(THREAD) @DavidAFrench is right. The public needs to see Nunes' memo, any documents it's based on, the FISA applications that started the Russia investigation, and everything else.
Two problems:
1) It won't happen
2) Nunes already succeeded
Here's why:http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455727/release-the-memo-and-evidence …
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The best point
@DavidAFrench makes, which everyone should take seriously, is that the political divisions and distrust roiling the United States need to be treated as a national security risk. And that risk outweighs the risk of revealing pertinent classified information. 2/x1 reply 14 retweets 22 likesShow this thread -
When people don't know exactly what happened, their imaginations run wild, and they often assume the worst. But reality is almost always more mundane than conspiracy theories. That's why releasing evidence to the public would be beneficial. 3/x
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But it's unlikely they release all this evidence. If they valued truth, prioritized national security, and believed their own "worse than Watergate" claims, they'd be eager to reveal all the proof. If they're trying to stoke conspiracy theories, they wouldn't. 4/x
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It's important to be open to new evidence and willing to change your opinion. But based on what we currently know, I'm very skeptical of both the "Trump's a Russian agent" and the "FBI tried to get Hillary elected" conspiracy theories. 5/x
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Replying to @NGrossman81
Important distinction, though. One can be an unwitting "agent" of a foreign government due to incompetence or lack of morals/ethics. I, too, don't believe Trump is a willing "agent" per the typical definition -- bc he's too impatient, impulsive, & stupid to do so.
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Replying to @ECH_ALA @NGrossman81
But, he probably was aware of SOME of what his campaign/staffers did vis-a-vis Russia, & that's why he obstructed the investigation. I seriously doubt Trump led a deliberate conspiracy to collude with Russia -- just that he was somewhat aware. His chief concern is obstruction.
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Replying to @ECH_ALA
Yeah, that's not what I mean by the "Trump's a Russian agent" conspiracy theory. I mean the conviction that Trump and Putin directly conspired to steal the election, and started doing it years ago. You can find that theory all over the internet.
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Replying to @NGrossman81
We are in complete agreement. There's a 0.000000001% chance that conspiracy is true. I'm pointing out it's much more likely Trump was a witless dupe in over his head, but was perhaps violating other laws related to financial crimes & taxes.
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I find that plausible, yes.
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