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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/371882-ryan-gop-memo-not-an-indictment-of-fbi-dojWHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday defended an unreleased House GOP memo that alleges abuses by the FBI and Justice Department, saying that its not an indictment of those government institutions.
What this is not is an indictment on our institutions, of our justice system. This memo is not an indictment of the FBI, of the Department of Justice. It does not impugn [special counsel Robert Muellers Russia] investigation or the deputy attorney general, Ryan said at a retreat for GOP lawmakers in West Virginia.
What it is is the Congresss legitimate function of oversight to make sure the FISA process is being used correctly, he added, referring to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. If it wasnt being used correctly, that needs to come to light and people need to be held accountable so this doesnt affect our civil liberties.
Qutzupalotl
(14,369 posts)THIS is an indictment! Robert Mueller
Pachamama
(16,888 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,180 posts)Snarkoleptic
(6,002 posts)He'll go right down the drain with the rest.
madaboutharry
(40,252 posts)spanone
(136,031 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)If he has had an issue why hasnt he done more as Speaker.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Phoenix61
(17,041 posts)Apparently, Ryan is smart enough to know that pissing off the FBI is not a good plan. It's probably an especially bad plan if you aren't squeaky clean.
unblock
(52,617 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Ryan is covering his ass with big words The Base will not understand and will just move on. Clever boy.
Xipe Totec
(43,905 posts)nocalflea
(1,387 posts)Cleanse is his word and his meaning is clear. A good journalist would tie him to that word . Remind him that he said it. Again and again.
moondust
(20,047 posts)does not include releasing classified intel to the public against the advice of the FBI. Period. Is Lyin' Ryan trying to be another Edward Snowden or Chelsea Manning? Is he feeding classified intel to Wikileaks/Russia as part of his "oversight"?
The general public may not see the harm in it or get a coherent picture because the information has undoubtedly been cherry-picked for political purposes, but some foreign adversaries may get some important pieces of their intelligence puzzles filled.
Trump moves toward releasing memo he hopes will undermine Russia probe
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