An explosive event, not just the contents of the secret GOP memo …
FBI slams secret Nunes memo alleging Feds spied on Team Trump for political reasons | The Register |
The FBI has slammed a still-secret memo that claims the bureau was politically motivated when it requested a wiretap on a key advisor of Donald Trump during his presidential campaign.
In a statement released Wednesday, the law enforcement agency said it was “provided a limited opportunity to review this memo the day before the committee voted to release it” – referring to a decision by the House Intelligence Committee to release the four-page memo to congressfolk last week.
The FBI statement , emailed to journalists, continued: “As expressed during our initial review, we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy.”
More below the fold …
Further reading @EuroTrib where I posted the full diary including twitter links.
Plenty more to add later …
Shameful how both parties have politicized the FBI appointments as well as the IC – see under the George Bush years and the intelligence to go to war in Iraq. STOP THE LIES AND WAR PROPAGANDA!! STOP THE INVASION OF US CITIZEN’S PRIVACY.
○ The sketchy past of the man at the center of the Republicans’ memo obsession
It’s not the meeting by itself, but the misinformation, lies and attempt to cover-up the intention of the discussion they stands out as a sore finger. Is Mueller on the prowl?
Although a conservative news outlet, I will judge this on the merits of writing, the content. Interesting coverage by same columnist last December … the Nunes Secret GOP Memo provides nothing that hasn’t already been in public discourse. Why were FBI, DOJ and top Democrats so opposed for its release and exposure of intelligence sources?
○ Was the Steele Dossier the FBI’s `Insurance Policy’?
A concise analysis of the Nunes Memo from BBC News …
○ Key parts of US Memo and what it means
No surprise in Washington DC’s kabuki theatre and the partisan report. This won’t stop the Mueller investigation.
The Republicans may have “overlooked” the origin of Fusion GPS and the origin with the Rubio campaign and his big sponsor Paul Singer … I haven’t:
○ Fusion GPS linked to UAE Sheikh and Rubio Donor
One must realize, both Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS are not in the political oppo research, but closely knit to oligarchs, corruption and the well paid lawsuits between these billionaires. The triangle of corruption and wealth being played out in London – New York – Tel Aviv.
The US State Department had placed its trust in both entities for knowledge of and research done on Ukrainian oligarchs, both pro-Western and pro-Russian. That’s how Manafort was the first to be an easy target. Once he joined the Trump campaign, all bids were off and the IC pounced on Trump & Co.
The Glenn Simpson hearing totally annihilated William Browder and the linked Magnitsky Act of US Congress.
Quite interesting, Glenn Simpson worked for a Russian oligarch to defeat the Magnitsky Act …
○ Fusion GPS: Transcript of Testimony Glenn Simpson Released
○ Emptywheel, Simpson Testimony and Sergei Millian
Unintended consequences … 😉
Bipartisanship is seen with donors across the aisle …
Mr. Schumer shares donors with many Republican elites. He and George W. Bush, for example, each counted Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and CitiGroup as top funders. Two of the major investment banks that collapsed in 2008 financial crash, Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns, also showered money on both men. Mitt Romney backers, such as Paul Singer [NYT] and John Paulson, also support Mr. Schumer’s campaigns.