#ReleaseTheMemo Goes Viral

#ReleaseTheMemo Goes Viral
By Cosmic Convergence Research Group -
Jan 21, 2018

Republicans demand release of secret memo about how Obama’s DOJ and FBI abused surveillance powers during election – and compare them to the KGB – as Russian bots tweet ‘#ReleaseTheMemo’

• Four-page memo from the Justice Department allegedly spells out how Obama officials used the ‘dirty dossier’ to get wiretap warrants and spy on Trump
  
• House Intel Committee Republicans want it released to the public; Democrats have voted against even sharing it with non committee-members in Congress
  
• One Pennslyvania Republican congressman said: ‘You think about, “Is this happening in America or is this the KGB?” That’s how alarming it is’
  
• A Florida member said ‘heads are going to roll at the FBI and the Department of Justice. There is no way everyone keeps their job’
  
• ‘#ReleaseTheMemo’ hashtag was trending Thursday and Friday, aided by Russian ‘bots’ that have blasted it out nonstop  
  

By David Martosko, Us Political Editor For Dailymail.com

Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee are demanding the public release of a Justice Department memo that reportedly exposes the Obama administration’s attempt to spy on Trump campaign officials during the 2016 election season.
The four-page memo was made available to members of Congress this week, following a party-line committee vote. Conservative lawmakers are insisting that the memo should be shared with the public.
National security journalist and Fox News contributor Sara Carter reported Thursday that the memo shows ‘extensive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuse.’
Carter quoted an unnamed government official who said that ‘some of these people should no longer be in the government.’


Republican members of Congress like Jim Jordan of Ohio are demanding the public release of a DOJ memo that allegedly spells out how the Obama administration used a ‘dirty dossier’ of anti-Trump research to obtain search warrants to spy on the future president and his aides


Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida said that ‘if we get this memo into the public square, heads are going to roll at the FBI and the Department of Justice. There is no way everyone keeps their job’


Iowa Rep. Steve King called the scandal ‘worse than Watergate’ in a tweet
Rep. Ron DeSantis suggested Friday on Fox News that the memo describes abuses of FISA related to a salacious and unsubstantiated anti-Trump dossier funded by the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Asked if the dossier was used by Obama administration officials to spy on Trump officials, DeSantis said: ‘I think that’s one of the central issues in the memo and I definitely want all Americans to be able to read what actually happened in that respect.’
Other Republicans told Fox News that the alarming memo should be mad public immediately.
‘It is so alarming the American people have to see this,’ Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan said.
‘It’s troubling. It is shocking,’ added North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows.
‘Part of me wishes that I didn’t read it because I don’t want to believe that those kinds of things could be happening in this country that I call home and love so much.’

House Intelligence Committee Republicans led by chairman Devin Nunes (left) voted to release the memo to all of Congress, but committee Democrats led by Rep. Adam Schiff (right) all voted against it


A long line of GOP members are seen the memo but have to view it in a secure, classified room in the basement of the Capitol
Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry had equally harsh words about the Obama administration’s alleged spying.
‘You think about, “Is this happening in America or is this the KGB?” That’s how alarming it is,’ said Perry.
Iowa Rep. Steve King tweeted: ‘I have read the memo. The sickening reality has set in. I no longer hold out hope there is an innocent explanation for the information the public has seen. I have long said it is worse than Watergate.’
On Thursday the Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to allow all members of Congress to view the memo.
Another committee vote could pave the way for the memo’s public release, but the Trump administration would have a five-day window to object.
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said Thursday night on the ‘Hannity’ program that ‘people will go to jail’ at the Justice Department and the FBI when details of Obama’s FISA abuses are made public.
‘If we get this memo into the public square, heads are going to roll at the FBI and the Department of Justice. There is no way everyone keeps their job,’ he said.


An opposition research firm hired former British spy Christopher Steele to compile a dossier of anti-Trump dirt in 2016, and Republicans fear the result was used illegally to get wiretaps on Trump campaign officials




Russian ‘bots’ on Twitter have been pushing the ‘#ReleaseTheMemo’ hashtag for the past 48 hours, stirring up controversy
The Twitter hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo was tweeted millions of times Thursday and Friday, with conservative members of Congress and Republican activists leading the charge.
The Alliance for Securing Democracy reported Friday that Russia-linked ‘bot’ Twitter accounts were blasting the hashtag out far more than any other.
Donald Trump Jr. said Friday on Twitter that Democrats in Congress were laser-focused on a government shutdown fght in order to draw the public’s attention away from the memo.
‘Prediction: Democrats will take an even stronger stance on shutting down the govt so that becomes the narrative rather than talking about the release of the apparently very damaging memo. Media will obviously be complicit in helping them! #releasethememo,’ he wrote.
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House Intelligence Committee Will Vote To Release FISA Corruption Memo…

Posted on January 20, 2018 by sundance


According to Representative Dave Joyce (R-OH14) the House Intelligence Committee will hold a vote on the release of the four-page Nunes memo that reveals systemic corruption within the DOJ and FBI; including the unlawful use of FISA-702(16)(17) data searches which were part of an elaborate DOJ-FBI surveillance program on the political campaign of Donald Trump.

Additionally, Chad Pergram reported that Chairman Devin Nunes met with Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte to discuss the best process to release the memo.   There are generally two ways it could be done, the HPSCI vote is the most likely.
As more people have become aware of the back-story to the campaign surveillance, FISA-702 issue, and the unlawful conduct of the FBI and DOJ, there is also a great deal of misinformation.  Few people have followed the entire story as it unfolded and that has led to large numbers of people mistakenly thinking the process for revealing the classified intelligence -at the heart of the issue- can be easily released.
There are also multiple media voices taking advantage of people with limited understanding of the year-long process.  Glenn Greenwald published an article today claiming there were “Four Easy Ways” the Nunes memo could be revealed.  That article by Greenwald is intentional disinformation targeted to cloud the larger issues and create chaos.  A deconstruction of Greenwald’s ridiculous arguments is HERE.
It is essential the process is followed that allows the larger story to come out without providing the use of political cover by those who are intent on hiding the corruption.


Once the House Intelligence Committee votes to declassify the four-page memo, the White House, National Security Adviser (H.R. McMaster) and National Security Council will have five days to review the content.  The White House will likely have a brief review by the NSC and the Office of Legal Counsel of the content, and then issue approval for the release.
There are poorly informed voices who claim President Trump can arbitraritly declassify the Nunes memo.  That is false.  The White House (the executive branch) does not own the document.  The Nunes memo is owned by the Legislative Branch, and specifically by the House Intelligence Committee.  The Executive Branch can request the memo, but they cannot demand it without following a process.  Therefore, without submission, the executive branch cannot declassify it.  There is an inherent constitutional separation of power.
Secondly, while it might seem like a good idea for President Trump to declassify the Nunes memo, if given by the Intel Committee, it would not be prudent to do so.  Within this classified document Donald Trump is the subject of adverse action outlined therein.
The President was the target of the unlawful action by the DOJ and FBI as reportedly outlined within the Nunes memo.  Because the memo contains details of FBI and DOJ surveillance, Donald Trump (now POTUS) is both the victim and the head of law enforcement in charge of investigation the illegal action that created the victim.
In addition to being both the victim and charged with the legal authority over the FBI and DOJ, there are downstream ramifications due to Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigating President Trump for “Obstruction of Justice”.
White House lawyer Don McGahn would clearly instruct Trump (victim) to stay the hell away from this investigation. There is an inherent conflict.   Any exceptional action taken by POTUS could be construed as interference, including violations of the separation of powers.
Therefore the best route as constructed by Nunes and Goodlatte would be for the House to vote to declassify, pass on to the Executive for review, then President Trump grants approval for the request of the House (legislative branch).
By law, all attempts by the legislative branch to declassify intelligence information must be given to the executive branch for review in advance of release.  This is because the executive branch needs to see if any current intelligence operations might be compromised by information not known to the legislative branch.
The National Security Council and any impacted offices of the intelligence information (CIA, NSA, FBI, DOJ, U.S. DoS, DOD, etc.) review, provide opinion, and sign off prior to executive approval and release.
It is not just this declassification that goes through this process, all declassification goes through this process.   In this example, presumably, the President has no adverse reason to block the declassification request and it is likely all approvals will happen quite quickly.
After the White House approves of the HPSCI request, the Memo then becomes public.
That’s when Democrats will attack the memo as being authored and misrepresented by Chairman Devin Nunes.  This is the politics.
If/when this happens (highly likely it will), Chairman Nunes will then request the entire House of Representatives be given the opportunity to see the underlying FISA documentation that led to the summary.
The underlying FISA documentation likely includes the DOJ/FBI FISA application as presented to the FISA court; again, likely to include the “Clinton/Steele Dossier”.
Additionally, the FISA-702 raw data will include the FBI “searches” on Trump officials that led to the upstream collection of information and the subsequent “unmasking” of Trump officials.
Releasing the underlying FISA documentation -that proves the Nunes FISA memo- will likely follow a similar path as the Nunes memo itself.  Again, this is a process, and within each of these processes there are revelations as to the scope of the corruption and conspiracy.
And this is just Devin Nunes.
Behind Nunes the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley, is investigating the Steele Dossier and the FBI use therein.  Also there’s the House Judiciary Committee, Bob Goodlatte, focused on the DOJ corruption.  Nunes, Grassley and Goodlatte are bolstered by Inspector General Michael Horowitz who is providing the year-long investigation evidence into politicization of the DOJ and FBI.
The entire enterprise of exposing the corruption and conspiracy has just begun.
CTH readers are well ahead of the entire storyline; however, for the rest of America -including a massive part the voting electorate- they have no idea what’s coming.

Devin Nunes is just the beginning.  Batting Order:

• First-up:  Devin Nunes (Chairman Intel Committee, Full I/C Oversight)
  
• Second:  Chuck Grassley (Chairman Senate Judiciary – DOJ/FBI Oversight)
  
• Third: Bob Goodlatte (Chairman House Judiciary – DOJ Oversight)
  
• Clean-up:  Michael Horowitz (DOJ Inspector General)
  

•House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes is focused on the FISA abuse; and overall abuse from the larger intelligence community (FBI, CIA, ODNI and NSA). The FISA-702 angle is his leverage to reveal it.
•Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is focused on the Dossier fraud; and the overall DOJ and FBI corruption. The Steele Dossier is his leverage to reveal it.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley completely predicted that “hoodwinked by the Russians” would be the fall-back position by Clinton and the FBI/DOJ insider team as it relates to their connection to the dossier content.
Accordingly, Senator Grassley and Senator Lindsey Graham sent the FBI a referral for criminal prosecution of Christopher Steele based on statements from FBI agents who attributed statements to Steele; those second-hand accounts conflict with known evidence about the dossier content. –SEE HERE– Grassley is calling the FBI’s bluff and demanding they investigate the horrible British fibber while knowing the fibber isn’t Steele – it’s the FBI.

•House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte is focused on the FBI and DOJ corruption; and his leverage is the Office of Inspector General, Michael Horowitz, and the year-long IG investigation that just began turning over 1.2 million pages of investigative documents.

Remember, this entire process didn’t begin with the Nunes memo, it began back in March and April of 2017 when Chairman Nunes discovered the unlawful unmasking and FISA surveillance activity; and the seeds of that discovery go back to March 2016 when National Security Agency Director Admiral Mike Rogers noticed the unlawful FISA-702(16)(17) searches.
In March 2017 Devin Nunes was stuck in a legal conundrum due to the classified nature of the information and the fact that declassification by the DOJ was adverse to their interests.  The DOJ was the entity carrying out the prior unlawful action contained within the classified evidence viewed by Devin Nunes.
A plan was developed.
In April and May 2017 Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, and NSA Director Admiral Rogers, began assembling a pathway for Devin Nunes to climb out of that intelligence box.   ODNI Dan Coats declassified the FISA Court opinion, and that opened the door for Horowitz, Grassley, Goodlatte and Nunes to question the content therein that circled the unlawful action of the DOJ and FBI.
Where we are today is a step in the investigative process that is an outcome of months of work by Coats, Rogers and Horowitz to extract Chairman Devin Nunes and bring all prior DOJ and FBI corruption to the surface.

RESOURCES:  – The BIG UGLY

• Ron DeSantis Discussed Nunes FISA Memo – HERE
  
• Matt Gaetz Discussed Nunes FISA Memo – Here
  
• Jim Jordan discusses Nunes FISA Memo – HERE
  
• Jordan and Gaetz Discuss the FISA Abuse – HERE
  
• House Intel Committee Releases Simpson Testimony – HERE
  
• House Intel Committee votes to reveal documents – HERE
  
• The History of the IC pushing back against FBI/DOJ – HERE
  
• Hillary Clinton tries to blame the Russians – See HERE
  
• Congress prepares the three-dimensional war – SEE HERE
  
• Fusion GPS a Contractor for FBI – SEE HERE
  
• Confirmation DOJ and FBI used FISC Authority for Surveillance HERE.
  
• Behind the political Battle – What it all means – HERE
  
• Devin Nunes Gets Information From DOJ/FBI – SEE HERE
  
• Congress Begins indicating a Leak Investigation – HERE
  
• DOJ Deputy Attorney Bruce Ohr Gets another Demotion HERE
  
• How the DOJ and FBI were “Weaponized” – HERE
  
• Grassley and Graham call FBI/DOJ Bluff HERE
  
• NSA Director Mike Rogers and the FISA Scheme Explained HERE
  
• The Russian Conspiracy was “The Insurance Policy” HERE
  
• Fusion GPS runs for Cover HERE
  
• Lindsey Graham discussed the Steele Dossier and FISA Warrant HERE
  
• The Scale of the DOJ and FBI Corruption – Outlined HERE
  
• The DOJ FISA Corruption Outlined HERE
  
• Devin Nunes subpoenas McCain staffer David Kramer HERE
  
• New context to understand Evelyn Farkas Comments – Discussed HERE
  
• How will media respond? – Discussed HERE
  
• A Counterintelligence Timeline – WH and FBI – HERE
  
• FBI Asst. Deputy, Andrew “Andy” McCabe announces intent to retire – HERE
  
• FBI Legal Counsel, James Baker, identified as leaker to media – HERE
  
• FBI Legal Counsel, James Baker, removed from responsibility – HERE
  
• Steele Dossier Origination Now Directly Leads To Obama White House – HERE
  
• FBI Asst. Director “Andy” McCabe has convenient memory lapse – HERE
  
• Rand Paul Discusses Evidence of Conspiracy HERE
  
• Summary of Scheme and Letter from Trump Transition Team HERE
  
• Congress Confirms the Investigative Approach for The Big Ugly HERE
  
• Understanding the Background Motives of Inspector General Horowitz HERE
  
• Democrats Realize the BIG Ugly Is Coming HERE
  
• Understanding the Important Role of Bill Priestap HERE
  
• Inspector General Horowitz Explains how he caught Peter Strzok and Lisa Page HERE
  
• Understanding the Pattern of Information Releases HERE
  
• Jim Jordan Questions Rod Rosenstein HERE
  
• More releases of information about Peter Strzok, Lisa Page and Andrew McCabe HERE
  
• Why Was FISA Court Judge Recused – Discussion HERE
  
• Jaw-Dropping Info. on Demoted DOJ Deputy Bruce G Ohr’s wife, Nellie H. Ohr HERE
  
• Discovery – Nellie Ohr worked for Fusion GPS on Trump Opposition Research Project
  
• Intel Chairman Devin Nunes Outlines FBI FISA Warrant Abuse HERE
  
• The FBI/DOJ Leak Hunting Task Force Everyone Forgot – Outlined HERE
  
• Jim Jordan Discusses the Fraud Behind the FBI FISA Warrant HERE
  
• Black Hat Hunting II – Becomes Obvious – False Media Leaks To Catch Leakers HERE
  
• The BIG UGLY – The Big Picture and What it Means HERE
  
• Judge Rudolph Contreras Recuses Himself – FISA Discoveries HERE
  
• “The Predicate” – The Importance of the Origin of The FISA WARRANTS HERE
  
• Black Hat Hunting I – First Appearance of Coordinated Plan HERE
  
• Deputy Head of Counterintelligence FBI Agent Peter Strzok – Outlined HERE
  
  
• Discovering Initial Seeds of DOJ-OIG Investigative Plan – Outlined HERE
  
• President Trump Reacts to Evidence of FBI Mgmt Bias Against Him HERE
  
• Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes Threatens FBI with Contempt HERE
  
• First IG Release of FBI Team Bias on Robert Mueller Squad HERE
  

IG Stimulated Releases of Information:

Release #1 was the FBI Agent Strzok and Attorney Lisa Page story; and the repercussions from discovering their politically motivated bias in the 2015/2016 Clinton email investigation and 2016/2017 Russian Election investigation.
Release #2 outlined the depth of FBI Agent Strzok and FBI Attorney Page’s specific history in the 2016 investigation into Hillary Clinton to include the changing of the wording [“grossly negligent” to “extremely careless”] of the probe outcome delivered by FBI Director James Comey.
Release #3 was the information about DOJ Deputy Bruce Ohr being in contact with Fusion GPS at the same time as the FISA application was submitted and granted by the FISA court; which authorized surveillance and wiretapping of candidate Donald Trump; that release also attached Bruce Ohr and Agent Strzok directly to the Steele Dossier.
Release #4 was information that Deputy Bruce Ohr’s wife, Nellie Ohr, was an actual contract employee of Fusion GPS, and was hired by F-GPS specifically to work on opposition research against candidate Donald Trump. Both Bruce Ohr and Nellie Ohr are attached to the origin of the Christopher Steele Russian Dossier.
Release #5 was the specific communication between FBI Agent Strzok and FBI Attorney Page. The 10,000 text messages that included evidence of them both meeting with Asst. FBI Director Andrew McCabe to discuss the “insurance policy” against candidate Donald Trump in August of 2016.


Thanks to: https://theconservativetreehouse.com

Again, this is why Lawyers should never have been allowed to hold public office of any type...

Marty, this goes so deep. They are all in on the corruption, at least any of them in the know. The lobbyists have fattened all of their pockets. The lies and deceit runs 100's of years. There is no draining of the swamp. Trump is just bringing enough forward to piss off the masses...People must remember, our courts are full of legitimate lawsuits against this fraud of a corporation..They have unlimited money and resources....So, we wait...