offers fertilizer as evidence it has

David Freddoso · February 5, 2018 5:58 pm

A Republican memo, written under the direction of House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, was released Friday. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

The Devin Nunes memo: Explained

Siraj Hashmi · February 5, 2018 4:23 pm

"The inspector general is looking at this particular investigation, but I would respectfully request and recommend that the inspector general expand its investigation into this FISA warrant application to determine whether it was valid or not," House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul said Monday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Mike McCaul wants Justice Department inspector general to investigate FBI’s FISA application of Carter Page

Anna Giaritelli · February 5, 2018 4:16 pm

Former British spy Christopher Steele, who compiled the Trump dossier, wrote an additional memo on Donald Trump and Russia. (Washington Examiner illustration)

National Security

Dossier author Steele wrote another anti-Trump memo; was fed info by Clinton-connected contact, Obama State Department

Byron York · February 5, 2018 3:39 pm

President Trump praised Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., on Monday for helping make public a classified memo on government surveillance. Trump said, "Representative Devin Nunes, a man of tremendous courage and grit, may someday be recognized as a Great American Hero for what he has exposed and what he has had to endure!" (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Trump: Devin Nunes should be recognized as a ‘Great American Hero’ for controversial memo

Melissa Quinn · February 5, 2018 3:32 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff, D- Calif., in a response to President Trump's tweet, said, "Instead of tweeting false smears, the American people would appreciate it if you turned off the TV and helped solve the funding crisis, protected Dreamers or...really anything else." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Adam Schiff to Trump: Americans want you to turn off the TV

Caitlin Yilek · February 5, 2018 2:44 pm

Washington Post columnist doubts ‘white, middle-age’ FBI agents can be biased against Trump

Eddie Scarry · February 5, 2018 2:33 pm

The conflicting responses to the four-page memo, which Rep. Devin Nunes authored and fought for weeks to release, have highlighted lingering divisions among Republicans about how to approach the Russia controversy: with caution or with defiance. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Does the Nunes memo discredit the Russia probe? Republicans disagree

Sarah Bedford · February 5, 2018 2:30 pm