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Offline SirLinksALot

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SOURCE: NBC NEWS

URL: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-intel-committee-cancels-meetings-amid-calls-nunes-step-down-n739361

by Erik Ortiz



The House Intelligence Committee has scrapped the rest of its meetings this week as calls intensify for Chairman Devin Nunes to step down following his admission that he met with a secret source at the White House to review intelligence reports.

The decision to cancel the meetings was confirmed on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" by Rep. Jim Himes — among the Democrats on the committee demanding that Rep. Nunes recuse himself from the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in last year's election.

Himes said an intelligence committee meeting Monday was canceled, as well as an open hearing set for Wednesday and an unrelated meeting Thursday.

"Not only has this investigation sort of had a shadow cast on it, but the committee's been put into suspended animation," Himes said.

Nunes told reporters Tuesday "the investigation continues," but declined to say whether he planned to recuse himself.

On Monday, Nunes' spokesman confirmed that the chairman met with a source at the White House grounds to look at reports purportedly showing President Donald Trump or his aides were "incidentally" swept up in foreign surveillance by American spy agencies.

Nunes, a California Republican who was a member of the Trump transition team, initially told reporters last week that he had seen such reports, but didn't elaborate on the source.

He's now under criticism for failing to tell the top Democrat on the intelligence committee about his White House visit. It's also unclear why Nunes would go to the White House to seek a secure location to view classified material when members of the committee said there are secure rooms at the Capitol.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer refused to comment Monday when asked why Nunes was on White House grounds.

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Lest we forget?

Gowdy: Do you know whether Director Clapper knew the name of the U.S. citizen that appeared in the New York Times and Washington Post?
Comey: I can’t say in this forum because I again I do not want to confirm there was classified information in the newspaper.

Gowdy: Would he have had access to an unmasked name?
Comey: In some circumstances, sure, he was the director of National Intelligence. But I’m not talking about the particular.

Gowdy: Would Director Brennan have access to an unmasked U.S. citizen’s name?
Comey: In some circumstances, yes.

Gowdy: Would National Security Advisor Susan Rice have access to an unmasked U.S. citizen’s name?
Comey: Yes, in general, and any other national security advisor would, I think, as a matter of the ordinary course of their business.

Gowdy: Would former White House advisor Ben Rhodes have access to an unmasked citizen’s name?
Comey: I do not know the answer to that.

Gowdy: Would former Attorney General Loretta Lynch have access to an unmasked U.S. citizen’s name?
Comey: In general, yes, as would any attorney general.

Gowdy: So that would also include Acting A.G. Sally Yates?
Comey: Same answer.

SOURCE: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gowdy-points-to-obama-officials-as-potential-flynn-leakers

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Dems are livid at Nunes for a couple of reasons, the main one being he is uncovering stuff that is potentially damaging to the previous administration.

The second one is that he went public without telling the democrats.

He's in for a fight.  I think, and hope, he is up for it.
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Dems are livid at Nunes for a couple of reasons, the main one being he is uncovering stuff that is potentially damaging to the previous administration.

The second one is that he went public without telling the democrats.

He's in for a fight.  I think, and hope, he is up for it.

We need to rally round folks like Nunes who, despite the blowback and fallout, are not afraid to do the right thing and speak up and speak out and stand up to the left.  That seems a rare quality among GOPers these days.

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Dems are livid at Nunes for a couple of reasons, the main one being he is uncovering stuff that is potentially damaging to the previous administration.

The second one is that he went public without telling the democrats.

He's in for a fight.  I think, and hope, he is up for it.

Not just the prior administration, @Emjay, but a whole lot of current administrators and electees. 

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Dems are livid at Nunes for a couple of reasons, the main one being he is uncovering stuff that is potentially damaging to the previous administration.

The second one is that he went public without telling the democrats.

He's in for a fight.  I think, and hope, he is up for it.

The GOP leadership needs to step up and loudly show support for Nunes and what he's doing, and give the figurative middle finger to the democrats and press. There's no way they should be allowed to gain traction THIS time.
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