The following article by Gopal Ratnam was posted on the Roll Call website February 2, 2018:
Releasing a four-page memo authored by aides to House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., alleging abuse of surveillance power by the FBI could ultimately weaken the process by which U.S. intelligence agencies seek secret court orders to conduct surveillance on foreigners, lawmakers and former intelligence professionals say.
Moreover, releasing the memo could erode the trust between the intelligence community and the congressional intelligence panels, these officials say.
President Donald Trump and his top White House aides are said to favor releasing the memo as early as Friday, without any changes, despite strong objections by the Justice Department and the FBI. Republicans in Congress, breaking with past practice, have said they would not allow a dissenting memo from the House Intelligence panel’s Democrats to be made public alongside the Nunes memo. Continue reading “Nunes Memo Could Weaken FISA, Congressional Panels”