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The Establishments war on Donald Trump
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Title: The Memo Freakout
Source: National Review
URL Source: http://www.nationalreview.com/artic ... -memo-freakout-media-overblown
Published: Feb 1, 2018
Author: The Editors
Post Date: 2018-02-01 13:09:31 by Tooconservative
Keywords: None
Views: 837
Comments: 3

Donald Trump’s critics have moved beyond latter-day Cold Warrior mode into full blown McCarthyism. John Heilemann of MSNBC has taken to insinuating that Republican Devin Nunes, chairman of the House intelligence committee, might be a Russian plant. The congressman’s offense is producing and working to release a memo about the sources of the FBI’s surveillance of persons associated with the Trump campaign in 2016, which has made Nunes the most hated man in Washington for Democrats and the press.

The memo is portrayed as a blatant PR gimmick and a clear and present danger to America’s intelligence operations. But from what we know of Nunes and his colleagues, they have long been sincerely alarmed at what they’ve learned about how the FBI operated in 2016. The suspicions have been heightened by the bizarre stonewalling of the committee’s inquiry by a Republican-led Justice department (this background accounts for why the committee hasn’t worked closely with the DOJ on the memo).

As for endangering U.S. intelligence, the committee has scrupulously followed the process to declassify the document in such circumstances. Nunes or someone else could have simply leaked the document to a sympathetic reporter — this is how Washington usually works — but he has instead played by the rules. The White House is, per chief of staff John Kelly, currently scrubbing the document, and presumably anything that reveals sources and methods will be redacted.

We can’t know if the document is nearly as explosive as advertised until we see it. Perhaps the presuppositions of the committee Republicans have led them to an overly hostile interpretation of the material. (The FBI is already out with a statement saying that the memo leaves out important details.) But you don’t have to be Sean Hannity to be curious about the beginning of the investigation and its conduct, given the disturbing revelations of the last few months.

At the outset of all this, we favored a full investigation of the 2016 election controversies — from the Russian hacking to unmasking — to give the public as many facts as possible. Instead, the main investigation is taking place within the black box of a special-counsel probe. If nothing else, the Nunes memo will pull back the curtain on part of the story. The FBI and the Democrats can — and should — share their own versions. This is called public debate, and we assure the Red Hunters on the Left that this is not how the Kremlin conducts its affairs.


Poster Comment:

It is interesting to watch how a known hotbed of NeverTrumpers (like Jonah Goldberg) step up when the issue of the memo comes up.

This seems like a very strong statement in favor of release. Maybe a little surprising considering how much backbiting they've done to Trump previously.

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#1. To: Tooconservative (#0)

This seems like a very strong statement in favor of release.

The day before the announced release of the memo the National Review is calling for the release of the memo. Hardly an act of bravado.

misterwhite  posted on  2018-02-01   14:39:57 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: misterwhite (#1)

I'm noting mostly which NeverTrumper nests will take the pro-Trump side in this matter.

A lot of NeverTrumping is quibbling and bitching over Trump's crude statements or tweets.

But when we get to something substantive, I'm interested if these normally mainstream conservative outlets toe the line to support the House GOP and Trump in general.

And it seems that NRO is. We'll see how Weekly Standard fares. I've noticed very little over there recently from Fred Barnes, an early and very vocal Trump supporter. And Kristol is still trolling Twitter as an emeritus of WS, not a pretty site. He's become a real figure of ridicule, way beyond his animosity for TrumpWorld.

Tooconservative  posted on  2018-02-01   15:11:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Tooconservative (#2) (Edited)

Kristol is still trolling Twitter as an emeritus of WS, not a pretty site. He's become a real figure of ridicule, way beyond his animosity for TrumpWorld.

He's thrashing around on Twitter? Pathetic.

Bill Kristol is all in. No one takes him seriously anymore. He's ridiculed from both sides of the spectrum, a political orphan. He's "Emeritus" alright -- of NWO IDIOCY. Dunno how Barnes can stand the guy.

Liberator  posted on  2018-02-03   9:48:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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