Rep. Schiff: We Can’t Release FISA Memo Because American People Wouldn’t Understand It

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Rep. Schiff: We Can’t Release FISA Memo Because American People Wouldn’t Understand It
‘The American people unfortunately don’t have the underlying materials and therefore they can’t see how distorted and misleading this document is’

Jan 20, 2018

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:

CABRERA: "Let me ask you about the Russia investigation. I can't have you here and not. Especially given how much we talked about it in the first year of the presidency. And now if you turn on any conservative media, they keep talking about this Nunez memo, the chairman of the house intelligence committee, that he's put out there and many Republicans have taken a look at it and they want it made public. Can you tell us what exactly is it?"

SCHIFF: "It is essentially a set of talking points that the Republican Intel staff drafted. Based on the highly classified materials which most of the Republican members were forced to acknowledge. They've not even read. So they don't know how distorted these talking points are. But as part of the narrative they want to push out. Interestingly enough, they've made common cause once again with Russian bots because Russian bots are pushing their narrative out there. It's in a redux of the campaign. We have assange and Wikileaks and Russian trolls and bots saying, you know, hash tag whatever the GOP narrative is. That ought to tell you a lot about what's driving this. And that is --"

CABRERA: "Why not allow peel to look at it and let Americans make the decision for themselves about whether it's useful information or not?"

SCHIFF: "Well, because the American people unfortunately don't have the underlying materials and therefore they can't see how distorted and misleading this document is. The Republicans are not saying make the underlying materials available to the public. They just want to make this spin available to the public. I think that spin, which is a attack on the FBI, is just designed to attack the FBI and Bob Mueller to circle the wagons for the White House. And that's a terrible disservice to the people, hard working people at the bureau, but more than that, it's a disservice to the country."

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[Frank Cannon]

[Sanguine]

And, of course, he's really afraid that we can understand it.

[skeeter]

Well do what the democrats do then. Leak it.

[truth_seeker]

How does Schiff know the contents? Did Comey's FBI tell him ?

Why not let our duly elected representatives see this on our behalf, and decide the merit ?

[Oceander]

Give us a try. 

[Cyber Liberty]

How does Schiff know the contents? Did Comey's FBI tell him ?

Why not let our duly elected representatives see this on our behalf, and decide the merit ?

That's what they are doing, the committee voted to release it to all members of Congress.  I predict Congress will decide Schiff is correct, and we'll never see it. 

[libertybele]

That's what they are doing, the committee voted to release it to all members of Congress.  I predict Congress will decide Schiff is correct, and we'll never see it.

You are probably correct; too many swamp creatures left.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

You are probably correct; too many swamp creatures left.

[Bigun]

That's what they are doing, the committee voted to release it to all members of Congress.  I predict Congress will decide Schiff is correct, and we'll never see it.

@Cyber Liberty

Likely true as they know what I know.  If that memo is ever released to the public and nothing is done about what it shows there will be civil unrest that makes anything you've seen up to now seem like a Sunday School outing.

[libertybele]

@Cyber Liberty

Likely true as they know what I know.  If that memo is ever released to the public and nothing is done about what it shows there will be civil unrest that makes anything you've seen up to now seem like a Sunday School outing.

All the reason that we need to call and e-mail or Congressmen and DEMAND that they release the FISA memo and hold those involved accountable!

[DB]

If it was okay for Feinstein to leak a secret document with no consequences another senator needs to do a Feinstein with this report and claim a headache made them do it...

[Fishrrman]

Rep. Schiff:
"We Can’t Release FISA Memo Because American People Wouldn’t Understand It..."

If this was a memo that was damaging to the Republicans, Mr Schiff and the rest of his democrat-communists would have already leaked it ... to the Washington Post or the New York Times..!

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

American people wouldn't understand it.

Has a familiar ring to it.