nunes is on cnn right now.....3:07 cst

[spanone]

he's saying the previous administration knew this was going on (surveillance)

[still_one]

1. and is f**king CNN calling him out on this?

if the US wiretaps some Russians, and Trump aides talk w/those Russians, it doesn't actually mean Obama wiretapped Trump.

John Fugelsang

[spanone]

2. jake tapper's grilling him.

[still_one]

3. good, glad to hear that, thanks spanone

[spanone]

4. nunes is saying he had to go to the president because it was about him & his transition team

WTF????

he was on the transition team.

[malaise]

5. Fucking LIAR

He didn't even tell Schiff

[still_one]

7. He exposed a legal FISA warrant and should have his security clearance revoked

[Freethinker65]

10. That is why you do not go running to Trump, unless...

you are more loyal to Trump than to the United States of America

And now we know the answer

[uponit7771]

8. +1, he's doing a decent job but should be pounding him on the point that this is NOT NEW INFORMATION

[uponit7771]

6. He also said the information was widely disseminated!! Meaning Benedict Donald has access to reports

[herding cats]

9. Nunes is not doing himself any favors.

He's openly admitting that other people were unmasked in the investigation beyond Flynn. Unmasking doesn't take place without a valid reason. That he chose to run to tell Trump who these people people were immediately 'because they were his transition team' is not helping make Trump's team look less guilty.

[spanone]

12. he's trying to frame it as 'protecting american citizens' then said it was all legal

it's bullshit

[herding cats]

14. Obvious bullshit.

His actions today were in no way about protecting anyone but Trump.

I suspect he's deliberately confusing "unmasking" a person caught speaking and the person they were speaking about. Only the person caught speaking requires unmasking, not the subject of their conversation.

[spanone]

15. i'm beginning to think this entire thing is a ruse.

it really makes no sense.

it does nothing to exonerate trump in any way.

[herding cats]

21. I don't think it's about exonerating Trump so much as confusing people.

I think this about muddying the waters around this investigation for the general public to give Trump and his team a sense of validity in the public eyes. As I said, Trumps name being mentioned in these reports wouldn't be subject to unmasking. That Nunes tried to toss it out there as if it did is suspicious on its face.

[H2O Man]

18. You've nailed it.

This was either a serious error by Nunes, or it was attempting to send Trump a clear message. Both options work.

[anglesphere]

11. Doesn't even matter if previous admin knew

Their policy was not to interfere. Period.

[spanone]

13. this is just so damned wrong. he's blaming the law now...FISA

[Freethinker65]

19. Never liked FISA, but even I knew it meant communications of foreign origen might be monitored

When one of my teenage son's friends was visiting Jerusalem, and other places in the Middle East, I told him to watch his sarcastic texting/email humor. Not worth the possible trouble for a sophomoric joke or comment. These are/were sophisticated adults working on a political campaign and should have known damn well any foreign correspondence might be monitored.

[wishstar]

16. He's muddying the waters, still saying Trump was incorrect and was only caught incidentally

Definitely premature, no final conclusions yet in ongoing investigation,. He is dead wrong to be revealing this information to WH about who was caught incidentally in surveillance, before conclusions are reached. He implied some contacts were incidental and unimportant while others could be more serious. First he said definitely that information was collected legally, then he muddied waters saying it would have to be looked at more regarding unmasking and leaks- he's turning investigation into a muddy mess.

[spanone]

20. exactly...this has bannon all over it imho..

to do just that....muddy the waters.

[Sorceress]

17. And just like that, Nunes somehow concludes that Trump was correct in what he tweeted.