"Trump Gives William Barr Wide Declassification Authority In 'Spying' Probe"

[edhopper]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-william-barr-spying-declassified_n_5ce73ce1e4b0a2f9f28c4073

President Donald Trump ordered Thursday that Attorney General William Barr be given authority to declassify information as part of his investigation into inflammatory claims that U.S. intelligence agencies “spied” on the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election.

“President Donald J. Trump directed the intelligence community to quickly and fully cooperate with the Attorney General’s investigation into surveillance activities during the 2016 Presidential election,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. “Today’s action will help ensure that all Americans learn the truth about the events that occurred, and the actions that were taken, during the last Presidential election.”

Do I need to point out the blatant, craven hypocrisy in this?

[Dale Neiburg]

1. Besides, the Kremlin wants to know all about US intelligence n/t

[Botany]

2. It wasn't spying it was investigations that were legal and authorized by Federal Judges by

the use of FISA warrants.

[Maeve]

3. I have no doubt that she is correct, but not the way she means it

Oh, we're going to find out a LOT of things that happened, but it is NOT going to make Suckabee happy.

[Iliyah]

4. Makes you wonder about

classified documents and information being leaked to the Russians because I'm pretty sure this administration along with the illegal person in the WH and the Republican party, Barr and many others have been compromised.

Also, playbook from Russia. False information against the opposition.

Plus, a distraction as well. The middle class has been and still is under pressure economy wise and it will get extremely worse. The economy is spiraling downhill.

2 conflicts - Iran and maybe Venezuela. Recession. Democracy at stake.

[Johonny]

5. I suspect we will get Benghazi like senate hearings oover what he discovers

which will drown out the house dems (or at least try). The media loves false equivalencies.