The Schiff Memo

Full Text of the Schiff memo, with some redactions   . . . "Now, after a back-and-forth with the Trump administration, Democrats finally got permission to release their own memo in response, with some redactions. You can read the memo below, or at this link."

Lengthy article by Andrew C. McCarthy: The Schiff Memo Harms Democrats More Than It Helps Them

It confirms that the FBI and the DOJ relied heavily on uncorroborated, third-hand, anonymous sources in their FISA application.

. . . "Another major takeaway from the Schiff memo is that the FBI and the DOJ withheld from the FISA court the fact that Steele’s work was a project of the Clinton campaign. Naturally, the reader must ferret this admission out of a couple of dense paragraphs, in which Democrats risibly claim that the “DOJ was transparent with the Court about Steele’s sourcing.” . . .

Nunes: No, Schiff’s Memo Doesn’t Change Anything in My Memo  . . . "Background: Nunes released his memo earlier this month that alleged the FBI used the disputed dossier on then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, authored by Christopher Steele, to receive a warrant to spy on Trump’s former campaign member Carter Page.

"Schiff released his memo this weekend that he claims counters Nunes’ memo, but it confirmed the main point of the GOP memo…that the officials used information from the unverified source to get that warrant. There were also some other agreements with the GOP memo.

"But the power struggle between these two continues because there are parts of  Nunes’ memo that remain unclear. Here are the main refutations Nunes provided:" . . .  Schiff’s Memo Also States FBI, DOJ Used Dossier to Obtain Warrant

Analysis: How Adam Schiff's Much-Hyped 'Counter-Memo' Actually Hurts His Case  . . . "In any case, for weeks, Adam Schiff and his fellow partisans loudly insisted that the Nunes memo misleadingly cherry-picked information in order to distort the wider picture. Their counter-memo would expose the GOP's chicanery, they said, while blasting Republicans for supposedly compromising intelligence 'sources and methods' through the publication of their initial memo. On that last point, the Nunes file did nothing of the sort, as became clear to anyone who bothered to read it. It was the Democrats' version that actually risked national security information, according to the FBI, which requested redactions to protect...sources and methods. That's why the release of Schiff's memo was delayed as long as it was." . . .

Nunes Reacts to Schiff Memo: Dems 'Colluding with Parts of the Government to Cover This Up'  . . . "Nunes pointed out that the whole point of his memo was "to show that FISA abuse had occurred," which he noted was "totally unacceptable." He added that it was the legislative branch's job to provide oversight on government abuse.

"Nunes said that in the Democratic memo, "they are advocating that it's okay for the FBI and DOJ to use political dirt, paid for by one campaign -- and use it against the other campaign. I don't care who you are -- a Republican, a Democrat, or an Independent -- in the United States of America, that is unacceptable.' " . . .