Adam Schiff calls on Dan Coats to tell him if William Barr declassifies over intelligence community

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Adam Schiff calls on Dan Coats to tell him if William Barr declassifies over intelligence community objections
by Daniel Chaitin
 | May 31, 2019 02:58 PM
 | Updated May 31, 2019, 04:03 PM



House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff pressed the intelligence community to let him know if Attorney General William Barr declassifies any documents pertaining to the Russia investigation over their objections.

Last week, President Trump delegated Barr "full and complete authority to declassify information" related to the origins of the federal investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. The White House also instructed several agencies to cooperate with Barr's inquiry, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Department, the State Department, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

In a letter Friday to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, Schiff wrote that Trump's memo "perniciously" seeks the intelligence community's help to "politicize the [intelligence community] and law enforcement, to delegitimize the well-founded investigation into the President, and to attack the President's political enemies."

Schiff demanded Coats keep him apprised of the intelligence community's activities, including "any declassification that has been or will be made over [intelligence community] objection," and set a deadline of June 6 to hear back.

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[Jazzhead]

The point of delegating authority to declassify to Barr is to remove the appearance of politicization,  by severing Trump from the decision-making.   Of course,  Schiff races to politicize it. 

The Dems have adopted a scorched-earth obsession with destroying this man.  Yes, Trump in his tweets goads them on,  but when the rubber hits the road he listens to the words of his advisors.   And Barr's reputation is solid in Washington; that of a responsible steward.    Trump has appointed a number of folks like that, like Kelly and Mathis, who haven't been afraid to stand up to him.    Trump's a hard man to work for,  but I think the past couple of years shows he's been sober when it counts.    Especially in the face of attempts by Democrats to corner him like a dog.

The pity is that the jackals are going after Barr and his reputation.   (The beauty part is that he's up to it. )  The Dems want Trump so much to fail that they will destroy the very professionals who can counsel him to keep his Presidency on keel.   The collateral damage to the nation be damned.