McCaul Urges Release of Classified Material that Made Up Basis of GOP Memo

freebeacon.com ^ | Natalie Johnson

[RoosterRedux]

House Homeland Security Committee chairman Michael McCaul (R., Texas) on Monday called for the publication of the classified documents that served as the basis of a Republican memo accusing federal law enforcement officials of abusing surveillance tools to spy on a former Trump aide.

Republicans allege the four-page memo released Friday shows the Justice Department and FBI failed to disclose critical information to federal judges when applying for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance warrant to wiretap onetime Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page.

Democrats, who are pressing for the release of their own counter memo, say the Republican document cherry-picked facts from underlying classified documents in an attempt to protect President Donald Trump and discredit the special counsel's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

In remarks at George Washington University, McCaul called for public access to the classified law-enforcement material the memo was based on.

"I believe that the entire FISA application, including the affidavit attached—taking out methods and sources—should be released to the American people so we have a full context of what was the basis for the application from an evidence standpoint," McCaul said.

Government officials seeking to monitor a target under the FISA law must submit an application to a surveillance court presenting probable cause that the individual in question is acting as an agent of a foreign power. Republicans say the application to monitor Page relied excessively on unverified information gathered by former British spy, Christopher Steele, whose controversial dossier was partly financed by the Democratic National Committee and directed by the opposition research firm Fusion GPS.

[rovenstinez]

WELL, sounds like it is time to bring HRC in and start having her do some real hard questions and answers under oath, and this time hang some real threats that someone might be going to prison if this doesn’t get cleared up soon.

[Parley Baer]

Let’s put all the FISA information out on the table. Let the sun shine on it. Then we can judge for ourselves.

[Col Frank Slade]

Drip drip drip

[mac_truck]

Let’s put all the FISA information out on the table. Let the sun shine on it. Then we can judge for ourselves.

Concurring bump...sunlight is the best disinfectant.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks RoosterRedux.