Meanwhile, a memo drafted by Democrats, which has not been made public, purports to fill in context that will expose the GOP version as misleading. One way to referee competing claims about how the FBI got a warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act would be to release the agency’s application. Such a disclosure would be unprecedented, but the New York Times is asking the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to make it, anyway. The Nunes memo leaves the impression that the FISA court can be easily manipulated — that the FBI can present a bunch of sketchy accusations and get a warrant. “That said, it is very, very difficult to persuade the FISA court to unseal anything.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2018 20:48 UTC