Amazing how completely the released FISA application disproves the Nunes memo's lies. When politicians lie, there's usually some ambiguity. But Nunes claimed the app hid things it actually states openly. No honest person could defend Nunes now. But I'm sure some people will try.
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This presents a clear litmus test for who is an honest conservative and who is just a Republican tribalist. For example,
@DavidAFrench wrote a great article at the time reserving judgment and arguing that the public should see the evidence. Well, here it is. It shows Nunes lied.Show this thread -
Remember, the FISA court wasn't convicting him of a crime. Just judging that the FBI's suspicion was reasonable enough to grant a warrant for surveillance. If you know anything about Carter Page, you know it was reasonable to suspect he might be working with Russian intelligence.
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But even if it was reasonable to suspect Page, if the FBI lied on the FISA application it'd be a serious problem. Nunes claimed FBI hid that Steele dossier was a source and hid that some evidence came from political oppo. We can now all see that it didn't.https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/1020846153343078400 …
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@tgriffinnc points out, here's the best possible Nunes defense: He didn't deliberately lie about what's in the FISA app. Just lied that he read it. But lobbed accusations and tried to undermine the investigation anyway. That's the defense.https://twitter.com/tgriffinnc/status/1020882729536315392 …Show this thread -
First it was FBI violated procedure by hiding that some info came from political oppo. Now, with that disproven, it's the FBI followed procedure and didn't ID by name? Really? Unmasking was something you were pretending to be upset about just last year. https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1020891960196968448 …
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