Aside from their claims that the release of the memo posed a security concern, Democrats argued that the memo was misleading and politically motivated. The GOP-authored memo detailed how the FBI and DOJ sought a surveillance warrant for a former Trump campaign adviser. When asked why Schiff’s position on FISA transparency has seemingly taken a different tone, his office defended his 2013 stance -- and suggested it is Republicans changing their tone. “I introduced bipartisan legislation in 2013 to require Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions which contained significant statutory construction or interpretation to be declassified, with appropriate redactions,” Schiff said in a statement to Fox News Tuesday. “This memo has nothing to do with FISA oversight, and everything to do with the President and certain Republicans attempting to undermine the Russia investigation,” Leahy tweeted on Friday.

Source: Fox News February 06, 2018 20:29 UTC