Tag: Surveillance

According to new reports, President Trump on Thursday plans to approve the release of a controversial memo written by House Republicans said to contain evidence of surveillance abuses by the Obama administration. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump likely to allow release of Nunes memo on Thursday: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · February 1, 2018 2:23 am

Former Trump campaign official Carter Page is one of the targets of special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Carter Page says Nunes memo will suffice if he cannot get ‘illegitimate’ FISA application

Diana Stancy Correll · February 1, 2018 2:17 am

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has said the FBI and Justice Department have been under investigation for months, a fact committee Democrats say isn't true. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Devin Nunes defends House Intelligence investigation into DOJ, FBI

Kelly Cohen · January 31, 2018 11:58 pm

Rep. Mike Quigley — an Illinois Democrat — asked Rep. Devin Nunes what role, if any, the Trump White House played in drafting the memo. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Devin Nunes didn’t respond when asked if staff worked with White House on House intel memo

Kelly Cohen · January 31, 2018 11:01 pm

Earlier Wednesday, the FBI said it has "grave concerns" about the four-page memo because it includes "material omissions of fact." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Devin Nunes to FBI: ‘No surprise’ to see FBI and DOJ’s ‘spurious objections’ to allowing public to see FISA memo

Kelly Cohen · January 31, 2018 9:18 pm

According to a prior report, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned the White House to object to the release of the memo. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

FBI says it has ‘grave concerns’ about accuracy of Nunes memo

Kelly Cohen · January 31, 2018 5:52 pm

"It will be released here pretty quick, I think, and then the whole world can see it," Kelly told Fox News Radio on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Kelly: Memo on surveillance abuses ‘will be released here pretty quick’

Melissa Quinn · January 31, 2018 4:09 pm

"Contrary to a published report, there are no current plans to release the House Intelligence Committee's memo," Sarah Sanders said about a document compiled the committee's chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. It is said to detail instances of anti-Trump bias at the nation's top law enforcement agency and a situation in which FBI agents abused their surveillance power. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House: ‘No current plans’ to release Nunes memo

Gabby Morrongiello · January 30, 2018 10:24 pm

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., spoke just hours after the House Intelligence Committee voted Monday to release a GOP memo that Republicans say describes abuses of federal surveillance authority. "They voted unanimously to not allow the public to see that, and that's a shame," he said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Democrat accuses GOP of releasing ‘brainwashing’ surveillance memo

Pete Kasperowicz · January 30, 2018 12:43 pm

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, under the chairmanship of Devin Nunes, R-Calif., have voted to make public a memo they say details surveillance abuses of the Obama administration. Democrats on the committee and elsewhere were against the move. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Memo war: GOP to release memo aimed at Justice Department, while Dems push memo aimed at GOP

Byron York · January 30, 2018 5:52 am

Companies such as Google and Twitter self-certify compliance with the Privacy Shield framework, which calls for clear policies and notices protecting employee and customer data. But governments also play a key role in upholding privacy principles and reviewing consumer complaints.

Major US trade deal with Europe could end over bureaucratic snafu

Steven Nelson · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday told CNN's Chris Cuomo that House Republicans are "deadly afraid of the Russia investigation" and are going to great lengths to impede it or distract from it. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nancy Pelosi: House Republicans are trying to ‘cover up’ the Russia probe by releasing FISA memo

Naomi Lim · January 30, 2018 4:44 am