Wasserman isn't discounting any realized concerns about Russian influence in the United States. He's applying a degree of nuance to highlight a potential concern in shifting outlooks from those who read the news but aren't as privy to its full context.
The letter targeted Johnson in that it requested that he produce certain materials. Materials deemed relevant are any that relate to a person who is of Russian descent and engaged in "activities that related in any way to the political election process in the US"
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The fact that a counterintelligence inquiry is seeking information on a suspect's contacts with foreign nationals and those with close ties to a foreign country is rather unremarkable.
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Under these extraordinarily broad criteria, if Johnson had "reason to believe" that a campaign canvasser was of Russian descent, he would be obliged to hand over records related to the canvasser's activities.
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Um, yeah. When one is subject of a counterintelligence investigation, one is asked to supply information about contacts with foreign nationals and those with close ties to foreign countries.
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I can certainly tell you that Charles C. Johnson isn't expected by the SSCI to produce any draft screenplays from the 1990 film "Hunt For Red October." They seek documents pertaining specifically to him.
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