The Nunes Memo Undermines the Right’s Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theory
Alan: Yesterday, I had lunch with retired Air Force general friend AWC. A calm fellow by nature, he was furious with Trump for revealing classified information, arguing it was necessary for "transparency."
AWC went on to say that transparency is deadly for intelligence-gathering because it makes informants -- be they individuals or nation states -- unwilling to share information that compromises their anonymity, the sine qua non pre-requisite for revealing "dirty" secrets or other kinds of "hidden" information.
Sen. John McCain On Nunes Memo Release: "We Are Doing Putin's Job For Him"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/02/sen-john-mccain-on-nunes-memo-release.html
The Central Argument In The Nunes Memo Has Just Been Debunked
Business Insider
http://www.businessinsider.com/nunes-memo-fisa-court-steele-dossier-argument-debunked-2018-2?r=UK&IR=T
Snopes: Nunes Memo Drops And Flops
https://www.snopes.com/2018/02/02/nunes-memo-drops-flops/
Snopes: Nunes Memo Drops And Flops
https://www.snopes.com/2018/02/02/nunes-memo-drops-flops/
Excerpt: "Nunes on Friday said he had "an obligation to the American people" to release the memo, which he said showed "FISA abuse" by the DOJ and the FBI. He added that the Carter Page wiretap was "outrageous" and based on "salacious information paid for by a political campaign." But the "salacious" dossier was not the sole factor that prompted the FBI to launch its investigation or submit a FISA application targeting Page. To be sure, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Page was on the radar of US counterintelligence officials since at least 2013 — more than three years before he joined the Trump campaign."
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