Tag: Surveillance

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., said the Democratic memo does not "undercut" the document produced by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trey Gowdy: Democrats may have intentionally included info in their FISA memo that requires redactions

Naomi Lim · February 7, 2018 1:24 am

"This is not as clean a memo as the first one," White House chief of staff John Kelly told reporters after a meeting on Capitol Hill. "This is a different memo than the first one, it's lengthier ... But again, where the first one was very clean relative to sources and methods, my initial cut is this one is a lot less clean." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

John Kelly hints White House may redact Democratic memo before its release

Al Weaver · February 7, 2018 1:06 am

Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., said, "My guess is that after the Democratic rebuttal is released, and I'm confident it will be, you'll probably see a Republican rebuttal to the rebuttal." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP might write another memo to rebut Democrats

Pete Kasperowicz · February 6, 2018 1:28 pm

"I've never seen this president participate in an effort that did anything other than make him look good," said Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., who sits on the House Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

House Democrat: Trump will fight against full release of Dem surveillance memo

Pete Kasperowicz · February 6, 2018 1:01 pm

Media outlets have had some less-than-kind things to say about Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. Over the past week, he's been called a "near-treasonous water boy," a "propagandist," "a courier for Donald Trump," and just "a former dairy farmer." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Media slam Devin Nunes, but can’t explain why

Eddie Scarry · February 6, 2018 5:01 am

Rep. Tom Garrett, R-Va., on CNN Monday compared the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election to the conspriacy theories that former President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. (screenshot)

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Tom Garrett: Investigations into Russia meddling ‘essentially birtherism’

Naomi Lim · February 6, 2018 3:37 am

On Fox News Monday, Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, called for the full release of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court transcripts mentioned in a House GOP memo. (screenshot)

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Donald Trump Jr. calls for FISA court transcripts about Carter Page to be released

Naomi Lim · February 6, 2018 2:22 am

The 2015 USA Freedom Act established amici curiae for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, but according to an outgoing amicus, the advisers are almost never, if ever, asked for their input. (iStock)

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Former FISA court adviser ‘might have argued that the Steele dossier was unreliable’ if he was asked

Steven Nelson · February 6, 2018 12:37 am

The memo from ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is classified, but the committee's vote to release it sends the paper to the White House for President Trump's review. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Intelligence Committee votes to release Democrats’ response to Nunes memo

Kelly Cohen · February 5, 2018 11:15 pm

The New York Times argues "there is no longer a justification 'for the Page warrant orders and application materials to be withheld in their entirety,' and 'disclosure would serve the public interest.'" (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

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New York Times asks FISA court to unseal Carter Page warrant application

Kelly Cohen · February 5, 2018 8:08 pm

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

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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)

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

Melissa Quinn · February 5, 2018 3:32 pm