Tag: Surveillance

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

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

Letter warned that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has become a "target for those attempting to interfere" with the special counsel investigation. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Democrats spooked? Internal letter says FISA memo ‘provides no credible basis’ for Trump to fire Rod Rosenstein

Daniel Chaitin · February 3, 2018 10:44 pm

President Trump tweeted on Saturday that the House Intelligence Committee memo prepared by Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., "totally vindicates" him in light of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., then replied and said he disagreed. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

‘Quite the opposite, Mr. President,’ Adam Schiff says after Trump claims memo ‘totally vindicates’ him in special counsel probe

Daniel Chaitin · February 3, 2018 5:00 pm

"This memo totally vindicates "Trump" in probe. But the Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on," President Trump tweeted about the memo he consented to have released Friday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump: Memo ‘totally vindicates’ me in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation

Daniel Chaitin · February 3, 2018 2:45 pm

After the release of a controversial House Intelligence memo Friday, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pointed out some lawmakers most exercised about the excessive surveillance measures noted in the memo seem awfully comfortable with government surveillance powers more broadly. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Nunes memo reaction highlights selective surveillance outrage

W. James Antle III · February 3, 2018 5:01 am

Sean Hannity on his Fox News program Friday, once again, said special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election should be disbanded. (screenshot)

Hannity: Charges against Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn should be dropped

Diana Stancy Correll · February 3, 2018 4:24 am

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., right, said in an interview: "We are in the middle of what I call 'phase two' of our investigation, which involved other departments. Specifically the State Department and some of the involvement they had in this."

More memos? Devin Nunes says House Intelligence is in ‘phase two’ of investigation

Diana Stancy Correll · February 3, 2018 2:08 am

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said in an interview that he would be open to releasing the transcript of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's testimony from a closed committee session in December 2017.

Devin Nunes open to releasing transcript of Andrew McCabe testimony about FISA application

Diana Stancy Correll · February 3, 2018 12:03 am

In light of the backlash of the memo, Christopher Wray told his agency: "Talk is cheap; the work you do is what will endure." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

FBI Director Christopher Wray tells agency to ‘keep calm and tackle hard’ during memo controversy

Katie Leach · February 2, 2018 11:38 pm

Rep. Paul Gosar said in a statement to the Washington Examiner that the former director and deputy FBI director, and two former deputy attorneys general "have made a mockery of the FBI." (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

National Security

Rep. Paul Gosar calls for ‘criminal prosecution’ of former top FBI, DOJ officials after release of Nunes memo

Mandy Mayfield · February 2, 2018 11:07 pm

A controversial memo written by Rep. Devin Nunes' staff claims "[FBI] Deputy Director [Andrew] McCabe testified before the Committee in December 2017 that no surveillance warrant would have been sought from the FISC without the Steele dossier information." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Doubt cast upon Nunes memo’s bombshell claim about Andrew McCabe’s testimony on Trump dossier

Diana Stancy Correll · February 2, 2018 10:58 pm