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2018-06-23 -Lurid Crime Tales-

The DOJ has turned over additional FISA records to Republicans, and former intelligence officials say the implications could be 'catastrophic'

[Business Insider] The Department of Justice has turned over additional surveillance records of President Donald Trump's associates that were collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to House Republicans, according to two congressional sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

The surveillance was conducted as part of the department's Russia-related investigation, which is examining whether members of the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow to tilt the 2016 presidential election in his favor.

The news was first reported by CNN, which said the DOJ also provided lawmakers with other FBI records related to the Russia probe and the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state.

The move comes as House Republicans and the White House continue pressuring the DOJ and deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein to comply with subpoena requests for classified information.

While Republicans say the requests are part of their congressional oversight responsibility, Democrats accuse their colleagues across the aisle of using classified information to play politics and compromise the Russia investigation.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-06-23 12:09|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Blah blah blah.

Posted by charger 2018-06-23 13:07|| 2018-06-23 13:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Show me the convictions, fines and jail time. Until then ... Kabuki Theater.

Posted by magpie 2018-06-23 13:53|| 2018-06-23 13:53|| Front Page Top

#3 I seem to remember a release not long ago that was supposed to be catastrophic to national security. It seems the word catastrophic is now being used to serve the function of the word embarrassing.

Posted by gorb 2018-06-23 15:05|| 2018-06-23 15:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Depends on your perspective, gorb.

To certain folks I'm sure it is catastrophic.

Posted by AlanC 2018-06-23 15:31|| 2018-06-23 15:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't care until people are in handcuffs.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2018-06-23 16:36|| 2018-06-23 16:36|| Front Page Top

#6 Mueller’s Fruit of the Poisonous Tree

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-06-23 16:40|| 2018-06-23 16:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Obama tried to turn the USA into something that resembled Capone's Chicago, the Clinton's Arkansas, Stassi-controlled East Germany, Stalin's political USSR and the economy of Zimbabwe or Venexuela. What a mess he made of things.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-06-23 19:37|| 2018-06-23 19:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Another way to the full article, click on "read full article" and you'll get the full non-paywall WSJ story. Unedited and uncensored!

Full Mueller’s Fruit of the Poisonous Tree article.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2018-06-23 20:56|| 2018-06-23 20:56|| Front Page Top

#9 First we get proof, then we can do something about it. Before there was no proof, so nothing could be done, even though what we believed and they knew now turns out to have been true.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-06-23 22:45|| 2018-06-23 22:45|| Front Page Top

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