Tag: Surveillance

President Trump questioned why Rep. Adam Schiff got off so easily for speaking with the Russian pranksters who pretended to be a Ukranian politician, in contrast to the scrutiny his campaign and transition team are getting due to some members' contacts with Russians.

Post-memo fury: Trump rips ‘bad guy’ Adam Schiff

Caitlin Yilek · February 25, 2018 3:09 am

"The American people now clearly understand that the FBI used political dirt paid for by the Democratic Party to spy on an American citizen from the Republican Party," Rep. Devin Nunes said in a statement. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

READ: Devin Nunes shares ‘point by point’ refutation of Democratic memo

Daniel Chaitin · February 24, 2018 10:44 pm

On Saturday, the rebuttal memo written by Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee, including ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., was released. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democratic rebuttal to GOP House Intelligence memo released

Daniel Chaitin · February 24, 2018 9:02 pm

"Remember, we're only at the beginning of FISA-gate, which eventually will be Obama-gate," Sebastian Gorka told attendees of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Sebastian Gorka at CPAC: Nunes memo has led to ‘Obama-gate’ scandal

Gabby Morrongiello · February 24, 2018 3:27 pm

"I actually hope that we'll do that in the next few days," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said at an event Tuesday night called Investigating Russia and Defending Democracy in San Francisco. "So it's my goal to have this out this week." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Adam Schiff aims to have Democratic memo released this week

Diana Stancy Correll · February 21, 2018 5:31 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Sunday that the Justice Department is looking into how the agency obtains warrants via the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. That process has faced backlash from both sides of the aisle. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Jeff Sessions: Justice Department investigating process used by FBI to apply for FISA warrants

Naomi Lim · February 18, 2018 7:37 pm

Judge Rosemary Collyer, who presides over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, explained in letterssent to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (pictured above) and House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte that the requests the court have received this year are the first of their kind and thus a path forward has yet to be determined. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

FISA court responds to Republican leaders’ requests for info on Trump aide surveillance

Daniel Chaitin · February 16, 2018 1:07 am

Members of Congress investigating the Trump-Russia affair, both House and Senate, Democrat and Republican, are clamoring to get their hands on the memos former FBI Director James Comey penned about his interactions with President Trump. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Why are the Comey memos secret?

Byron York · February 15, 2018 2:56 am

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has said there will be redactions, but not revisions to a Democrat-penned rebuttal to a Republican memo released from the House Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Adam Schiff: No revisions will be made to Democratic memo

Naomi Lim · February 14, 2018 4:01 am

The reports shared a winding narrative, worthy of a Hollywood spy movie, about how American intelligence officials opened a channel with a Russian operative who agreed to sell documents stolen from the NSA. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

CIA: Reports on feds being ‘bilked’ out of money trying to obtain stolen NSA documents ‘patently false’

Daniel Chaitin · February 11, 2018 1:21 am

"Mr. President, what you call 'political' are actually called facts, and your concern for sources and methods would be more convincing if you hadn't decided to release the GOP memo ('100%') before reading it and over the objections of the FBI," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., tweeted Saturday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Adam Schiff fires back at Trump over memo: ‘Mr. President, what you call ‘political’ are actually called facts’

Daniel Chaitin · February 10, 2018 6:26 pm

President Trump tweeted on Saturday that he sent the Democratic memo back to the House Intelligence Committee because it was "very political." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: Democrats’ ‘very political’ memo was weaponized so they could play transparency blame game

Daniel Chaitin · February 10, 2018 3:23 pm