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Friends of the Court: A Suggestion for the FISA Court on the Nunes Memo
You wouldn’t know it from the endless public discussion of the Nunes Memo and the Democratic response to it, but the House of Representatives does not get to decide whether a FISA application is valid. C... -
The Nunes Memo and the Law of Unintended Consequences
The memo is out, and it is already stale. The Nunes memo makes one central allegation: that the FBI and Department of Justice did not live up to the duty of candor expected of them by the in camera ex pa... -
Can the FISC Clean Up the Nunes Memo's Mess?
At the heart of the now-released “Nunes memo” is an accusation that the FBI and Department of Justice misled the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) when they sought orders to surveil former T... -
Thoughts on the Nunes Memo: We Need to Talk About Devin
After more than two weeks of mounting anticipation and hype, the memo on alleged surveillance abuses prepared by Rep. Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, ha... -
A Timeline of the House Intelligence Committee Chairman: All the Nunes That’s Fit to Print
The furor over the classified memo prepared by House intelligence committee Chairman Devin Nunes has reached a fever pitch now that the memo has been released. The memo has become a matter of great parti... -
Document: Nunes Memo
The House intelligence committee majority staff released a memo on alleged intelligence abuses on Friday. The full memo is below. -
It Was Worse than You Think: The House Intelligence Meeting on the Nunes Memo
On Monday, Jan. 29, the House Intelligence Committee convened to vote on whether to release to the public the much-discussed memo on alleged surveillance abuses prepared by Committee Chairman Devin Nunes... -
How to Handle an Intelligence Committee Chairman Gone Rogue
Barring an intervention from the heavens, the so-called Nunes memo will be #released at some point over the course of the next week, either because President Trump actively chooses to release it or becau... -
The Little-Known Rule that Allowed Congress to Release Devin Nunes's Memo
Since last week, House Republicans have been pushing for the public release of a classified memo alleging government abuse of surveillance authorities and written by House Permanent Select Committee on I... -
Summary: Kaspersky Lab Files for a Preliminary Injunction Against DHS
On Jan. 17, cybersecurity and software vendor Kaspersky Lab filed for a preliminary injunction against the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) order designating the company’s software as an “informa... -
Document: Justice Department Letter to Nunes About Memo
The Department of Justice on Jan. 24 sent the following letter to Rep. Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House intelligence committee, regarding the memo on alleged intelligence abuses that he plans to re... -
Don't Recklessly #ReleaseTheMemo
Late last week, word surfaced of an incendiary memo authored by House intelligence committee Chairman Devin Nunes and his staff. The memo supposedly alleges surveillance abuses by the intelligence commun...
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