The Nunes memo contains a small but legitimate question about how the FISA warrant to surveil Carter Page was obtained, says Post deputy editorial page editor Ruth Marcus. The Nunes memo is either a partisan document, a distraction, or an FBI smear, according to opinion writers Charles Lane, Christine Emba and Stephen Stromberg. The memo does not come even close to clearing that threshold. Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), who has authored a detailed rebuttal to the Nunes memo. Read more on this topic:Matthew Miller: Releasing the Nunes memo is Trump’s most unethical act since firing ComeyJennifer Rubin: Nunes drops his cherry-picked memo: This is it?!

Source: Washington Post February 02, 2018 19:47 UTC