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kentuck

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6. Is it true that the Comey memos were "unclassified" and remain so today?
Sat Apr 21, 2018, 07:12 AM
Apr 2018

Contrary to what Trump said and what FOX reported?
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/why-were-republicans-so-desperate-to-release-the-embarrassing-comey-memos-heres-one-explanation.html

This all ultimately seems to explain why House Republicans were so eager to get these memos into the public. It seems as though they thought the memos would prove Comey had illegally leaked classified information and lied about it. It seems as though they were basing this entirely on a bit of contradictory—and likely inaccurate—Fox News reporting. And it seems that this contradictory, likely inaccurate reporting was done by Fox News to help validate this Donald Trump tweet, which was sent two days after Comey’s Senate testimony:

Finally, it seems that the memos released prove the exact opposite: The apparently leaked documents were never and still aren’t classified.

Ultimately, this is likely why on Thursday night we learned that Putin was allegedly discussing Russian hookers with Trump, that the president appears to have been obsessed with the pee tape to a previously undisclosed degree, and apparently had his chief of staff ask the FBI director if Mike Flynn was being bugged.

In the likely event that there are more rakes out there in this investigation, House Republicans should think very carefully about where they step next.

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Yes of course they did. dem4decades Apr 2018 #1
Yes and of course they leaked it which is why those fuckers should get no info... Demsrule86 Apr 2018 #2
The primary political dialogue Republicans use are personal attacks. gordianot Apr 2018 #3
Self-Evidently, Yes ProfessorGAC Apr 2018 #4
Does a bear poop in the woods? nt doc03 Apr 2018 #5
Is it true that the Comey memos were "unclassified" and remain so today? kentuck Apr 2018 #6
No. Look at them yourself and you'll see the Classified headings and the redactions! Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #7
Did Comey classify and "redact" them by himself? kentuck Apr 2018 #10
No! Again, look at the memos. Somebody else's signature is on them de-classifying them. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #12
Did Comey give them that option in his memos? kentuck Apr 2018 #14
Look at the scanned memos. Not typed in copies. They are online. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #15
Read the whole article you linked. The answer is in there. Its last update 12 hours before your post Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author kentuck Apr 2018 #19
To clarify my post #7: some memos Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #18
With FOX, anything is possible. kentuck Apr 2018 #21
Yup. Occasionally they even tell the truth, when it suits them. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #22
Classified? Roy Rolling Apr 2018 #8
Only Trump matters True Blue American Apr 2018 #9
Does Dracula have an overbite? nt Atticus Apr 2018 #11
No doubt, they are going after Comey with everything they've got. kentuck Apr 2018 #13
"Trump does not come out looking good." Exotica Apr 2018 #17
OMG! kentuck Apr 2018 #24
No belief necessary. They are doing it in the open Gore1FL Apr 2018 #20
This is the intellectual level upon which... Takket Apr 2018 #27
The plan to "leak" the memos was flawed from the beginning ewagner Apr 2018 #23
When first we practice to deceive... kentuck Apr 2018 #25
True... ewagner Apr 2018 #29
Good job ewagner. Ligyron Apr 2018 #30
...a good lawyer... ewagner Apr 2018 #31
I worry about a country that will not only tolerate a known pathological liar as its leader, world wide wally Apr 2018 #26
True but they will continue their fake tales of leaks malaise Apr 2018 #28
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