All I know is we sent him a letter back in June asking him to declassify the 20 pages or more -- I mean if they can declassify -- the more the better.
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Again, the president has the authority to declassify this information.
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The president could declassify documents from before the Papadopoulos report.
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MACCALLUM: Matt Gaetz saying, the president must declassify those documents.
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The president has the power to declassify whatever he wants.
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It just takes a ton of time to declassify them.
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And I'm sure when they can declassify that, they will.
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And usually, a president can choose to declassify government information.
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James Comey's Memos are Classified, I did not Declassify them.
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We had to declassify the films so Jim could handle them.
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CHAFFETZ: The only constitutionally elected person and he can declassify it.
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I mean, the president has said maybe he would declassify this.
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In the end I can always declassify if it proves necessary.
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But the president has the broad authority to declassify government secrets.
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Trump is legally allowed to declassify government information, the Post reported.
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The president has the constitutional authority to classify and declassify secrets.
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U.S. presidents have the authority to declassify almost any intelligence material.
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"The President has the full authority to declassify anything," Burr said.
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The President has unilateral power to declassify any information he likes?
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What needs to happen is the president needs to declassify these documents.
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Should President Trump declassify more of the Justice Department and FBI documents?
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That means she had the power to classify and declassify certain material.
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As president, he does have the legal authority to declassify government intelligence.
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The president has the power to declassify and demand all of this. Correct?
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The decision whether to declassify the memo will be made by President Trump.
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The administration also refused to declassify materials that would have strengthened prosecutors' cases.
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The president can declassify what he wants, how he wants, when he wants.
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Campaigning in January 2014, the BJP declared it would declassify all the files.
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Third, the president has the power to declassify almost any document he wants.
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He said he would push to declassify the findings as much as possible.
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But presidents have the authority to declassify and disclose information at their discretion.
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But the North Carolina Republican nevertheless defended Trump's prerogative to declassify the materials.
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"It's completely unacceptable for the CIA to declassify only material that's favorable to Gina Haspel, while at the same time stonewalling our efforts to declassify all documents related (to) her involvement in the torture program," Feinstein said Friday in a statement.
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"He'll have a decision to make as to what he wants to do with it: Should he do the same thing he did on the first memo and essentially declassify it, or should he declassify it with some redactions," Kelly said.
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Trump has until Saturday to decide if he wants to declassify that one, too.
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" The President added, "In the end I can always declassify if it proves necessary.
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Bernie Sanders has suggested that he would declassify information about UFOs if he wins.
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But any American president has absolute power to declassify anything he chooses to release.
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In 2012, Salahi's lawyers won a seven-year legal battle to declassify his diary.
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But in this case, he said the President has the unilateral authority to declassify.
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But she stopped short of saying the White House would declassify the new memo.
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Trump has given Barr broad authority to declassify intelligence materials related to the investigations.
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And they ask why we are willing to declassify secret documents for political purposes.
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Therefore, President Trump is generally assumed to be able to declassify whatever he wants.
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"It's completely unacceptable for the CIA to declassify only material that's favorable to Gina Haspel, while at the same time stonewalling our efforts to declassify all documents related to her involvement in the torture program," Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said in a statement.
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And there&aposs lots of things the president can do like that, to declassify information.
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Trump has also given Barr unilateral authority to declassify relevant documents as he sees fit.
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Do you think the president will declassify this so that people understand what took place?
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Number two, the president will take every example we are talking about and simply declassify.
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But he said he would not seek to declassify the document prior to leaving. Sen.
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Trump is expected to declassify the documents as early as this week, Axios reported Sunday.
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But if the president wanted to, he can declassify any piece of information he wants.
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The Democrats on Wednesday renewed their calls for the White House to declassify the material.
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In January, the Pentagon agreed with Westmoreland's request to declassify COFRAM for use in Vietnam.
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Trump declined last week to declassify the document, citing national security concerns from the administration.
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The comments come one day after Trump decided to not yet declassify the Democratic memo.
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The greater power to declassify includes the lesser power to grant access to classified information.
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Vice President Mike Pence's counsel rejected House Democrats' request to declassify details of a Sept.
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A president is permitted to declassify anything he wants, but what about a president-elect?
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The order also allows Barr to declassify any information he sees fit during his review.
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Lawmakers could also decide it's time to declassify the full 6,700 pages of the Torture Report.
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According to the interviews, Kennedy tried several times to get the FBI to declassify the email.
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BARTIROMO: But why wouldn&apost the president declassify then just to shine a light on this?
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BARTIROMO: But nobody can declassify other than him in terms of making everything open and public.
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After all, Trump could merely declassify such evidence if it existed; he could fire everyone involved.
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"I don't expect they will (declassify) because I think this is just more obstruction," Swalwell said.
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The president would then have another opportunity to review it and decide whether to declassify it.
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But they said the new information couldn't be revealed because Pence's office wouldn't declassify the material.
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It would also declassify zones that are no longer low-income, replacing them with qualifying regions.
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Obama has come under pressure from Democratic lawmakers to declassify more intelligence on the alleged hackings.
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The president can declassify information if he wishes but that's not an open invitation to recklessness.
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Trump decided Friday not to declassify the document and allow its release, citing national security concerns.
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.) requested last week that Pence declassify the contents of his Sept.
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So, I think this is another argument for the president to declassify everything, get it out there.
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She's going to " get to the bottom of it" and declassify all the government's secret UFO files.
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So Mr. Chairman, you&aposve said that many times you want the president to declassify this information.
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HANNITY: The president has the power to declassify all the subpoenaed documents that Congress has been withholding.
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And the push to get President Trump to declassify more parts of that recently released FISA application.
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Diane Feinstein called on President Barack Obama in November to declassify the full version of the report.
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But others in the GOP shrugged off the report, defending the president's discretion to declassify government secrets.
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The president also gave Barr broad powers to declassify and potentially release documents related to the inquiry.
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"If the White House is so concerned about this, they can tomorrow declassify those documents," Quigley said.
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Arconic said on Thursday it would ask shareholders to approve a proposal to declassify its board structure.
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Last month, President Trump granted Mr. Barr broad powers to declassify intelligence as part of his examination.
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If the CIA does declassify records, it's uncertain whether new information will reassure skeptics - or inflame them.
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Schiff wrote in the letter that he was requesting that Pence declassify the contents of a Sept.
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The voting rules gave Trump five days to decide whether to declassify the memo, allowing its release.
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Would you declassify some of the information so that — TRUMP: I don't want to talk about that.
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Questions about the Trump administration's willingness to declassify typically sensitive material predated Barr and the IG report.
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And have you -- or will you -- declassify top secret documents to allow Mr. Kushner to view them?
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Clinton's campaign is also calling on the Obama administration to declassify information around Russia's role in the election.
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Senator Warner will continue to press the CIA to declassify additional documents and material regarding Ms. Haspel's background.
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No charges were filed, but Harris wants the Justice Department to declassify an investigative report into the matter.
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Warner said he is encouraging intelligence agencies to declassify the states hit by the hack before midterm elections.
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Trump has repeatedly expressed frustration about "illegal leaks" on Twitter: The president has broad authority to declassify information.
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Trump had said previously that he would declassify the FISA applications but was persuaded not to last year.
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The CNN reporter David Wright tweeted "everyone declassify pics of your dogs," and the internet did not disappoint.
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Schiff asked the vice president to declassify it, claiming there was no "legitimate basis" to keep it secret.
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It's also unclear if the CIA will attempt to declassify records from her past, as Democrats have demanded.
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Under House rules, the committee and full House could vote to override White House and declassify the memo.
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He said he plans to declassify documents that shed more light on the American role in the conflict.
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But Trump didn't declassify it or the materials it's based on, though he has the power to do so.
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That led to the letter two weeks ago from Intelligence committee Democrats pressing the President to declassify the information.
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The second biggest problem we have is that the president of the United States has got to declassify this.
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The president has since said that he may declassify and release part of the video taken of the raid.
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They have written a rebuttal memo, which the president must declassify before it can be released to the public.
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But her confirmation hearing also offers the country an opportunity to disclose and declassify more information about the program.
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Now, the maligned purple giant is asking the government to declassify the alleged order in the name of transparency.
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I think his lawyers are looking at this to see if they can declassify it sooner rather than later.
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House republicans are working to declassify key portions of the FISA document meanwhile on former Trump campaign Carter Page.
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Grassley sent a letter earlier this month to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asking him to declassify the deal.
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There may be pressure to declassify the CIA assessment of Khashoggi's murder and attempts to reverse Trump's policy pivot.
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Democrats have pressed the CIA to declassify more documents that would provide information on Haspel's years at the agency.
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But even if it does, President Trump has total power to declassify anything he wants or keep it sealed.
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Then as now, the issue was this: Who has the authority to declassify relevant information—the president or Congress?
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At the time, the president was being encouraged by a group of Republican Congress members to declassify the information.
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During the investigations of the C.I.A.'s enhanced interrogation programs, the agency stymied investigators by refusing to declassify documents.
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Mr. Trump's disclosure does not appear to have been illegal — the president has the power to declassify almost anything.
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Subsection 11(g) has never been used in countless conflicts with intelligence agencies which simply refused to declassify information.
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The dog's participation in the raid quickly went viral, leading Trump to declassify a picture of Conan via tweet.
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Should he arguably even press the intelligence community to declassify as much as it reasonably can regarding its findings?
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Administration officials said they doubted Trump would declassify the notice out of concern it would reveal sources and methods.
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President Donald Trump used his definitive authority then to declassify intelligence in a way that supported a political narrative.
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What's more, the president can decide unilaterally to declassify any classified information he wants if he feels it's warranted.
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The Pentagon did not provide evidence to support its claims but said it hoped to further declassify intelligence supporting them.
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Barr could certainly uncover new information, especially now that Trump has granted him extraordinary powers to declassify US intelligence materials.
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In a statement, the White House announced that it was declining to declassify the memo, written by California Democratic Rep.
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He promised to use executive action to declassify marijuana as a controlled substance and then introduce legislation to legalize it.
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Regardless, the CIA apparently no longer felt it was too dangerous to declassify Mitchell and Jessen's affiliation with the agency.
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At which point, those films became declassifiable, but no one would declassify them because it took a lot of effort.
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But my efforts to get the CIA to declassify information about Guy Sims Fitch have so far been in vain.
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Trump almost certainly did not break the law by disclosing the information; presidents have the power to declassify nearly anything.
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" Asked if he thought the president would declassify the relevant documents, Nunes said he thinks Trump "doesn't have any choice.
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Senators have pressed the CIA to declassify more of Haspel's 33-year CIA career, most of which was spent undercover.
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The White House denies the report, while noting that the president is free to declassify information as he sees fit.
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Mr. Conaway said he hoped to work expeditiously with American intelligence agencies to declassify the report and make it public.
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Republicans invoked a power never before used by the secretive committee to effectively declassify the memo that they had compiled.
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The Oregon Democrat introduced a bill to declassify information on Saudi activity in the US that became law in December.
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The White House will leave it to lawmakers to release the memo if President Donald Trump decides to declassify it.
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Schiff had asked Pence's office last week to declassify the contents of the letter, which he said describes a Sept.
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The fact is that, short of actual treason, the president has enormous latitude to reveal, reclassify, and even declassify our secrets.
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Adam Schiff, praised the administration for its move and called on the White House to declassify as much as it could.
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The president has the ability to declassify those reports so that they come through unredacted, so that there&aposs better transparency.
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Under pressure from the victims' families and lawmakers, President Barack Obama said in April his administration would declassify the 28 pages.
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My next guest has been pushing for President Trump to declassify key parts of the highly redacted Carter Page FISA application.
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The argument that the President can declassify information when he sees fit is an insufficient justification for his actions, Himes said.
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It said the Trump administration also plans to declassify intelligence reports to reveal Chinese hacking efforts dating to at least 2014.
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Lawmakers and families of victims fought for years to declassify the pages, which were kept secret to protect U.S.-Saudi relations.
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But in the past few years, there's been a major push by activists to declassify offbeat behaviors like ABR as disorders.
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Chico's plans to declassify its board over three years, resulting in all directors standing for election at its 2019 annual meeting.
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BAGHDAD — The Pentagon is seeking to declassify strike targets in Mosul where American bombs did not explode, Defense Department officials say.
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Chico's aims to declassify its board over three years, resulting in all directors standing for election at its 2019 annual meeting.
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Mr. Trump declined to say whether he would be willing to declassify some of the information that has been at issue.
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Democrats argue the effort to declassify that memo is the latest attempt by conservatives to damage special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
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Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerAs Biden surges, GOP Ukraine probe moves to the forefront Ratcliffe nomination puts Susan Collins in tough spot Bipartisan Senate Intel leaders push to declassify Khashoggi report MORE (D-Va.) sent a letter to acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell urging in him to declassify information on Saudi Arabia's killing of U.S.-based journalist Khashoggi.
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Wilson argued Lululemon should declassify its board and effectively make it easier for shareholders to vote out board members if they choose.
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I don&apost think they were and I think the American people have the right to know and the President should declassify.
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"Right now the only thing we can do is declassify it ourselves which I do not think is a solution," he said.
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Trump said that IG will review these documents on "an expedited basis," and that he "can always declassify if it proves necessary."
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The powers granted to the President give him the authority to determine if it is in the nation's interest to declassify something.
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We have about 22018 pages that the House republicans have asked several months ago for the president and his office to declassify.
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The senators on Friday asked Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to declassify information related to Haspel's role in the interrogation program.
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TV just a few of his favorite TV news personalities whom he said wanted him to declassify documents in the Russia probe.
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In fact, there are several pieces of legislation presently pending before federal lawmakers that, if enacted, would either reclassify or declassify marijuana.
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Schiff asked intelligence officials to give the committee advance notice of any effort by Barr to declassify documents related to the probe.
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European Union antitrust authorities have asked some parties involved to declassify confidential information from meetings and emails, according to the news service.
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To put that into perspective, it took just a couple of months in 2004 to declassify the final report on the Sept.
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Though the president has a wide-reaching ability to declassify information, Trump has been accused of mishandling sensitive information in the past.
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The president also said in the tweet — without elaboration — that "key Allies" had called to urge him not to declassify the documents.
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Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray, whom Trump appointed to replace Comey, had urged the White House not to declassify the memo.
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There has been no public description of what the FBI and Justice Department are prepared to declassify and provide to the families.
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Administration officials said on Sunday they would seek to declassify more intelligence to buttress their case against Iran in the coming days.
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But the publication of the Democrat memo has stalled in recent days after an initial push to have Trump declassify the document.
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Some committee Republicans have expressed a willingness to declassify the Democratic memo and make it public, but not before it is vetted.
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The Executive Branch, across Administrations of both parties, has worked to accommodate congressional requests to declassify specific materials in the public interest.
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BARTIROMO: And the editorial board did an op-ed on that, asking the president to actually make sure that you declassify these documents.
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Declassify - you don&apost have to expose sources and methods, but most of that FISA, the pertinent parts of it could be declassified.
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"The Intelligence Community should work to declassify information quickly, whenever possible, to provide warning to appropriate state and local officials," the report states.
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If a given letter no longer needs to be classified, the review will declassify it, removing the gag order on the target company.
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As president, according to the plan, Sanders would issue an executive order directing his attorney general to declassify marijuana as a controlled substance.
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By mid-January, he was leading the charge to declassify a memo written by fellow House Republicans alleging FISA abuses by the FBI.
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HANH: The president could declassify these documents right now if he wants to and the Congress... BOSSIE: That&aposs right, and he should.
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Of course, he could actually go beyond just telling us, declassify the information, and dump it on all of us with the receipts.
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"The minute the President speaks about it to someone, he has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process," Sen.
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Gaetz is also among the GOP lawmakers who want to declassify documents related to the investigation into Russian interference in the 22019 election.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has rejected an appeal to declassify marijuana, but announced plans to unlock more medical research into the substance.
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Trump could declassify the documents relating to Page and the activities of senior DOJ lawyer Ohr as early as this week, Axios reported.
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"People have been asking me to declassify for a long period of time," Trump said as he departed the White House for Japan.
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The top intelligence official in the United States said on Monday that a review to declassify 28 pages of material in a Sept.
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He said the materials put the "conspiracy theories to rest," while criticizing Mr. Trump's decision to declassify their existence during a pending investigation.
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A handful of members of the Intelligence Committee have been pushing the agency to declassify records related to Haspel's history at the agency.
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As late as Thursday, White House officials still had yet to confirm that Trump would choose to declassify the memo, NBC News reported.
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Trump granted Barr sweeping authority to declassify documents as part of Durham's work, which POLITICO reported in October has become a criminal investigation.
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After Najib lost last week's election, new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he would reopen investigations into 1.73MDB and declassify the audit report.
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Mr. Maguire agreed to declassify one — that the program had cost taxpayers $100 million — but three others remain secret despite the board's request.
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Ron Wyden and civil liberties groups who have called for the CIA to declassify records related to Haspel's role in the interrogation program.
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Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the intelligence panel, said he hoped Haspel would work with the Senate to declassify what was appropriate.
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Bob Menendez, ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged Trump to declassify the notification.
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Presidents have broad authority to declassify state secrets, though for most other government officials sharing classified secrets with an adversary would be illegal.
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.) sent a letter to Vice President Pence on Friday requesting that he declassify more material from one of his aides' testimony in the House impeachment investigation.
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Maggie Haberman of the NYT astutely notes on Twitter that POTUS could simply declassify this intel to clear the air surrounding this incidental collection.
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She acknowledged under repeated questioning that as the agency's acting director, the decision not to declassify details of her career remains primarily with her.
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Though Conaway said he's "leaning in" the direction of making the memo public, he acknowledged that Congress has only limited ability to declassify documents.
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Rebutting Trump's claim made in a series of early morning tweets Tuesday that he has "the absolute right" to declassify information, Panetta was unmoved.
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While I support calls to declassify additional information on the CIA's interrogation program and Haspel's role in it, what we already know disqualifies her.
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Since Mr. Trump excels in dishonesty, it is now up to members of Congress to obtain & declassify the CIA findings on Jamal Khashoggi's death.
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If Ratcliffe is confirmed, he'll have the authority to automatically declassify sensitive intelligence relating to any number of government inquiries, including the Russia probe.
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But it would be highly unusual for a president to declassify an image captured by a non-public military asset to mock another country.
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A tweet from the CNN reporter David Wright asking people to "declassify" their dogs is causing everyone to share photos of their pets online.
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But Mr. Trump's promise to declassify a broad swath of documents suggests that Mr. Barr's mandate is more extensive than investigating any single source.
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The Clinton Administration did release many records, but Ms. Doyle said there are more that El Salvador could ask the United States to declassify.
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Schiff cited a letter Pence sent the committee last week refusing to declassify part of the testimony of the vice president's aide, Jennifer Williams.
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Trump gave Barr a far-reaching power: to unilaterally declassify top-secret documents in order to review the work of the country's intelligence agencies.
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In fact, Trump ordered his intelligence agencies to assist in the Durham review earlier this year, giving Barr authority to declassify sensitive secret material.
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Warner did appear to throw some support behind the efforts from Wyden and the ACLU to declassify Haspel's records as part of her confirmation.
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Bob Menendez, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged Trump to declassify the notification.
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Under its rules, "original classification authorities" — like the heads of various departments and agencies — can normally classify and declassify information "owned" by their organizations.
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In a letter to the House Intelligence Committee, White House counsel Don McGahn said that the president is unable to declassify the Democrats' memo.
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President Donald Trump is expected to declassify the note, but the White House said Trump will leave it to lawmakers to make it public.
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A number of political leaders in the United States and Europe have already been pressing U.S. intelligence officials to declassify and release the order.
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In a letter to Pence, Schiff (D-Calif.) asked the vice president to declassify supplemental testimony from the aide, Jennifer Williams, about Pence's Sept.
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The AP class, studying US government, drafted a bill that would create a board to review, declassify, and release documents related to such cases.
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The committee recommended Tuesday that DHS expedite security clearances for appropriate officials and asked the intelligence community to work faster to declassify information whenever possible.
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The FBI did not declassify the email in question and there is no evidence that the purported "quid pro quo" amounted to a federal crime.
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The White House signaled that information uncovered by Barr's investigation will be made public, and granted Barr the authority to declassify materials related to it.
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Now, Barr has expanded powers to look into all of that, including the ability to declassify certain documents that would otherwise stay under wraps. 3.
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Bill Clinton was the first American president to authorise a project to declassify Pentagon and CIA documents related to human-rights abuses in Latin America.
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Alan Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard University, said Trump is safe from criminal prosecution or impeachment because a President has the power to declassify intelligence.
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The President is able to declassify information, and because of that, Trump would be "safe from criminal investigation" and "probably safe from impeachment," Dershowitz added.
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The best way to start this process is to declassify how the dossier was used by the #DOJ and the DOJ's interactions with Mr. Steele.
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Seven senators on the Intelligence Committee sent a letter this week asking President Obama to declassify "specific" information regarding Russia's role in the recent election.
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Doug Jones' introduction of a bill to form a panel to review, declassify, and release government documents related to old unsolved criminal civil rights cases.
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However, under rules which declassify NSW cabinet papers, summaries of several reports on the Kern/Trump joint bid were reported in The Australian on Wednesday.
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But President Obama did not heed their calls to declassify the study, which means that the report would remain secret for at least 12 years.
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Feinstein and other congressional Democrats had urged Obama to declassify and release the report before Republican President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on Jan. 20.
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As Senate Intelligence Committee Democrats have proposed, the administration should declassify far more information about the degree of Russian attempts to interfere with our election.
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Seven Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are calling on the Obama administration to declassify more information about Russia's alleged interference in the U.S. election.
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Democrats are crying foul play, and even the Justice Department is warning that a Republican push to declassify the memo could dangerously compromise American intelligence.
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The only place to go from here, Sean, is that the president must declassify the 19 pages that are being requested by the House Intelligence Committee.
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Then we had to fight with the intelligence agencies and the Department of Justice, so that they wouldn&apost redact and they would declassify our report.
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In that regard, I am asking the Board to act in accordance with 90% of companies in the S&P 500 and declassify the Board. Why?
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Trump, despite warnings from his own Justice Department that releasing the memo without first consulting them could endanger national security, appears inclined to declassify the memo.
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There is an effort underway, reportedly with the support of Obama, to declassify 28 pages of the 9/11 Commission's report that deal with Saudi Arabia.
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The agency did not respond to requests for comment about why it decided to reveal Mitchell and Jessen's identities and declassify additional details about Rahman's death.
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"The USA Freedom Act requires the executive branch to declassify Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions that involve novel interpretations of laws or the Constitution," Wyden said.
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Under the rarely used House rule to declassify information, the White House had five days to review the document and inform the committee of a decision.
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The power to declassify documents rests with the executive branch, but the committee could invoke a rarely used rule to send the decision to the president.
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PERINO: The president has the power as the chief executive officer, the President of the United States, commander-in-chief, to declassify all of these documents.
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Congress recently attempted to break down some of the FISC's secrecy by requiring the court to declassify any significant decisions or new interpretations of the law.
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JIM JORDAN, R—OHIO: We&aposve sent a letter to the president, Mark myself and Congressman Desantis saying declassify the information, get us all the information.
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This week, President Donald Trump threatened to declassify swaths of information related to the ongoing Russian interference investigation, with seemingly little regard for the potential fallout.
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Wyden was one of seven senators on the Intelligence Committee who last week called on the Obama administration to declassify "specific" information about the election. Reps.
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However, the president has authority to declassify confidential government information, meaning that – if true – the claims are unlikely to be considered a breach of the law.
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The White House's statement said that Trump supported the release of the Democrats' memo, despite his previous refusal to declassify it for publication earlier this month.
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"So I have to see what the information is, but if it's something I could declassify, I would love to do that," Yang told CBS News.
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The Republican lawmakers on Thursday asked Trump to move to fully declassify the documents, with the exception of redactions necessary to protect sensitive sources and methods.
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In September, Trump also threatened to declassify various documents and text messages related to the Russia investigation, but then appeared to back off the unprecedented move.
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If the White House does decide to declassify the 28 pages, it still might redact large portions of text, effectively leaving some of the pages secret.
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Tom, I know you have been all over this call to declassify these FISA documents as well, but now you&aposre on onto the Maxine story.
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The United States' decision to declassify more documents relating to Argentina's dictatorship is an important step that could enable further judicial investigations of crimes against humanity.
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Schiff noted that the GOP's memo, spearheaded by committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-California, was initially classified, too, before the panel's Republicans voted to declassify it.
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If a majority on the committee agrees to declassify the report, the executive branch would then need to sign-off to make it public, said Rep.
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Of course, Trump, as President, has the ability to declassify information -- and could do so in order to allow Kushner to see certain (or all) documents.
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The apparent reversal, which leaves unclear when, or if, the material will be released, came after days of criticism about his move to declassify the items.
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Trump said he would not declassify the memo, blocking it from publication after the House Intelligence Committee voted earlier this week to make the document public.
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"Look, I believe that the government, in the name of transparency and openness should declassify and release information in regards to unidentified aerial phenomena," Podesta continued.
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Take the Nunes memo for example — headlines proclaimed that an army of Russian bots was behind the push to declassify the document, all thanks to Hamilton 68.
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NATO, according to the proposals, could move more quickly to declassify images to back NATO warnings of threatening activity, as well as communicating more on social media.
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Now, the president has boxed himself in a scenario where he must decide whether to declassify and release a countervailing memo by Schiff and other House Democrats.
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CIA Director John Brennan and others have pushed back on the efforts to declassify the pages, saying they are filled with initial impressions that have been disproven.
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"Since Mr. Trump excels in dishonesty, it is now up to members of Congress to obtain & declassify the CIA findings on Jamal Khashoggi's death," Brennan tweeted Tuesday.
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It is equally extraordinary and unprecedented for an American president to seek to declassify highly confidential, sensitive information surrounding the investigation of the foreign attack against America.
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On Monday, President Trump announced his decision to declassify a series of sensitive documents related to the Russia investigation, including FBI reports of interviews with Bruce Ohr.
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" But Dershowitz also noted the President is able to declassify information, and because of that, Trump would be "safe from criminal investigation" and "probably safe from impeachment.
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Yahoo's letter called for intelligence groups to confirm if future reported demands for data are real, and if they are, declassify them with context for the public.
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Barr's comments come days after Trump gave him sweeping authority to declassify intelligence related to the Russia probe and "surveillance activities" that took place during the election.
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In his interviews, he typically saves one big question for the last: Do they believe in UFOs and if elected president would they declassify information about them?
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Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa and the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked the Justice Department to declassify the F.B.I.'s reports on them.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted a brief explanation for why he rejected the request to declassify a Democratic memo from the House Intelligence Committee.
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"It has been suggested to me by my team that if we tried to declassify some of my operational history, it would help my nomination," she said.
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Jameson told CNN that the White House and the CIA together are "really going to have to make some decision about what they declassify" about Haspel's record.
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Because the classified information system was not established and is not regulated by congressional statutes, Mr. Trump has the power to declassify or disclose anything he wants.
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Even if Trump did disclose classified information in this communication with a foreign leader, he, as the President, has total power to declassify anything at any time.
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" In a statement, the FBI said it decided to declassify and provide the attorneys with the name "in light of the extraordinary circumstances of this particular case.
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One FBI official, whose name is redacted, told investigators that Kennedy repeatedly "pressured" the various officials at the FBI to declassify information in one of Clinton's emails.
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Two weeks ago, during a visit to Burkina Faso, President Emmanuel Macron promised to declassify documents related to the 1987 assassination of that country's president, Thomas Sankara.
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Vice President Pence rejected House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.)'s request Saturday to declassify more material from an aide's testimony in the ongoing House impeachment investigation, saying that his office is unsure what information the lawmaker is requesting.
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Earlier this year, the House intelligence committee also called on Trump to declassify their FISA memo summarizing the warrant application for Page and subsequent renewals, which he did.
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Republicans on the House intelligence committee asked Trump last month to declassify portions of the surveillance warrant application for Page, according to a letter obtained by Fox News.
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She put pressure on Barack Obama to declassify a 73,000-page Senate report about the use of torture by the CIA during the tenure of George W. Bush.
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Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein, the chair and top Democrat of the Senate Intelligence Committee, issued a statement that they agreed with the decision to declassify the report.
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On Tuesday, President Obama pushed back on the idea that recently revealed FBI notes show the State Department had pressured the FBI to declassify one of Clinton's emails.
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As President, Trump has the authority to declassify any material he wishes to, but the move -- revealing information provided by an ally without the ally's permission -- was shocking.
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"Upon redaction of sources and methods, the speaker supports the president's decision to declassify the documents to bring about more transparency regarding potential FISA abuses," he said. Rep.
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The fastest way to know if that storm is on the horizon is for Trump to declassify the documents showing exactly how the FBI behaved in this case.
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Democrats on the committee have lambasted the CIA — and Haspel as its current acting director — for declining to declassify more information about her participation in the interrogation program.
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Trump last week ordered the DOJ to declassify a number of documents related to the investigation, but later delayed their release after he said "key allies" raised concerns.
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Analysts are wondering why President Trump or House Intelligence Committee Republicans wouldn't just declassify the memo, since they hold the majority and could do so without Democratic support.
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The PDB contains highly classified intelligence that usually take decades to declassify -- the CIA released declassified PDBs from the Nixon Administration in 2016, decades after they were written.
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The House Intelligence Committee on Monday will consider whether to declassify a Democratic memo that counters a recently released Republican-crafted document alleging bias within the Justice Department.
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The move comes after a small group of Republicans in Congress, all staunch allies of Trump, held a news conference last week asking him to declassify the documents.
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President Trump should ask Putin to declassify all Soviet-era documentation about the nation's involvement with international terrorists, and help the rest of the world clean up the mess.
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"It's one thing if the President has a detailed and thoughtful conversation with the intelligence community about what to declassify, what to release to the public," Schiff told CNN.
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Overall, some are wondering why Republicans would create an entire public campaign around releasing the memo when they could declassify it themselves or read it on the Senate floor.
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The plan involves taking executive action to declassify marijuana as a controlled substance and ensure that those affected by its criminalization are the first to benefit from the move.
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Shareholders will vote today whether to declassify the board, a move that will force all directors to face an annual re-election as opposed to staggered, three-year terms.
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" Trump is "inclined to declassify" the Democratic memo, McGahn wrote, but "is unable to do so at this time" because it "contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages.
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Newly released documents on Monday showed a top State Department official appearing to try to convince FBI officials to declassify contents of an email from Clinton's private email server.
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But ultimately, in the Michael Goodwin column is said in The New York Time, in New York Post is that it is time in fact to declassify these documents.
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And another source said there's "absolutely" no smoking gun in the reports, urging the White House to declassify them to make clear there was nothing alarming in the documents.
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The two unnamed officials reported an alleged "quid pro quo" arrangement with the State Department, under which the FBI would declassify the document in exchange for expanded authorities abroad.
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In Buenos Aires, Obama announced an agreement in which the United States would declassify secret military and intelligence documents about the 1976 coup that installed right-wing military rule.
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Mr. Barr has begun his own review into the beginnings of the investigation, and Mr. Trump granted him wide authority to declassify intelligence secrets as part of the review.
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While the president possesses the ability to declassify material at will, security experts warned that publishing the material could give adversaries valuable information about the US' intelligence gathering capabilities.
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And if the CIA doesn't declassify the records, it could prompt protests from Democratic senators over Trump administration secrecy, giving Democrats on the fence a reason to vote no.
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And there, the committee voted unanimously that we ought to declassify this except as to any matters, I think, that go to sources or methods or deep investigative interests.
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"I hope that she will lean forward, in terms of working with us to try to declassify, so much as appropriate, without giving away sources and methods," Warner said.
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Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.), who led the Senate torture investigation, has called on the CIA to declassify records on Haspel's involvement in the CIA's rendition, detention and torture program.
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As the Supreme Court has recognized, it is the President's responsibility to classify, declassify, and control access to information bearing on our intelligence sources and methods and national defense.
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Republicans no longer need to wonder if President Donald Trump will back their plans to declassify a memo, written by their own party, alleging surveillance abuses by the FBI.
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You can read the full report here: 1Corrected 1/6/17 6:42 pm EST to clarify the source and nature of rumors that the report would declassify more material.
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The president's prerogative to disclose or declassify secret information aside, the arbitrary, gratuitous, and conspicuous exercise of that power minimizes security concerns, lending the impression that classification doesn't really matter.
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"If the review were to declassify sensitive intelligence -- especially if doing so compromised the safety of sources -- that would cause very grave concern," a former senior British ambassador told CNN.
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And all that had to happen for the entire plot to be revealed was for President Trump himself — the innocent victim of the whole sordid episode — to declassify the report.
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Will you, act in accordance with 90% of companies in the S&P and voluntarily move to declassify the Board so shareholders can vote for a full slate in 2017?
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The President has steadfastly refused to declassify and release 28 pages of the 9/11 Commission report that pertain to allegations of Saudi Arabia's support for the 9/11 terrorists.
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" Others: Former CIA Director John Brennan: "Since Mr. Trump excels in dishonesty, it is now up to members of Congress to obtain & declassify the CIA findings on Jamal Khashoggi's death.
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Obama sought to hasten those ties by announcing he would declassify documents about the U.S. role in Argentina's so-called Dirty War from the 1970s as a demonstration of openness.
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Whitehouse will also propose several other cyber provisions, including creating a new role for a cybersecurity "storyteller-in-chief" who can "declassify information" and inform the public about digital threats.
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Trump last week gave Barr the power to unilaterally declassify documents related to his investigation and ordered U.S. intelligence officials to swiftly cooperate with the attorney general in his probe.
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Though Trump has the power to declassify the information in the memo (and the underlying Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act documentation), it's unclear as to whether or not he's reviewed it.
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Bell asked Clapper in a letter to tell the public whether or not the government ordered the email scanning program, declassify the order, and give context about why it happened.
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House managers who function as prosecutors in Trump's Senate trial continued to criticize the White House's refusal to declassify the evidence and urged senators on Wednesday to review its contents.
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For months, government lawyers had claimed in court that the interview summaries were tens of thousands of pages in total and would take as long as eight years to declassify.
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Meadows and other Trump backers have been urging the president to declassify and release sensitive documents connected to the FBI's Russia probe, which Trump has so far hesitated to produce.
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Though the president has unilateral authority to declassify intelligence, Shah said he White House would consider releasing he underlying surveillance application on Page if the committee votes to approve it.
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Mr. Barr had pushed the F.B.I. in recent months to declassify the entire forthcoming report, arguing that it would be better for the findings to be as transparent as possible.
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Administration officials began working out a plan to declassify and redact the complaint so it could be turned over too, all in the hope of easing escalated tensions with lawmakers.
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Obama has promised to declassify U.S. military and intelligence records related to the dictatorship, a time when Cold War thinking often put Washington behind right-wing governments in Latin America.
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We spent hours negotiating with the intelligence community about what information we could declassify, marshaling open-source evidence and working on fact-based presentations for our allies and the media.
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At Barr's request, Trump signed a memo ordering US intelligence agencies to cooperate with Barr and giving the AG sweeping powers to declassify intelligence documents as part of his audit.
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Barr has the authority to potentially declassify the names of foreign sources and methods, and as our intelligence partners weigh sharing intelligence with Trump, the costs increasingly might outweigh the benefits.
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He asked them to keep his panel informed about Barr's review; provide documents produced for it; and tell the committee about any moves by Barr to declassify material over agency objections.
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Trump, however, does have broad authority to declassify any information he wants, which means he could remove redactions from documents and compel the DOJ to hand over those materials to Congress.
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Many other people, like Peter Kornbluh, head of the independent National Security Archive&aposs Cuba project that fought years to declassify documents relating to Posada, viewed him as an unrepentant terrorist.
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While it is within the president's rights to declassify information as he sees fit, many say he could have burned a source with rare insight and access into ISIS's inner workings.
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Neither is his older brother, David, who is president of CBS News, an organization that recently revived the effort to declassify the contents of the redacted 28 pages of the Sept.
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The president gave Barr "full and complete authority" to declassify information related to the review of alleged "spying" during the FBI's investigation into Russian interference with the presidential contest (The Hill).
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The Daily Beast announced Thursday that it is suing the Department of Justice for records about the decision to declassify a House GOP–written memo alleging surveillance abuses by the FBI.
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Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta, underscored that fact earlier this week when he went on local TV in Las Vegas and said that he wants to declassify documents related to UFOs.
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During Nunes' two-week push to declassify the memo, Republican lawmakers and pundits touted the document as a smoking gun destined to set the record straight on the Trump-Russia investigation.
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In a directive, Mr. Trump ordered the C.I.A. and the country's 15 other intelligence agencies to cooperate with the review and granted Mr. Barr the authority to unilaterally declassify their documents.
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The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee are pushing the intelligence community to declassify information about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after receiving a classified report on the issue.
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While Trump has the ability to declassify materials, an image like this would have had to go through a multi-layered process in order for it to be cleared for release.
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And, in circumstances when the intelligence committees write reports based on information provided by the community, they work with the relevant intelligence community agencies to review the reports and declassify information.
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When a member seeks that review, sometimes the intelligence community will approve the declassification, sometimes they will say "no," and sometimes they will declassify portions of the proposed statement or document.
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McGahn said in his letter to Nunes that Trump was "inclined to declassify" the Democratic memo, but that the Trump administration believed it would create "significant concerns" for U.S. national security.
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"Typically DOJ pushes back against efforts to declassify sensitive information," said David Laufman, a former top Justice Department official who oversaw parts of Crossfire Hurricane and is mentioned in the report.
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Trump on Friday said he would not declassify the memo, which outlines House Intelligence Committee Democrats' rebuttal to the GOP document that accuses the FBI and Justice Department of surveillance abuses.
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Todd also asked Sanders about the Trump administration's latest reaction to the Russia investigation: authorizing Attorney General Bill Barr to declassify information related to how the investigation was begun and conducted.
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However, the results of the investigation may not become public, despite the fact that eight Democratic members of the Senate Intelligence Committee recently pressed Obama to declassify more information about Russian hacking.
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Trump was caught on a hot mic after his speech saying that he "100 percent" would declassify the Nunes memo, which he claims reveals proof of the FBI's bias toward the president.
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Last year, shareholders voted against a proposal to declassify Tesla's board, a move that would have forced all directors to face an annual re-election, as opposed to staggered three-year terms.
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HANNITY: I hope the president is demanding because he has the power to demand it and the power to see it unredacted and the power also to declassify it if need be.
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Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein and several other Democrats have questioned her suitability to be director, and they were angered last week by the CIA's refusal to declassify more details of her career.
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As president of the United States, he has the right to declassify any confidential information he deems fit, and he's exercised that right in flippant ways that don't do anyone much good.
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What also would help, you know, and President Trump can do his part on this is to declassify as many of these documents that the congressional invest -- PIRRO: Why doesn&apost he?
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I talked to several White House officials last night, and their denials hinge on the argument that the president has broad authority to declassify, so whatever he says is by definition unclassified.
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Martin Heinrich said Trump's sharing would be considered the "mother of all leaks" if he held any position in government besides president, which gives him the authority to declassify whatever he wants.
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Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Martin Heinrich prepared a classified summary of her actions, but the government refused to declassify it, even while other former officers made public comments about Haspel's background.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump said that if Democrats "want to play tough" when they control the House of Representatives next year, he will declassify documents that will be "devastating" to them.
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Trump has previously sought to declassify and release materials from the Russia investigation, including the application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to surveil Page, but backed off after U.S. allies objected.
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Democrats are demanding that the CIA declassify Haspel's record surrounding the destruction of the tapes, as well as her supervision of a "black site" in Thailand in 2002 where detainees were waterboarded.
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Last week, the president moved quickly, over the objections of the Justice Department and the F.B.I., to declassify the contents of a rival Republican memo drafted by House Intelligence Committee staff members.
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While Mr. Trump "is inclined to declassify" the document, the White House counsel said in a letter to the House committee, "he is unable to do so" until those passages are redacted.
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Mr. Trump ordered the C.I.A. and 15 other intelligence agencies to cooperate with the review and granted Mr. Barr — who has described the investigation as "spying" — the authority to unilaterally declassify documents.
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Though the ultimate power to declassify documents rests with the president, Mr. Trump's delegation of that power to Mr. Barr effectively stripped Mr. Coats and the C.I.A. of control of their secrets.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump has given Attorney General William P. Barr extraordinary powers to declassify intelligence secrets as part of his review into how the 2016 Trump campaign's ties to Russia were investigated.
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As the acting director of the C.I.A., she has the authority to declassify those facts, but she has refused to do so, to heavy criticism by some Democrats and human-rights advocates.
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Washington (CNN)Two leading Senate Democrats are calling on President Donald Trump to declassify the formal notification given to Congress regarding the US drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani.
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The saga ushered in an unplanned era of transparency: The Justice Department was forced to declassify and release the Page FISAs after a lawsuit last year, the first time in US history.
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"And that's why we've been asking the President of the United States to declassify many more documents as it relates to not only Bruce Ohr but also with the Carter Page FISA."
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But Democrats are also ramping up their calls for a public accounting of the CIA's findings, with congressional Democrats calling for the Obama administration to declassify the CIA's report, at least in part.
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GIGOT: Yes, I think if the president really does want this -- the public to understand this, he will have to declassify these documents or a big chunk of them and get them out.
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Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who led calls in Congress to purge Kaspersky Lab products from government networks, on Thursday called on the Trump administration to declassify information about threats posed by Kaspersky Lab.
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Sanders, in a statement Sunday night, announced that he supports the bill and called on the Obama administration to declassify the 28 pages of the 9/11 report that could implicate Saudi Arabia.
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First, Sanders would sign an executive order directing the attorney general to declassify marijuana as a controlled substance — removing it from the drug scheduling system and effectively legalizing weed at the federal level.
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Obama's move comes as Democratic lawmakers have been pushing Obama to declassify more information about Russia's role, fearing that Trump, who has promised a warmer relationship with Moscow, may not prioritize the issue.
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The big picture: This week, President Trump appointed Attorney General William Barr to "declassify, downgrade, or direct the declassification or downgrading of information or intelligence" related to the origins of the Mueller investigation.
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To that end, we also support the request from members of the Senate Intelligence Committee to declassify information around Russia's roles in the election and to make this available available to the public.
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While Trump's release of highly classified information could seriously damage the U.S. relationship with the ally that collected the information, the president, as the Post noted, has the broad authority to declassify information.
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"8573 years to declassify Area 51 Intellipedia entry—and I discover it's a dining hall at [Fort] Bliss?" the owner of The Black Vault, an online depository of FOIA requests, tweeted on Tuesday.
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US President Donald Trump has appeared to declassify the name of the military dog involved in the US operation to kill ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, even though he said he wouldn't.
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" Nunes said he doesn't know why Democrats on the committee aren't spending the weekend "redacting it so that we can get it back to the White House so the president can declassify it.
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Those pushing for release had been hopeful for the first time in years that the administration would finally declassify the documents that are said to show high-level Saudi support for the hijackers.
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The sterling former Senator Bob Graham of Florida pushed the Bush and Obama administrations to declassify the notorious 28 pages held back when the 20023/11 congressional inquiry was released in December 2002.
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"Although the President is inclined to declassify the February 5th Memorandum, because the Memorandum contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages, he is unable to do so at this time," McGahn wrote.
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The Trump administration also plans to declassify intelligence reports to reveal Chinese efforts dating to at least 2014 to build a database containing names of executives and American government officials with security clearances.
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"If there isn't a new DNI report, I can work to declassify information that would go into it," Wyden said of the information he would seek to have released through the Senate process.
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Wyden was invoking the Senate's power to unilaterally declassify intelligence material to push the Trump administration to release a report into the October 2018 killing of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
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"Although the President is inclined to declassify the February 5th Memorandum, because the Memorandum contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages, he is unable to do so at this time," McGahn writes.
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To that end, we also support the request from members of the Senate Intelligence Committee to declassify information around Russia's roles in the election and to make this data available to the public.
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In the course of determining whether the probe was "lawful and appropriate," Barr was given the ability to "declassify, downgrade, or direct the declassification or downgrading of information or intelligence" he came across.
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Trump has been denounced, perhaps correctly, for disclosing classified information to foreign figures, but he has total authority to declassify information for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all.
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Republicans on the House intelligence committee asked President Trump last month to declassify key sections of the surveillance warrant application for ex-campaign aide Carter Page, according to a letter obtained by Fox News.
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But once the left and the media found out that the House republicans on the Intelligence committee had asked back in June for the president to declassify up to 20 pages -- you hear crickets.
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While the disclosures have shocked many and raised serious concerns about intel-sharing arrangements, technically Trump has done nothing illegal, as the president has broad constitutional powers allowing him to declassify information at will.
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The CIA told lawmakers this week that it will allow them to view some of the classified information involving Haspel, but Democrats want the agency to declassify and publicly release details of her career.
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On Friday morning, the president tweeted out that his request to declassify documents related to the Russia probe was being handled by the office of the Inspector General, which would review them before release.
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Castro said Tuesday he would also support a move by Trump to declassify underlying documents that authorities used to obtain a surveillance warrant on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page during the 22019 election.
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House Republicans stepped up calls last week for the Trump administration to declassify sensitive files related to their scrutiny of a controversial dossier on Trump compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele in 2016.
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Now they see in him someone who has glossed over Mr. Trump's misdeeds, smeared his investigators and positioned himself to possibly declassify information for political gain — not the Bill Barr they thought they knew.
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Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, whose staff wrote the memo, could vote as early as Monday, using an obscure House rule, to effectively declassify its contents and make it available to the public.
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That means, in short, that he gets to determine what is classified in the first place and he may — even on a whim — lawfully declassify it or share it with whomever he sees fit.
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Ted Cruz, R-Texas, last month introduced legislation to withdraw from Open Skies and to declassify to the maximum extent possible US intelligence about how Russia exploits the treaty to undermine American national security.
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That might mean expecting leaders of the intelligence community to find ways to publicly disclose and declassify information on election interference so that citizens have a realistic understanding of the threats facing their democracy.
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GIGOT: Is the ultimate burden here maybe on the president to override the Justice Department and maybe declassify everything and say, look, you come in and look at, and I&aposm saying it&aposs OK?
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CNN obtained the video and picture of the event after a US official told CNN earlier that the Navy was working to declassify images to dispute the Russian narrative that the US was at fault.
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In a letter to Nunes, White House counsel Don McGahn said that the president was "inclined to declassify" the Democratic memo, but that administration officials believed it would create "especially significant concerns" for national security.
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Tehran only declared its Fordow enrichment plant in 2009 when Iranian authorities became aware that the U.S., France, and the U.K. we're going to declassify intelligence about the facility for the entire world to see.
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" He said after a recent conversation with Barr that he expects the report to be out in a "matter of weeks," and that Horowitz and the attorney general wanted to declassify "as much as possible.
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Trump's congressional allies have been pushing him to declassify the applications to the court for a month, accusing those in the senior ranks of the Justice Department and FBI of being biased against the President.
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Last week's announcement ahead of Mr. Obama's visit by the national security adviser, Susan E. Rice, that the American government would declassify military and intelligence records on the dictatorship could provide evidence for further prosecutions.
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The White House has largely shown willingness to declassify the document, according to CNN, both because of its continued attacks on the FBI and the DOJ, as well as its attempts at undercutting Mueller's investigation.
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According to one unnamed official, there was some discussion about a potential quid pro quo arrangement under which the FBI would declassify the document in exchange for the authority to place more personnel in Iraq.
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On Friday, White House counsel Don McGahn informed the committee of the President's decision, writing in a letter that although Trump is "inclined to declassify" the memo spearheaded by the panel's ranking member, California Rep.
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But those details, which she delivered after her closed-door deposition in November, are classified, Democrats said, and so far Pence's office has declined to declassify Williams' supplemental testimony, disputing its relevance to the investigation.
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Declassify all but the most sensitive classified information included in Mueller's report and the supporting documents (all classified information and documents should be assembled in a classified appendix to send to the House Intelligence Committee).
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Trump sent two tweets on Friday stating that the Justice Department inspector general has been asked to review the documents on an expedited basis, while saying he still could ultimately decide to declassify the materials.
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Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) is criticizing the Obama administration as having tried to strong-arm a former senator who is pushing to declassify 28 pages of the 9/11 report dealing with Saudi Arabia.
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"As you know, we do not often declassify this type of military equipment recovered from these attacks, but today we are taking an extraordinary step of presenting it here in an open setting," Haley said.
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The DNI could even declassify and release sensitive reporting streams to settle a president's political scores and compromise collection of information that otherwise might undermine controversial policies, an aim for which Barr has been accused.
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But it is expected to be completed before Obama leaves office, and all the Democratic senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee have urged him to declassify the findings related to Russia's actions during the 2016 election.
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After the verdict, the family's attorney told reporters they were going to petition the sheriff's department to "reopen the case to declassify it as a suicide and reclassify it as an open investigation," ABC News reports.
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Trump tells the New York Times that he thinks Susan Rice committed a crime, but says he doesn't want to talk about the intelligence documents that would show that, when asked if he would declassify them.
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Even if Trump did declassify the information, the resulting firestorm would be almost as severe, and the potential damage to American intelligence and American security would be just as grave, if the allegations are proven true.
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That response has not satisfied Democrats, particularly after the CIA did declassify an internal 2011 report written by then-deputy CIA director Mike Morell that cleared Haspel of wrongdoing over the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes.
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"We want to declassify as much as possible without jeopardizing someone's, what we call sources and methods, but every effort will be made to fully explain exactly what her role was and what wasn't," Coats said.
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Such imagery is often difficult to declassify and its release appeared to show U.S. efforts to convince the international community of Iran's culpability in Thursday's attacks on the Kokuka Courageous and the Norwegian-owned Front Altair.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, a key ally of President Donald Trump, urged Attorney General William Barr to declassify materials related to the investigation by the Department of Justice's inspector general into alleged abuses during the Russia probe.
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In a conversation with his lawyer, shown on national television, Duterte said he had asked the military to "declassify" information about the plot which he said was gathered by a third country he did not identify.
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According to the documents released Monday, two unnamed officials said there was some talk about alleged quid pro quo arrangement under which the FBI would declassify the document and in return get expanded authority in Iraq.
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But Republicans believe that Trump, who is eager to find ways to sow doubt about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and castigate the FBI, is poised to declassify the relevant records in a matter of days.
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One interpretation of events is that Trump, in a flagrant move, used his authority to declassify selective intelligence that could undercut the Russia probe, then used it again to keep secret information that does the reverse.
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Asked whether the CIA should declassify documents detailing her role in the Bush-era interrogation program, Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, told CNN there are "limits" about what matters can be disclosed.
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While such a disclosure would not necessarily be illegal because the president has wide latitude to declassify material, it could still have far-reaching implications for the intelligence community and the United States' relationship with allies.
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The cabinet said in a statement that it had approved the establishment of interministerial commissions charged with preparing plans to declassify sections of the parks, including 1,720 sq km, or 21.5 percent, of eastern Congo's Virunga.
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In a letter to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Pence's lawyer, Matthew Morgan, said it "serves no purpose" to declassify supplemental testimony from one of Pence's national security aides, as Schiff had demanded.
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Grassley, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to newly minted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asking that he declassify an Obama-era deal for the United States to accept refugees transferred from Australia.
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And while the president has the authority to declassify this information, his casual disclosure of a highly classified operation — on Twitter, no less — will only exacerbate the ever-growing rift between him and the nation's intelligence agencies.
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Four days after issuing a controversial, wide-ranging instruction to the Justice Department to declassify and publicly release a great deal of material related to the Russia investigation without redactions, President Donald Trump said, essentially, never mind.
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John Kennedy (R-LA), who also sits on the Judiciary Committee, suggested that it's possible the president could direct key agencies to declassify information from investigations tied to the 2016 election as a next step as well.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he may declassify and release part of the video taken on Saturday of the raid in Syria in which Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed.
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The White House announced on Monday night that it would declassify portions of a foreign-surveillance warrant application targeting former Trump aide Carter Page as well as FBI reports of interviews with Justice Department official Bruce Ohr.
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A bipartisan House delegation from Florida said Thursday they are pushing the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to declassify the names of the two Sunshine State counties that Russia hacked during the 85033 presidential election.
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American support means that "the U.S. archives are chock-full of information about the El Mozote massacre," said Kate Doyle, an El Salvador expert at the National Security Archive, an organization that seeks to declassify government documents.
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Even though the Senate has the power under a 1970s-era authority to unilaterally declassify information, no such move has ever made it out of the Intelligence Committee on which the Oregon Democrat serves as a member.
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Feinstein, who released the letter on Monday, said Obama had refused to declassify the report at this time but she was pleased it would go into his archive, meaning it would one day be available for declassification.
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President Donald Trump on Friday put the brakes on his plan to declassify and release documents and texts related to the federal investigation of his presidential campaign and the inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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The GOP memo, which accuses FBI and Justice Department officials of surveillance abuse targeting the Trump campaign, was made public last week after Trump decided to declassify it, ignoring a strong FBI recommendation not to publish it.
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Still, Trump's directive that gives Barr the "full and complete" authority to declassify government secrets suggests the attorney general will have a lot of discretion on what the public sees, particularly when it comes to Durham's conclusions.
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But it appears that Trump confirmed the story this morning on Twitter, echoing the defense that technically the president can declassify anything he wants, so even if he did tell the Russians classified information, it wasn't a crime.
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The big picture: Trump has granted Attorney General Bill Barr the authority to unilaterally declassify any information he chooses as he investigates whether the U.S. intelligence community improperly surveilled the Trump campaign leading up to the 2016 election.
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Trump last week ordered the DOJ to declassify a number of highly sensitive documents related to the FBI investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, but later delayed their release after he said "key allies" raised concerns.
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GOP lawmakers are also appealing to Trump to declassify the files related to Ohr and documents provided to the "Gang of Eight" in Congress that they allege contain "critically important information" which was withheld from the FISA court.
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"Chuck, that's the reason that he's granted the attorney general the authority to declassify that information, to look at all the documents necessary is so that we can get to the very bottom of what happened," Sanders responded.
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Jones, who fought to declassify 85033 pages of Congress's 9/11 report related to Saudi Arabia, says JASTA allows victims' families to "start the process" of suing Saudi government officials for possible involvement in the 2001 terror attacks.
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He cast any efforts to change norms to "stop the president" as an attack on democracy, and said that it was one reason he sought powers to declassify information as he reviews the origins of the Russia investigation.
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Russia probe Two new developments in the ongoing Mueller investigation: First, President Trump has decided to declassify various documents and text messages related to the Russia investigation, including parts of a FISA application on former adviser Carter Page.
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Bob Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to President Donald Trump Monday calling on him to declassify the formal notification given to Congress regarding the US drone strike that killed Soleimani.
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Alternatively, in recent years, we have seen the DNI make decisions to declassify information in the public interest to facilitate congressional and public debate over surveillance authorities, and to improve transparency about intelligence collection legal authorities and activities.
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But unlike the House, which can release the memo on its own (and is taking steps to do so), Senate rules require permission from the Department of Justice — the possibly offending agency — to approve or declassify the memo.
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President Donald Trump has ordered intelligence leaders from the CIA, FBI and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to cooperate with the review, and granted Barr the power to declassify materials as part of the effort.
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Just a week before blocking their memo's release, the president had ignored similar objections from the Justice Department and the F.B.I. to declassify the contents of the rival Republican memo, which was based on the same underlying documents.
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"... [W]e respectfully request that you declassify and release publicly, and in unredacted form, pages 10-12 and 17-34, along with all associated footnotes, of the third renewal of the FISA application on Mr. Page," the letter states.
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"Trust and confidentiality are essential aspects of our partnerships with foreign intelligence services -- and the President's bizarre decision to allow the Attorney General to selectively and unilaterally declassify information certainly has the potential to jeopardize those relationships," Warner said.
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On Monday night, Republicans on the committee used their majority and a rarely used rule to vote to send the decision to declassify the document to the president, ignoring strong objections from the Department of Justice and the FBI.
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"I don't believe they got into changing actual voting outcomes," Warner said, adding he was urging intelligence agencies to declassify which states were targeted in an effort to put their electoral systems on notice before the 2018 midterm elections.
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence plans to make a speech next week detailing the allegations, said the official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, saying the U.S. government was working to declassify further information on the matter.
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Mr. Barr served as a driving force in securing the power to declassify government secrets, and the lead-up to Thursday's announcement demonstrated an amount of planning that went beyond previous similar forays by Mr. Trump and his aides.
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Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerAs Biden surges, GOP Ukraine probe moves to the forefront Ratcliffe nomination puts Susan Collins in tough spot Bipartisan Senate Intel leaders push to declassify Khashoggi report MORE (D-Va.), vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee.
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"I don't believe they got into changing actual voting outcomes," Warner said, adding he was urging intelligence agencies to declassify which states were targeted in an effort to put their electoral systems on notice before the 28500 midterm elections.
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Graham wrote a letter to Attorney General William Barr, released Tuesday, urging him to use the declassification powers he was granted by President Donald Trump to declassify material surrounding Inspector General Michael Horowitz's investigation into the Page FISA process.
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President Trump told the New York Post on Wednesday that if the incoming House Democratic majority "harass" him by launching investigations into his administration, he would declassify documents related to the Russia probe that he claimed would be damaging to them.
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President Trump will not immediately grant House Republicans&apos request to declassify and publicize currently redacted sections of the recently released FISA application used by the FBI to justify the surveillance of an ex-Trump aide, the White House said Monday.
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There are tons of curiosities in the CIA's collection of UFO documents , including some referring to the persistent efforts of famous UFO truthers, including Major Donald Keyhoe and chemical engineer Leon Davidson, to declassify CIA documents on UFOs in the 1950s.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States government will declassify documents from U.S. military and intelligence agencies related to Argentina's 1976-83 "Dirty War," the seven-year period when a military dictatorship cracked down on left-wing opponents, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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Why it matters: This is a step back from Trump's previous demands that the DOJ declassify these documents and text messages — unredacted — with a hope that the declassification would discredit the Mueller investigation by revealing it was illegitimate to begin with.
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They are pressing the agency to declassify far more information about her career so the public can see it, and have suggested that the C.I.A., in its zeal to promote Ms. Haspel, runs the risk of seeing its campaign backfire.
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President Trump is expected to declassify, as early as this week, documents covering the U.S. government's surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and the investigative activities of senior Justice Department lawyer Bruce Ohr, according to allies of the president.
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Schiff criticized Trump for giving Attorney General William Barr "sweeping" powers to declassify or downgrade the secrecy of government reporting while conducting what the Justice Department is calling a "review" of "intelligence activities" related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign.
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On Monday evening, the White House released an order instructing the Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to declassify excerpts from an array of documents related to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference.
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" Kennedy allegedly petitioned officials to declassify the document and place it under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemption that "would allow him to archive the document in the basement of [the Department of State] never to be seen again.
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While the president is within his rights to declassify information at his discretion, his decision has raised questions about whether he burned the source of the information, which was later revealed in a New York Times report to be Israel.
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Democratic congressional leaders sent a letter to leaders of the intelligence community on Tuesday urging them not to declassify documents related to the Russia investigation without first briefing the Gang of Eight, a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders.
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"While it is certainly complicated to declassify locations and work performed in the field, to date the Agency has not even been able to make public all of the leadership and supervisory positions you held at CIA headquarters," Warner wrote.
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Hoping to clarify the situation, sponsors of the initial legislation calling for the release of the 28 pages introduced a separate House resolution on Wednesday urging the House Intelligence Committee to declassify the pages and publish them in the Congressional Record.
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Trump's comments, made in an interview with The New York Post, come two months after he walked back his original plans to declassify and publicly release the documents as a result of concerns from U.S. allies and his own Justice Department.
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A heavily redacted version of the Page warrant applications were released by the Justice Department last year, and Trump has pledged to declassify and release a fuller version of the documents, though some foreign allies have raised concerns over that effort.
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"The President took the unprecedented steps to declassify and release the transcripts of both of his phone calls with President Zelensky so that every American can see he did nothing wrong," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.
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The committee took the unprecedented step of voting to declassify information from the classified FISA warrant in the memo, which accused the FBI of concealing the fact that the opposition research dossier on Trump and Russia was funded by Democrats.
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Democrats on the committee countered with a memo of their own — one the president declined to declassify — offering a point-by-point refutation of the Republican document and blasting it as an intentionally misleading attempt to undermine the Russia investigation.
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The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Senators Richard Burr and Mark Warner, wrote to the acting director of national intelligence, Richard Grenell, urging him to reconsider the decision not to declassify information related to Khashoggi's murder.
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This latest development is a win for House Democrats who have unsuccessfully pressed the White House to declassify the document, which Pence aide Jennifer Williams submitted to the House in late November to supplement her public testimony earlier that month.
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Democrats in Congress, who have said they were not consulted in advance and that the White House has only offered a classified explanation of its action, called on Trump to declassify the formal notification given to Congress about the attack.
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The disclosure was not illegal, since presidents have the power to declassify nearly anything, but the sharing of sensitive intelligence provided by Israel, one of the United States' most important allies in the Middle East, was disclosed without their permission.
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Washington (CNN)White House officials and others close to President Donald Trump insist he will rely on the input of law enforcement and intelligence agencies as he decides whether to declassify a memo from Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.
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The memo's arrival at the White House late Monday set in motion a five-day clock for the White House and key law enforcement and intelligence agencies to review the memo to determine whether it is appropriate to declassify the document.
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence plans to make a speech next week detailing the allegations, said the official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, adding that the U.S. government was working to declassify further information on the matter.
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The president has also asked the intelligence community to declassify FBI reports on interviews with Bruce Ohr, a Justice Department official who has attracted GOP scrutiny because of his contacts with Christopher Steele, the ex-British spy who compiled the dossier.
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"... [W]e respectfully request that you declassify and release publicly, and in unredacted form, pages 10-12 and 17-34, along with all associated footnotes, of the third renewal of the FISA application on Mr. Page," the letter from the House Republicans states.
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Obama said he would visit a memorial to victims of the "Dirty War" to pay tribute to the Argentines who stood up against human rights violations, and re-affirmed that his administration would declassify U.S. military and intelligence records related to the junta.
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Patrick Eddington, a policy analyst in civil liberties and national security issues at the libertarian Cato Institute, said with volatile but unproven allegations coming from both sides, the solution is to declassify more information to clear up what has become a potential crisis.
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But C.I.A. officials have failed to declassify any meaningful information about Ms. Haspel's career, according to Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee, who complained to the agency that they have asked five times for more details but have yet to receive a response.
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In a move to unearth new details about the "Dirty War," U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice on Thursday said the United States would declassify documents from U.S. military and intelligence agencies related to that period at the request of the Argentine government.
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President Obama has told Senate intelligence leaders that he will preserve a 2628,28503-page Senate report on how the CIA detained and interrogated terror suspects after 22019/11 in his presidential papers — but won't seek to declassify the document prior to leaving office.
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Conservative members of Congress are stepping up calls for the Trump administration to declassify sensitive files related to their scrutiny of the Trump-Russia dossier, the latest move that is likely to ratchet up tensions between House Republicans and the Justice Department. Reps.
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As the United Nations appoints a new leader, it needs to continue to press all its member states to disclose and declassify whatever records they hold that might help to resolve the mystery of the violent death of the organization's second secretary general.
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Washington (CNN)Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr and the panel's top Democrat, Mark Warner of Virginia, are asking the Trump administration to declassify information related to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the US intelligence community's assessment of who was responsible.
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Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrAdvocates doubt Trump DEA will ease rules on marijuana research Graham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE's team declined to bring charges.
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House Republicans on the Intelligence Committee voted to declassify the memo on Monday, giving the White House five days to either release the memo or object, which would have sent the memo back to the House for a full vote on its release.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered law enforcement and intelligence officials to declassify documents related to the Russia investigation and other inquiries, White House officials said on Monday, the latest instance of the president siding with Republican allies on Capitol Hill over federal law enforcement.
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Mr. Trump decided to declassify text messages about the Russia inquiry from a handful of law enforcement officials, summaries of interviews in the case and documents related to the surveillance of a former Trump campaign aide investigated for his links to Russia.
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Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerAs Biden surges, GOP Ukraine probe moves to the forefront Ratcliffe nomination puts Susan Collins in tough spot Bipartisan Senate Intel leaders push to declassify Khashoggi report MORE (D-Va.), the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, tweeted Friday.
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Jordan told CNN they also want Trump to declassify a request by Nunes about certain information that was only made available to the top leaders in Congress who comprise the so-called Gang of Eight whom the executive branch briefs on classified intelligence.
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"The Deep State and the Left, and their vehicle, the Fake News Media, are going Crazy - & they don't know what to do," Trump tweeted, highlighting the strong economy, his Supreme Court nominations and efforts among conservatives to declassify sensitive Department of Justice documents.
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Trump's decision drew Democratic outrage since the President upheld objections of the FBI and Justice Department over publishing the Democratic memo, but last week ignored the bureau's calls for him not to declassify the GOP memo that was politically advantageous to him.
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On Monday morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Bob Menendez and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called for the Trump administration to immediately declassify the notification, and echoed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's concerns about its contents being kept from the public.
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Collins also criticized Goldman for appearing instead of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.).
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In particular, he became convinced that the C.I.A. was refusing to declassify many of the documents found at Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, because they seemed to undercut the administration's narrative about Qaeda strength at the time Bin Laden was killed.
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The CIA on Friday did declassify a 2011 memo in which former Deputy Director Michael Morell found that Haspel "acted appropriately" when she drafted an order to destroy videotapes of harsh interrogations at a "black site" prison in Thailand that she briefly ran.
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The CIA on Friday did declassify a 2628 memo in which former Deputy Director Michael Morell found that Haspel "acted appropriately" when she drafted an order to destroy videotapes of harsh interrogations at the black site prison in Thailand that she briefly ran.
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Robert Mueller's two-year investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump and Russia was submitted to Attorney General William Barr on Friday, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pledging to fight to declassify its findings so lawmakers are free to discuss them publicly.
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Also last week, Yahoo itself asked Clapper to declassify the secret order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or at least describe it, so that the company could respond to press reports and criticism that it did not do more to protect its users' communications.
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"President Obama, at the request of the Argentine government, will announce a comprehensive effort to declassify additional documents, including for the first time military and intelligence records," U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice said in a speech hosted by the Atlantic Council in Washington.
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Trump has five days to decide whether to declassify the memo issued by House Republicans that seeks to discredit the ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into the Trump campaign's connections to Russian interests, which sought to sway the 2016 election toward Trump.
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It's probably not even illegal; as the Post's Greg Miller and Greg Jaffe explain in their original piece, the president has broad discretion to declassify information, so it's doubtful he violated the Espionage Act or any other criminal statute by passing along info to Russia.
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GUILFOYLE: I&aposm so glad I was the first question because I think it&aposs fascinating and there are a lot of people calling for it, saying, you know what, let&aposs just show complete transparency, declassify the documents and put it all out there.
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Why it matters: The news could set up a showdown between the White House and DOJ over the next week as the House Intelligence Committee moves to declassify the memo for a public release — a move branded "extraordinarily reckless" by a top DOJ official.
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"I completely support House Republican efforts to have President Trump declassify the FISA warrant applications, the Bruce Ohr/Chris Steele interactions, and all other relevant information regarding allegations of corruption in the DOJ & FBI," Graham wrote on Twitter, referring to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
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A group of House conservatives issued a direct plea last month to Trump to declassify the documents related to Carter Page, arguing that they would prove longstanding GOP accusations that the FBI improperly sought a warrant to spy on the former foreign policy adviser.
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A self-described science fiction fan, Podesta said that after leaving the White House, he became involved with a Freedom of Information Act case to declassify government files on reports on the 1969 crash of an aircraft in Pennsylvania that has never been explained.
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U.S. lawmakers have sought legislation to limit arms sales to Saudi Arabia, and in December they passed a provision requiring the director of national intelligence to declassify what the United States knows about the involvement of high-level Saudi officials in Mr. Khashoggi's death.
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Ron WydenRonald (Ron) Lee WydenBipartisan Senate Intel leaders push to declassify Khashoggi report Helping rural areas get connected GOP chairman plans first subpoena in Burisma, Biden probe MORE (D-Ore.) wrote a letter to the USDA demanding it extend more funding to rural communities.
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And while Mr. Trump may have discussed intelligence activities with the foreign leader, he enjoys broad power as president to declassify intelligence secrets, order the intelligence community to act and otherwise direct the conduct of foreign policy as he sees fit, legal experts said.
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And on a day of intense drama, efforts by Republicans to discredit the Russia probe gathered pace, as the White House said Trump was ready to declassify a memo written by GOP committee staff in the House claiming misconduct by FBI officials investigating the President.
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The C.I.A. controlled the material, and Mr. Flynn became convinced that the agency was refusing to share or declassify much of it because of fears that it would undermine the administration's narrative about Al Qaeda's waning strength at the time Bin Laden was killed.
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Following Trump's tweet, the agency has worked to quickly declassify bits and pieces about her career and personal life, passing them on to journalists, congressional overseers and, now, the public at large following the agency on social media: more than 2 million people on Twitter.
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Democrats are already gearing up in opposition and plan to make Haspel's role in the George W. Bush-era CIA interrogation program a key part of her confirmation, while human rights groups are pressing for the CIA to declassify her records in the program.
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O on Wednesday asked U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to declassify a surveillance order the company had received so it can respond to a Reuters report that it set up a special program last year to scan all Yahoo Mail users' incoming messages.
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"At this point, the Intelligence Committee's oversight authority is limited to those areas in which it may potentially legislate or appropriate," Morgan wrote to Schiff, who pressed Pence last week to declassify supplemental testimony from one of the vice president's national security aides, Jennifer Williams.
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Y.), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, or Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.), chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
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PIRRO: But you know what, here is a questions, guys, how does the President know what to seek to declassify other than the FISA warrant and the application if all this stuff is being prevented from him seeing it because they are covering up the dirty work.
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Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who led calls in the U.S. Congress to purge Kaspersky products from federal government networks, on Wednesday sent a letter to DHS acting Secretary Elaine Duke and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, urging the U.S. government to declassify information about Kaspersky products.
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Hayden's public advocacy campaign challenging the PATRIOT Act was so effective that then-Attorney General John Ashcroft—who had ridiculed the ALA's concerns as "baseless hysteria"—personally called her to apologize for his comments, and pledged to declassify information about the government's requests for library records.
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After President Trump declined last night to declassify the response that House Intelligence Democrats had prepared to the Nunes memo, he tweeted this morning that Democrats had sent him a document rife with "sources and methods" that they knew he'd have to reject or heavily redact.
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In an interview with The Hill earlier this week, the president claimed that his push for declassify Carter Page's FISA application resulted from him being "asked by so many people that I respect" including "the great Lou Dobbs, the great Sean Hannity, the wonderful great Jeanie Pirro."
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C.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), the chairman and vice chairman of the panel, sent a letter to acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell on Monday asking him to declassify key details about Khashoggi's brutal 2018 killing, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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It started last week when the committee Republicans bypassed standard procedures and invoked an obscure rule to declassify and publicize a memorandum accusing top federal law enforcement officials of abusing their powers to win court approval of a secret wiretap order on a former Trump campaign official.
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In the ruling, Washington D.C.-based District Court Judge Amit Mehta determined that most of the disclosures BuzzFeed is seeking from the agencies have been discussed publicly and, in some cases, confirmed by President Donald Trump's decision to declassify information connected to the dossier earlier this year.
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Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, which led the weeks-long investigation into the Ukraine affair.
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As The Hill, CNN and other news organizations reported last week, Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are calling on President Obama to declassify information about covert Russian attempts to influence the American elections that the Obama administration continues to keep secret, in my opinion unconscionably.
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Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, which led the weeks-long investigation into the Ukraine affair.
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The assistant district attorney who will be the lead prosecutor is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE.
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According to the two unnamed agents, Under Secretary of State Patrick Kennedy said the department would approve additional FBI personnel for Iraq if the bureau would declassify a document found on Clinton's server and place it under a FOIA exemption that would shield it from disclosure.
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"As you know, we do not often declassify this type of military equipment recovered from these attacks, but today we are taking an extraordinary step of presenting it here in an open setting," she said, speaking at the Defense Intelligence Agency headquarters at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.
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Despite the months it has taken for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the matters before them and declassify their initial findings, we are still just at the beginning of knowing how broad and deep a scandal we face.
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Devin Nunes (R-CA), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee and author of the Republican memo, that Trump is "inclined to declassify" the Democratic memo — but, he said, because the document contains "numerous properly classified and especially sensitive pages," the president isn't able to do so.
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Attorney General William Barr — who's given fuel to allegations that the Trump campaign was illegally spied on by the FBI — is also conducting a review of the origins of the Russia investigation, with broad powers to declassify information related to the opening of the probe in 2016.
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PIRRO: All right, Matt, I am just going to ask you a follow up question to my questioning of Chairman Nunes where he believes that the President at this point should intervene and declassify information because the FBI and the Department of Justice are simply playing games with Congress.
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In the latest partisan exchange between members of the committee, Democrats say the committee now must recall the memo from the White House, where the president is currently weighing whether to release the document, arguing that it is not the version members voted to declassify earlier this week.
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Much of the week's political speculation was taken up by a raging controversy over whether or not the Trump administration would overrule FBI and DOJ national security objections and declassify a memo written by House Intelligence Committee staffers allegedly revealing massive misconduct related to the Trump-Russia investigation.
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After an on-stage appearance in front of thousands of fans where they revealed footage featuring fight sequences in a decidedly bone-crushing "Bourne" style, the film's star Scarlett Johansson and other members of the cast assembled on a press line to fully declassify the dossier on the Widow.
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The emails, acquired by the conservative watchdog Judicial Watch, reveal that Strzok's supervisor agreed to make him a "floating" deputy who would be able to approve national security letters and declassify documents – all while working on the Mueller team investigating the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with the Russian government.
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The meeting also triggered a major controversy when it was revealed that the President disclosed classified information to the two Russians in what seemed to be a spontaneous and careless manner (though Trump later asserted, correctly, that he has a right to declassify information as he sees fit).
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They also demanded officials declassify a dozen FD-302s — forms used by the FBI to record investigative activities — related to interviews of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr about his contacts with Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence agent who compiled the controversial dossier for research firm Fusion GPS.
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Former CIA Director John BrennanJohn Owen BrennanWebb: Questions for Robert Mueller A brief timeline of Trump's clashes with intelligence director Dan Coats Trump critic Brennan praises his Iran decision: I 'applaud' him MORE called on lawmakers to declassify the intelligence agency's findings in the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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The delivery — a single cardboard box marked "hand carry" that was wheeled in on a dolly to a secure facility in the Capitol basement — comes as the agency is under fierce pressure from Democrats to declassify more information about Haspel's involvement in its now-defunct detention and interrogation program.
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"These national security considerations were cast aside by President Trump, whose decision to declassify the Nunes memo — which misrepresented and distorted these applications — over the fervent opposition of the Department of Justice, was nakedly political and self-interested, and designed to interfere with the special counsel's investigation," he said.
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" The ranking Democrat on the committee, Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, said that Mr. Trump was unwilling to declassify information that would present a fairer picture of why the law enforcement officials believed they had probable cause to spy on Mr. Page for about a year. "Mr.
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President Trump's move to allow Attorney General William Barr to declassify intelligence from the Russia inquiry may prompt a new clash between the Justice Department and the C.I.A. The order effectively strips the agency of its most critical power: choosing which secrets it shares and which ones remain hidden.
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WASHINGTON — President Trump's order allowing Attorney General William P. Barr to declassify any intelligence that led to the Russia investigation sets up a potential confrontation with the C.I.A. It effectively strips the agency of its most critical power: choosing which secrets it shares and which ones remain hidden.
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The director failed to provide the information by the 30-day deadline, and this month the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner and Richard Burr, urged the acting director of national intelligence, Richard Grenell, to reconsider the decision not to declassify the information.
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Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerAs Biden surges, GOP Ukraine probe moves to the forefront Ratcliffe nomination puts Susan Collins in tough spot Bipartisan Senate Intel leaders push to declassify Khashoggi report MORE (Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, pointed to past concerns in arguing against Ratcliffe's nomination.
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Ms. Haspel is scheduled to appear before the panel for a confirmation hearing on Wednesday, and several Democratic senators have called for the Trump administration to declassify more information about her involvement in the program to inform the debate about whether she is the right fit for the post.
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Republican leaders are acknowledging that the FBI disclosed the political origins of a private dossier the bureau cited in an application to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, undermining a controversial GOP memo released Friday and fueling Democratic demands to declassify more information about the bureau's actions.
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Collins also criticized Goldman for appearing, as Collins viewed it, in place of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.).
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They demonstrate how, more than a decade after the Obama administration outlawed the program — and then went on to partly declassify a Senate study that found the C.I.A. lied about both its effectiveness and its brutality — the final chapter of the black sites has yet to be written.
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" During the debate over whether to declassify the 28 pages of a report pertaining to the role of Saudi Arabia and Saudi nationals in the 9/11 attacks, French said, "My general philosophy of the Middle East is simple -- however bad you think the place is, in reality it's far worse.
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After Trump granted Barr the authority to declassify certain information related to the origins of the Russia investigation, he specified part of the that effort should include looking into the UK and other countries who he claims may have been involved in nefarious activities meant to harm his election prospects.
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If the President were to declassify information that would make it unequivocal what happened in this last campaign, that they literally tried to take down a candidate and infiltrated a political opposing party in a Presidential year, if he could do that, then there would have to be a second counsel.
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House Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanPaul Ryan moving family to Washington Embattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway MORE (R-Wis.) — a member of Congress's "Gang of Eight" that was briefed more than anyone else about the inadequacies of the Russia evidence — believes you should declassify.
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"Although the President is inclined to declassify the February 5th Memorandum, because the Memorandum contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages, he is unable to do so at this time," White House Counsel Don McGahn wrote in a letter to Congressman Devin Nunes, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
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The White House also said Trump would grant Republican requests to declassify FBI reports on interviews with Bruce Ohr, a Justice Department employee who has faced GOP criticism for his ties to Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence agent who compiled a dossier of salacious claims about Trump's involvement with Russia.
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" Ms. Sanders also defended Mr. Trump's decision to give Attorney General William P. Barr sweeping power to declassify information related to the investigation into his 2016 campaign's ties to Russia, saying: "We already know that there was an outrageous amount of corruption that took place at the F.B.I. They leaked information.
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Ron WydenRonald (Ron) Lee WydenBipartisan Senate Intel leaders push to declassify Khashoggi report Helping rural areas get connected GOP chairman plans first subpoena in Burisma, Biden probe MORE (D-Ore.), the top Democrat on the Finance Committee, did not disclose what was in the documents handed over by the Treasury Department.
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Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrAdvocates doubt Trump DEA will ease rules on marijuana research Graham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE has said he was "appalled" and "angry" over the circumstances surrounding Epstein's death.
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Asked about its voting record on Alcoa, Zach Oleksiuk, head of investment stewardship for the Americas at BlackRock, said that the firm had repeatedly voted to declassify the board but had been thwarted by the company's requirement that a proposal will prevail only if a supermajority of shares back it.
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Washington (CNN)The Justice Department and the FBI are working with the Director of National Intelligence to prepare new declassified versions of documents related to the Russia investigation with redactions, which is part of the typical procedure, following President Donald Trump's highly unprecedented order to declassify several documents and text messages.
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It says the various regional combatant commands should "expand" their internal teams assigned the job of verifying civilian casualties, known as cells, to "include individuals tasked with reconciling external and US military reports" of civilian casualties as well as having them work with units to declassify and release pertinent information.
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After Trump granted Barr the authority to declassify certain information related to the origins of the Russia investigation, he specified part of that effort should include looking into the United Kingdom and other countries that he claims may have been involved in nefarious activities meant to harm his election prospects.
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At a press conference announcing the resolution to declassify the redacted section of the report in January, 2015, former Senator Bob Graham, who co-chaired the 2002 intelligence inquiry, said that the 28 pages "point a very strong finger at Saudi Arabia as being the principal financier" of the attacks.
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So it's worth revisiting some declassified documents (he promised that the US would declassify more) from that era, which help show what happened: The US actively encouraged and supported Argentina's brutal junta, even going so far as to give it the green light to commit atrocities against its own people.
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And while the president has the authority to declassify information as he sees fit, particularly if he feels it's in the nation's interest to do so, his casual disclosure of a highly classified operation — on Twitter, no less — only exacerbated the ever-growing rift between him and the nation's intelligence agencies.
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But the granddaddy of the Rosenstein soap opera played out these past few days, right as the DOJ was making a last-ditch effort to block Trump's request to declassify documents that would show whether Rosenstein himself misled the nation's Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court about weaknesses in the Russia evidence.
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And President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE reportedly is readying an order to declassify five key buckets of documents on alleged FBI abuses.
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On Friday, Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sent letters to the heads of the top intelligence agencies asking them to brief him on what requests Mr. Barr has made under the May 23 directive granting him the power to declassify government secrets.
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Ron WydenRonald (Ron) Lee WydenBipartisan Senate Intel leaders push to declassify Khashoggi report Helping rural areas get connected GOP chairman plans first subpoena in Burisma, Biden probe MORE (D-Ore.) on Tuesday reupped his threat to invoke a rarely-used rule of the Senate Intelligence Committee to force the release of information.
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.) said on Tuesday that Congress had to move quickly to prevent Trump from cheating in the next election.
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I think it's high time for President Trump to do what he should have done a year ago: declassify everything related to the Russian collusion case and the Hillary Clinton email investigation, both of which go to the heart of the Obama administration's Department of Justice, FBI and, possibly, the White House.
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE's (D-Calif.) lawyers brought cases in court to compel compliance and have started to win in the lower courts.
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While disclosing previously classified information would not constitute Trump breaking the law — among the powers of the presidency is the ability to classify or declassify information — the Post reported that the president rattled national security officials because the information was specific and came from a foreign source that closely guards its information.
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Late Monday afternoon, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders released a banal-sounding statement: that, "for reasons of transparency" and in response to requests from Congress, President Trump has directed the Justice Department to declassify a whole bunch of materials related to the Russia investigation — the ongoing inquiry into his own campaign — immediately.
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NOW, I'VE ACTIVATED TO PUT TWO ADVENT PEOPLE ON AND KATHRYN HENRY OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, BUT OBVIOUSLY, WHEN THIS LAST PROXY – BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T DECLASSIFY THE BOARD, I CAN TELL THEY STILL DON'T HAVE THE POWER STRUCTURE WITH INSIGHT TO MOVE IT AGAINST WHAT I WOULD CALL THE OLD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
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An article on Friday about President Obama's move to declassify records that could reveal what the United States government knew about Argentina's brutal war of the 1970s and '80s misidentified the source of an account of a conversation in 1976 between Henry Kissinger, then secretary of state, and Cesar Augusto Guzzetti, the Argentine foreign minister.
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A major headline from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest inspector general report is that fired FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE mishandled classified information.
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"Yes, we the Electors should have temporary security clearance to perform our constitutional duty in reviewing the facts regarding outside interference in the US election and the intelligence agencies should declassify as much data as possible while protecting sources and methods so that the American people can learn the truth about our election," said Pelosi.
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House Republicans are escalating their feud with Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE, accusing the California Democrat of carrying out a "smear campaign" against his GOP counterpart, Rep.
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Trump also revived his complaints about House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.) exaggerating the president's comments from the July 25 call in a hearing in September.
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.) on Sunday defended obtaining phone records in the House's impeachment inquiry, saying only "the far right" has raised objections.
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Because there is a big portion of the country that will say, oh, he&aposs trying to get in the middle of an investigation, which is why I asked the president two weeks ago, when I sat down with him in that exclusive interview with President Trump, whether or not he&aposs going to declassify these documents.
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This weekend, as Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee prepared to use their majority to try to declassify a four-page memo purporting to show FBI abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Republicans on the Senate committee used television appearances to echo warnings from the Department of Justice about the risks of releasing the memo.
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffSchiff: Bolton 'refused' to submit affidavit on Trump's involvement in Ukraine controversy What the impeachment vote looked like from inside the chamber Trump to make statement on impeachment 'victory' on Thursday MORE (D-Calif.) asked Pence to declassify the evidence but said that he refused on the basis that it is classified.
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ISIS says it has a new leader less than a week after the US raid that left al-Baghdadi dead'Let's go get the next one': Republican Ben Sasse fires back at ISIS after it announces its new leaderTrump appeared to declassify the name of the hero military dog in the ISIS raid, even though he said he wouldn't
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He also gave Barr "full and complete authority" to declassify information relating to the investigation, according to White House press secretary Sarah HuckabeeSarah Elizabeth SandersApril Ryan's bodyguard issued summons over alleged assault of local journalist Sarah Sanders: Democrats should 'quit lying and do their jobs' Biden pledges return to daily press briefings as president MORE Sanders.
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Trump also gave Barr "full and complete authority" to declassify information related to the investigation, White House press secretary Sarah HuckabeeSarah Elizabeth SandersApril Ryan's bodyguard issued summons over alleged assault of local journalist Sarah Sanders: Democrats should 'quit lying and do their jobs' Biden pledges return to daily press briefings as president MORE Sanders said in a statement.
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White House counsel Don McGahn wrote a letter to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin NunesDevin Gerald NunesJuan Williams: Trump, his allies and the betrayal of America Trump expected to nominate Texas GOP lawmaker to replace Dan Coats: report House Republicans claim victory after Mueller hearings MORE (R-Calif.) explaining Trump's decision not to declassify the memo drafted by Rep.
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Sen. Dianne FeinsteinDianne Emiel FeinsteinTrump administration urges Congress to reauthorize NSA surveillance program The Hill's Morning Report - More talk on guns; many questions on Epstein's death Juan Williams: We need a backlash against Big Tech MORE (D-Calif.) is urging the White House to declassify the Intelligence Committee's full report on how the CIA detained and interrogated terror suspects.
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INTERNATIONAL An article on Friday about President Obama's move to declassify records that could reveal what the United States government knew about Argentina's brutal war of the 23622s and '2212s misidentified the source of an account of a conversation in 2556 between Henry Kissinger, then secretary of state, and Cesar Augusto Guzzetti, the Argentine foreign minister.
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WASHINGTON — President Obama is moving to declassify American military, intelligence and law enforcement records that could reveal what the United States government knew about Argentina's brutal "dirty war" of the 1970s and '19763s, a senior adviser said on Thursday, hoping to pierce the shroud of secrecy that has surrounded a painful chapter in that country's history.
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By John SolomonOpinion Contributor Just before Thanksgiving, House Republicans amended the list of documents they'd like President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE to declassify in the Russia investigation.
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Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerAs Biden surges, GOP Ukraine probe moves to the forefront Ratcliffe nomination puts Susan Collins in tough spot Bipartisan Senate Intel leaders push to declassify Khashoggi report MORE (D-Va.), the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, argued that nothing had changed since Trump last yanked Ratcliffe's nomination to address those concerns.
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C.) and Vice Chairman Mark WarnerMark Robert WarnerAs Biden surges, GOP Ukraine probe moves to the forefront Ratcliffe nomination puts Susan Collins in tough spot Bipartisan Senate Intel leaders push to declassify Khashoggi report MORE (D-Va.), which would end the call records program while extending the other two provisions, remains stuck in the Judiciary Committee.
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffTrump attacks Schumer at fiery rally in Michigan Top moments from historic House impeachment debate Trump rallies supporters as he becomes third president to be impeached MORE (D-Calif.) sent Vice President Pence a letter Tuesday raising concerns about his refusal to declassify parts of the vice president's aide's congressional testimony.
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" House Intelligence Committee Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.), meanwhile, defended his committee obtaining phone records as part of his investigation, saying the decision had only gotten "blowback" from "the far-right.
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Democrats' memo in limbo after Trump prevents its release (for now) On Friday night, White House counsel Don McGahn informed the House Intelligence Committee of Trump's decision not to release a memo from the panel's Democrats, writing in a letter that although Trump is "inclined to declassify" the memo spearheaded by the panel's top Democrat, California Rep.
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"As you know, we do not often declassify this type of military equipment recovered from these attacks, but today we are taking an extraordinary step of presenting it here in an open setting," she said, standing in front of one of the missiles in a hangar at the Defense Intelligence Agency headquarters at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpJoe Biden's record – not his gaffes – is dooming his campaign Trump defends shift of FEMA funds, citing Dorian's change in path Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively donate M to help migrant children, social justice MORE maintained Friday that the Justice Department's decision not to prosecute former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE over his mishandling of official memos showed fairness on the part of Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrAdvocates doubt Trump DEA will ease rules on marijuana research Graham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE.
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In the 2017 congressional session alone, members of the Cannabis Caucus, along with other members of Congress, have introduced 12 bills to protect state marijuana laws, end federal cannabis prohibition, declassify marijuana as a schedule I drug—a category for "drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse"—and give dispensaries tools to better operate their businesses.
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So, this is why at the end of the day, we have to hold these hearings, we have to ask these questions, and ultimately, the President of the United States is going to have to declassify all of this information so the American public knows exactly what the counter-intelligence resources that we have in this country, what were used for.
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KIM STRASSEL, WASHINGTON COLUMNIST: Well, here is a big take away, Paul, and that is that if the American people are to have a prayer of ever finding out what the FBI did in 2016 with regard to these two presidential campaigns, Donald Trump is going to have to declassify documents, because you will not get it from these congressional hearings.
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" According to the statement accompanying the documents' release, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said "the U.S. government will release additional declassified documents over the next 18 months as part of a comprehensive effort by over 14 government agencies and departments to search their records and declassify them for public access, consistent with the need to protect national security.
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"While the President is empowered to classify and declassify information at his discretion ... any alleged disclosure of this nature may compromise sensitive methods of intelligence collection, imperil sources who risk their lives to provide information, and result in reduced intelligence-sharing with our partners and reduced confidence in the ability of the U.S. Government to keep a secret," they wrote.
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There are three levels of classification based on the severity of damage a disclosure would cause: Top secret — "exceptionally grave damage to the national security" Secret — "serious damage to the national security" Confidential — "damage to the national security" Bottom line: As commander-in-chief, a president has constitutional powers to classify and declassify information (and after declassifying it, disclose the information).
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Sen. Ron WydenRonald (Ron) Lee WydenWyden blasts FEC Republicans for blocking probe into NRA over possible Russia donations Wyden calls for end to political ad targeting on Facebook, Google Ex-CIA chief worries campaigns falling short on cybersecurity MORE (D-Ore.) argued that the Obama administration must immediately declassify all national intelligence related to possible Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election.
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Trump, in August, said he would declassify a series of sensitive documents related to special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerMueller report fades from political conversation Trump calls for probe of Obama book deal Democrats express private disappointment with Mueller testimony MORE's Russia investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow, including FBI reports of interviews with Bruce Ohr.
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My sources tell me President TrumpDonald John TrumpOur justice system must reward success Former Biden economic adviser: 'I really like a lot of' Warren's tax proposals Roy Moore calls for Omar to go back from 'whence she came' MORE is putting the finishing touches on a White House initiative to declassify documents that have remained hidden from the public for far too long.
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Devin NunesDevin Gerald NunesJuan Williams: Trump, his allies and the betrayal of America Trump expected to nominate Texas GOP lawmaker to replace Dan Coats: report House Republicans claim victory after Mueller hearings MORE (R-Calif.) joined "Rising" co-host Buck Sexton to discuss the dispute and the congressman's hope that Trump will declassify even more portions of the warrant request.
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Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulGraham promises ObamaCare repeal if Trump, Republicans win in 22019 Conservatives buck Trump over worries of 'socialist' drug pricing Rand Paul to 'limit' August activities due to health MORE (R-Ky.) wants to get rid of selective service all together, as well as force the administration to declassify 28 pages of a 2002 report on the Sept.
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In July 2017, the Department of Justice's inspector general (IG) began an investigation into whether former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE improperly handled and shared government memos, including some containing classified information.
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Add to that his constant disparagement of the intelligence community, seeming preference for Putin's assessments over the intelligence community's, and his decision to grant Attorney General William Barr authority to declassify intelligence as part of his probe into surveillance of Trump's 2016 campaign, and it's not a compelling vacancy announcement for anyone who wants to perform the actual responsibilities of the job.
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The watchdog passed its findings to the Justice Department without making a recommendation on whether Comey should be prosecuted, but Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrAdvocates doubt Trump DEA will ease rules on marijuana research Graham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE declined to bring charges against Comey.
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Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrAdvocates doubt Trump DEA will ease rules on marijuana research Graham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE warned after Epstein's death that any alleged co-conspirators "should not rest easy," saying prosecutors would continue to aggressively pursue anyone who enabled the disgraced financier.
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Corey R. Lewandowski is President Trump's former campaign manager and senior adviser to both the Trump-Pence 2020 campaign and Great America Committee, Vice President Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PencePence: It's not a 'foregone conclusion' that lawmakers impeach Trump Pence's office questions Schiff's request to declassify more material from official's testimony: report The House Judiciary Committee's fundamental choice MORE's political action committee.
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The White House has indicated publicly that it has a wish list of potential witnesses, including House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.), Hunter Biden and the whistleblower who sparked the impeachment inquiry.
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Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE faces such a decision: whether to declassify the documents showing what the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) really did to start and then sustain the Russia collusion investigation two years ago.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE is expected to declassify a series of documents related to both former campaign adviser Carter Page and Department of Justice (DOJ) official Bruce Ohr, according to an Axios report on Sunday.
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M.) — are now demanding that the director of national intelligence, Dan CoatsDaniel (Dan) Ray Coats11 Essential reads you missed this week Trump crosses new line with Omar, Tlaib, Israel move Hillicon Valley: Deepfakes pose 2020 test for media | States beg Congress for more election security funds | Experts worry campaigns falling short on cybersecurity | Trump officials urge reauthorization of NSA surveillance program MORE, intervene to declassify the information.
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While highly critical of Comey's actions, the inspector general did not make recommendations on whether the former top government official should face any charges, and Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrAdvocates doubt Trump DEA will ease rules on marijuana research Graham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE has declined to prosecute him.
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Two years ago, former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE came out with a book that celebrated himself as a paragon of "ethical leadership," a subject that he later taught at the College of William and Mary.
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In other headlines … The Justice Department's watchdog reported on Thursday that former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE violated policies through his handling of memos he created documenting private conversations with Trump in 2017.
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A scathing report released Thursday by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General found former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE violated bureau policies and his employment agreement with his handling of official memos.
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James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE said Thursday that he'd like "those who defamed" him to say "sorry" after a Department of Justice internal watchdog found the former FBI director did not leak classified information to the media.
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The records do not explicitly name Trump, though Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.) said investigators are looking into an "unidentified" number designated simply as "-1" in the logs, saying it could be associated with the president.
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For example, he said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.), whom the Republicans have requested as a witness, did not witness any of the actions and therefore is not relevant to call as a witness.
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" In his memoirs, Nixon would later grumble that he met resistance when he tried to declassify the names of those tapped, showing how some of his predecessors had also used these tools to gain political advantage: "[M]y staff resisted me...most of my advisers argued that if I revealed the activities of previous administrations, it would look as if I were trying to divert attention from myself by smearing others.
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With respect to any matter classified under Executive Order 13526 of December 29, 2009 (Classified National Security Information), the Attorney General may, by applying the standard set forth in either section 3.1(a) or section 3.1(d) of Executive Order 13526, declassify, downgrade, or direct the declassification or downgrading of information or intelligence that relates to the Attorney General's review referred to in section 1 of this memorandum.
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In January 2017, the CIA, alongside other intelligence and law-enforcement agencies, said in a declassified report that Russian President Vladimir Putin Read more: Spy agency veterans are horrified at Trump's decision to grant AG Barr sweeping power to declassify Russia intelligence: 'Lives are on the line'Pompeo — a Trump loyalist who is now the secretary of state — personally reviewed the agency's findings, grilling analysts in a combative interview.
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"The President took the unprecedented steps to declassify and release the transcripts of both of his phone calls with President Zelensky so that every American can see he did nothing wrong," White House press secretary Stephanie GrishamStephanie GrishamLive coverage: Schiff closes with speech highlighting claims of Trump's corruption Trump calls latest impeachment hearings 'a great day for Republicans' Vindman clashes with GOP MORE said in a statement Friday morning.
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Ron WydenRonald (Ron) Lee WydenBipartisan Senate Intel leaders push to declassify Khashoggi report Helping rural areas get connected GOP chairman plans first subpoena in Burisma, Biden probe MORE (D-Ore.) threatened earlier this year to try to force the release of the intelligence community's assessment of who is responsible for the death if an unclassified report was not produced by the end of the Senate's trial into Trump's contacts with Ukraine.
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This month, four Democratic senators on the Intelligence Committee — Kamala D. Harris and Dianne Feinstein, both of California; Ron Wyden of Oregon; and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico — wrote to Daniel Coats, the director of national intelligence, asking him to declassify all C.I.A. information related to Ms. Haspel's involvement in the program before her hearing, since she, as acting director of the agency, has declined to do so on her own.
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And meanwhile, there&aposs a lot of defense -- there&aposs a lot of things -- I will say this, there is no tweet that the president could issue, there is no defense that his lawyers can put out there, there is no bar that any politician can put out there that will change more the course of the Russia investigation then if the president were to declassify the remaining parts of the FISA memo.
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A group that includes Feinstein and Heinrich has demanded that Director of National Intelligence Dan CoatsDaniel (Dan) Ray Coats2628 Essential reads you missed this week Trump crosses new line with Omar, Tlaib, Israel move Hillicon Valley: Deepfakes pose 28503 test for media | States beg Congress for more election security funds | Experts worry campaigns falling short on cybersecurity | Trump officials urge reauthorization of NSA surveillance program MORE step in to declassify information about Haspel's background.
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The hashtag appeared earlier in January on social media after some Republican lawmakers began pushing for the House Intelligence Committee to declassify a memo created by Chairman Devin NunesDevin Gerald NunesJuan Williams: Trump, his allies and the betrayal of America Trump expected to nominate Texas GOP lawmaker to replace Dan Coats: report House Republicans claim victory after Mueller hearings MORE (R-Calif.) allegedly demonstrating that the FBI improperly surveilled Trump campaign communications.
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Read more:Spies stole ISIS leader al-Baghdadi's underwear to help confirm his location before the US raid, Kurdish forces sayDrone footage shows completely leveled compound where ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi diedA trusted member of al-Baghdadi's inner circle is said to have turned on him and led US commandos to his hideoutTrump appeared to declassify the name of the hero military dog in the ISIS raid, even though he said he wouldn't
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Amy KlobucharAmy Jean KlobucharCNN correspondent: We could do a climate town hall every day and it wouldn't be enough 10 Democrats to fight to claim climate mantle at CNN forum Pavlich: Candidates pushing the gun 'buyback' lie MORE (D-Minn.), Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe GOP faces new pressure to act on guns Netanyahu, Trump discussing diplomatic gesture before Israeli election: report MORE (R-S.
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This time, the mayor of London, the trade war with China, the Federal Reserve and a days-old inspector general's report about former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE were front of mind for Trump as Hurricane Dorian tracked north toward the East Coast.
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Senior Justice Department officials, including Deputy Attorney General Rod RosensteinRod RosensteinWhy the presumption of innocence doesn't apply to Trump McCabe sues FBI, DOJ, blames Trump for his firing Rosenstein: Trump should focus on preventing people from 'becoming violent white supremacists' MORE and FBI Director Chris Wray, warned Kelly against making the document public in a last-ditch effort just before the Intelligence Committee vote to declassify it, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
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Other Republicans focused their ire on one of the most prominent faces of impeachment: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.), who Republicans have demanded make an appearance to outline the findings of his report — and defend his handling of the process that led to it.
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Y.), Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Democrats seek leverage for trial The Memo: Pelosi-Trump trade deal provokes debate on left MORE (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.).
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Nadler dismisses GOP requests: Separate from Monday's hearing, Nadler has dismissed a Republican request for eight witnesses to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry, including House Intelligence Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.) and the whistleblower who first brought forward the allegations about President Trump's contacts with Ukraine.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE on Wednesday threatened to declassify documents related to the Russia investigation that he claimed would be damaging to Democrats if they decide to investigate him when they take control of the House next year.
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The lawsuit is asking for records about the decision to declassify the memo written by the staff of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin NunesDevin Gerald NunesJuan Williams: Trump, his allies and the betrayal of America Trump expected to nominate Texas GOP lawmaker to replace Dan Coats: report House Republicans claim victory after Mueller hearings MORE (R-Calif), as well as the counter-memo written by committee ranking Democrat Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffAre Democrats turning Trump-like?
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Sen. John KennedyJohn Neely KennedyMORE (R-La.) is calling on President TrumpDonald John TrumpRepublican group targets Graham in ad calling for fair Senate trial Democratic presidential candidates react to Trump impeachment: 'No one is above the law' Trump attacks Schumer at fiery rally in Michigan MORE to declassify the record of the FBI's use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to surveil former campaign adviser Carter Page after the Justice Department's inspector general found errors in the applications.
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" From House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.): "The framers of the Constitution recognized that someday a president might come to office who would abuse that office, betray the public trust and undermine national security to seek foreign help in an election ... They prescribed a remedy and that remedy is impeachment.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE is preparing to declassify the first tranche of documents in the Russia case, and they are expected to show the FBI possessed — but did not alert the court to — damning evidence of the Trump campaign's innocence, including recorded conversations of targeted campaign aides denying wrongdoing.
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Y.), Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.), and other relevant committee chairs are expected to make the announcement, the timing of which is a sign that Democrats plan to stay on track with their fast-charging goal of wrapping up the impeachment inquiry into Trump's contacts with Ukraine ahead of the holiday season. Rep.
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"The Air Force has repeatedly said, citing National Security concerns, that it will not declassify the amount of Northrop Grumman's bid for the project because, as has been demonstrated in the past, doing so would allow our adversaries to use the costs associated with the program to glean information about the B-21 such as what equipment is going on it, its weight, how high it can fly, how fast it can go and how far it can travel," said a spokesman for Sen.
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"Given your office oversees the U.S. intelligence community's duty-to-warn process, we seek urgent answers as to whether Mr. Khashoggi was in fact contacted about the credible threat to his life and liberty posed by the Saudi plot to capture him; the precise date on which any arm of the U.S. intelligence community first became aware of the Saudi plan to detain Mr. Khashoggi; and whether the intelligence community will declassify portions of U.S. intercepts of Saudi officials relevant to Mr. Khashoggi's disappearance," the letter says.
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"These national security considerations were cast aside by President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE, whose decision to declassify the Nunes Memo — which misrepresented and distorted these applications — over the fervent opposition of the Department of Justice, was nakedly political and self-interested, and designed to to interfere with the Special Counsel's investigation," the lawmaker said.
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"Little Adam Schiff," who wrote a secret counter-memo in response to Republicans that Trump must now decide whether to declassify; embraced the idea of another government shutdown if he doesn't get his way on immigration; either fired or accepted a resignation from one of his top aides after allegations surfaced that he beat two ex-wives; told the Pentagon that he wants a military parade — a big one, with tanks; praised the budget deal, which would add hundreds of billions to defense spending; and eventually signed that deal after a five-hour shutdown.
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The growing body of evidence that the FBI used mostly politically-motivated, unverified intelligence from an opponent to justify spying on the GOP nominee's campaign — just weeks before Election Day — has prompted a growing number of Republicans to ask President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE to declassify the rest of the FBI's main documents in the Russia collusion case.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE's decision giving Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Mueller report fades from political conversation Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death MORE "full and complete authority" to declassify documents related to surveillance activities during the 2016 campaign has set off a wave of criticism in Washington.
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While Horowitz declined to make a recommendation as to whether to charge the former FBI chief — and Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrAdvocates doubt Trump DEA will ease rules on marijuana research Graham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE has said he will not prosecute Comey — the report gave new fodder for Trump and his Republican allies who have long alleged malfeasance by top members of the Justice Department and FBI during the 85033 election.
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Later in the day, she huddled in her office with those Democratic committee heads — Nadler, Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (Calif.), Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn MaloneyCarolyn Bosher MaloneyCongressional investigation finds Coast Guard leadership fell short on handling bullying Republicans push back on expanding paid family leave beyond federal workers Top Republican requests House hearing with DOJ inspector general MORE (N.
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Rep. Justin AmashJustin AmashLawmakers blast Trump as Israel bars door to Tlaib and Omar House Democrats targeting six more Trump districts for 2020 Sanford headed to New Hampshire amid talk of challenge to Trump MORE (R-Mich.) slammed President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE's decision on Friday not to declassify the Democratic response to the GOP surveillance memo.
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The Justice Department watchdog unveiled a report Thursday rebuking former FBI director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE over his handling of memos detailing his conversations with President TrumpDonald John TrumpJoe Biden's record – not his gaffes – is dooming his campaign Trump defends shift of FEMA funds, citing Dorian's change in path Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively donate M to help migrant children, social justice MORE, saying he violated FBI policies.
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A week after officially launching her campaign, she held a rally outside Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York — only hours before Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrAdvocates doubt Trump DEA will ease rules on marijuana research Graham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE released a four-page memo outlining the findings in former special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerFox's Cavuto roasts Trump over criticism of network Mueller report fades from political conversation Trump calls for probe of Obama book deal MORE's report.
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Vice President Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PencePence: It's not a 'foregone conclusion' that lawmakers impeach Trump Pence's office questions Schiff's request to declassify more material from official's testimony: report The House Judiciary Committee's fundamental choice MORE revealed that he believes it is not "a foregone conclusion" that the House will vote to impeach President TrumpDonald John TrumpThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Democrats worried by Jeremy Corbyn's UK rise amid anti-Semitism Warren, Buttigieg duke it out in sprint to 85033 MORE in the ongoing inquiry launched earlier this year.
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The president and his top allies continue to float a potential witnesses list including the whistleblower, former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Democrats seek leverage for trial Democrats spend big to put Senate in play MORE, his son Hunter Biden and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.), arguing the Senate trial should be "fair" after the House proceedings.
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" The ranking member of the committee criticized the Democrats for using the committee as "a puppet" for Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Democrats seek leverage for trial The Memo: Pelosi-Trump trade deal provokes debate on left MORE (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.) to do their "bidding and dirty work.
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C.), Jim JordanJames (Jim) Daniel JordanDemocratic Women's Caucus calls for investigation into Epstein plea deal DOJ releases notes from official Bruce Ohr's Russia probe interviews CNN slams GOP for not appearing on network after mass shootings, conservatives fire back MORE (R-Ohio) and nine other Republicans on Thursday issued a direct plea to President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE to declassify and publicly release surveillance renewal applications used to spy on former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page.
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDems unlikely to subpoena Bolton Trump tells Republicans he won't extend surveillance law without FISA reforms Hillicon Valley: Democrats in talks to bridge surveillance divide | DHS confident in Super Tuesday election security | State pledges M cyber help to Ukraine | Facebook skipping SXSW amid coronavirus MORE (D-Calif.) is pressing President TrumpDonald John TrumpAs Biden surges, GOP Ukraine probe moves to the forefront Republicans, rooting for Sanders, see Biden wins as setback Trump says Biden Ukraine dealings will be a 'major' campaign issue MORE's new top acting intelligence official to declassify part of the report related to the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Allies of President TrumpDonald John TrumpJoe Biden's record – not his gaffes – is dooming his campaign Trump defends shift of FEMA funds, citing Dorian's change in path Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively donate M to help migrant children, social justice MORE took to Twitter on Thursday to blast former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE after a Justice Department watchdog released a scathing report which found he violated bureau policies with his handling of official memos, including one that contained classified information.
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The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has dismissed a Republican request for eight witnesses to testify as part of the impeachment inquiry, including House Intelligence Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.) and the whistleblower who first brought forward the allegations about President TrumpDonald John TrumpThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Democrats worried by Jeremy Corbyn's UK rise amid anti-Semitism Warren, Buttigieg duke it out in sprint to 2020 MORE's contacts with Ukraine. Rep.
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Former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien Comey3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Barr predicts progressive prosecutors will lead to 'more crime, more victims' James Comey shows our criminal justice system works as intended MORE said Monday he took inspiration from a visit to Mount Rushmore in a brief message sent amid a chaotic day of headlines that included an order from President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE to declassify Comey's text messages related to the Russia investigation.
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Two of President TrumpDonald John TrumpJoe Biden's record – not his gaffes – is dooming his campaign Trump defends shift of FEMA funds, citing Dorian's change in path Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively donate M to help migrant children, social justice MORE's most fervent House allies are calling on the House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman to schedule a hearing promptly with Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz, the day after Horowitz released a scathing report about former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE violating the bureau's policies. Rep.
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Washington Post editorial lists mass shooting victims in call for McConnell to 'do something' The Hill's Morning Report - Hurricane Dorian devastates the Bahamas, creeps along Florida coast MORE (Ky.), whose state had a planned nearly $63 million middle school at Fort Campbell; Cory GardnerCory Scott GardnerDemocrat Mike Johnston ends Senate bid in Colorado Democrats see golden opportunity to take Georgia Senate seat Nikki Haley will be 'special guest' at fundraiser for Trump-Pence MORE (Co.), with an $85033 million project at Peterson Air Force Base; Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin GrahamGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe GOP faces new pressure to act on guns Netanyahu, Trump discussing diplomatic gesture before Israeli election: report MORE (S.
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House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin NunesDevin Gerald NunesHillicon Valley: Apple, Facebook defend encryption during Senate grilling | Tech legal shield makes it into trade deal | Impeachment controversy over phone records heats up | TikTok chief cancels Capitol Hill meetings The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - Democrats to release articles of impeachment today Controversy on phone records intensifies amid impeachment MORE (R-Calif.) said Sunday that it was "sickening" that Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.) had obtained his phone records as part of the House's impeachment inquiry.
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Unfortunately, House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Democrats seek leverage for trial The Memo: Pelosi-Trump trade deal provokes debate on left MORE (D-Calif.) and House Intelligence Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (D-Calif.) have made clear they intend to send the Democrat senators running for president articles of impeachment as an early Christmas present, allowing them to turn one of the most extreme remedies laid out by our Founding Fathers into another soundbite slandering President Trump.
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Partisan Democrats in Washington, led by House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Democrats seek leverage for trial The Memo: Pelosi-Trump trade deal provokes debate on left MORE (Calif.), House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (Calif.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold NadlerJerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerHouse passes bill that would give legal status to thousands of undocumented farmworkers Collins accusing Democrats of 'tearing down a world leader' GOP calls for minority hearing on impeachment, threatens procedural measures MORE (N.
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Schiff offers bill to make domestic terrorism a federal crime New intel chief inherits host of challenges MORE (D-Calif.) should be "forced out of office," slammed former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien Comey3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Barr predicts progressive prosecutors will lead to 'more crime, more victims' James Comey shows our criminal justice system works as intended MORE and former CIA Director John BrennanJohn Owen BrennanWebb: Questions for Robert Mueller A brief timeline of Trump's clashes with intelligence director Dan Coats Trump critic Brennan praises his Iran decision: I 'applaud' him MORE for their early involvement in the Russia investigation, and said he "absolutely" plans to declassify and release surveillance applications related to the probe.
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Vice President Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard PencePence's office now says it wasn't Trump's idea to stay at his hotel in Ireland Hillicon Valley: Instagram seen as top 2020 disinformation target | Facebook to let users opt out of facial recognition on photos | Dozens of states looking at Google antitrust probe | Senate panel to hold hearings on tech mergers Trump sent message of congratulations to Poland on World War II anniversary MORE has been working with Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrAdvocates doubt Trump DEA will ease rules on marijuana research Graham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE on the proposal, Marc Short, Pence's chief of staff, said Monday, according to Bloomberg.
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The president and his allies are hitting the impeachment inquiry every day, lampooning leading Democrats like Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Democrats seek leverage for trial The Memo: Pelosi-Trump trade deal provokes debate on left MORE (Calif.), House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam SchiffAdam Bennett SchiffDemocrats seek leverage for trial Pence's office denies Schiff request to declassify call with Ukrainian leader Comey, Schiff to be interviewed by Fox's Chris Wallace MORE (Calif.) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold NadlerJerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerHouse passes bill that would give legal status to thousands of undocumented farmworkers Collins accusing Democrats of 'tearing down a world leader' GOP calls for minority hearing on impeachment, threatens procedural measures MORE (N.Y.).
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Nancy Pelosi, DCCC says petition will block Putin's visit , misleading donors: report 'Sunday Morning Futures' Interview: Goodlatte says House Republicans ready to call John Brennan to testify Spicer rips media for Trump-Putin furor , as half of Americans disapprove of Trump's job in Finland Howard Kurtz: Behind the hostility: How Trump and the media descended to mutual disgust FOX NEWS EXCLUSIVE: DISSECTING THE CARTER PAGE FISA APPLICATION - Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee asked President Trump last month to declassify key sections of the surveillance warrant application for ex-campaign aide Carter Page , according to a letter obtained by Fox News ... The heavily-redacted application outlining the justifications for surveilling Page, which was approved and renewed several times by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), was released over the weekend after a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpJoe Biden's record – not his gaffes – is dooming his campaign Trump defends shift of FEMA funds, citing Dorian's change in path Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively donate M to help migrant children, social justice MORE's lawyer Rudy GiulianiRudy GiulianiTed Cruz fires back at Lori Lightfoot: 'Mayor, your anger is misplaced' Sunday shows - Gun legislation dominates after deadly Texas mass shooting Giuliani claims Comey tried to 'frame' Trump after IG report MORE accused former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE of trying to "frame" the president after the publication of an inspector general report found that Comey's handling of memos was in violation of FBI policies.
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Polish President urges US to consider opening base Wednesday: Trump heads to Hurricane Florence-ravaged CarolinasTrump Organization prepares for a fight if Democrats winTrump says he wants to see Kavanaugh's accuser testifyMichael Flynn's sentencing is set for DecemberSessions moves to further tighten immigration courtsAdministration again couldn't find nearly 1,500 immigrant kids Thursday: Admin moves $260M to cover custody of immigrant children costsTrump sends Carson to Puerto Rico for Hurricane Maria anniversaryABC: Michael Cohen has done multiple interviews with Mueller teamTrump questions why Kavanaugh accuser didn't call the FBI after alleged assaultSpanish foreign minister claims Trump told him to build wall across the Sahara desert to stop migrants Friday: Trump unleashes on Kavanaugh accuserTrump suggests allies are concerned about release of Russia documentsLawyer for Kavanaugh accuser says Monday hearing would be a 'deal breaker'Melania Trump's spokeswoman reprimanded for Hatch Act violationTrump backs away from demand to declassify documents related to Russia investigation
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Developing now, Monday, July 23, 2018 One person was killed and 19843 wounded in a mass shooting in a Toronto neighborhood Sunday night, police say; the gunman was also killed President Trump warns Iran in a late Sunday night tweet to 'never, ever' threaten the United States again, or 'suffer the consequences' Trump calls the controversy over Russia 'a big hoax' after a week of backlash and damage control following his summit with Vladimir Putin EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans asked President Trump to declassify key parts of the surveillance application for ex-campaign adviser Carter Page, according to documents obtained by Fox News The operator of the duck boat in tragic accident that left 17 people dead last Thursday previously warned about safety issues and design flaws, a mechanical inspector says THE LEAD STORY - HAIL OF GUNFIRE IN TORONTO: Authorities in Toronto late Sunday responded to a mass shooting in the city&aposs neighborhood known as Greektown, where 14 people were hit by gunfire, including at least one fatally ... Responding police exchanged gunfire with the shooter and the suspect was killed.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpJoe Biden's record – not his gaffes – is dooming his campaign Trump defends shift of FEMA funds, citing Dorian's change in path Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively donate M to help migrant children, social justice MORE blasted former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyGraham calls on Barr to declassify files on DOJ watchdog's Russia probe Trump ramps up Twitter offensive as Dorian approaches Florida Trump suggests watchdog report shows Mueller probe was 'illegal' MORE, former CIA Director John BrennanJohn Owen BrennanTrump lashes out at former intel officials for criticism of Iran tweet Trailer shows first look at Annette Bening as Dianne Feinstein Webb: Questions for Robert Mueller MORE and former Director of National Intelligence James ClapperJames Robert ClapperTrump lashes out at former intel officials for criticism of Iran tweet Trump knocks news of CNN hiring ex-FBI official McCabe Conservatives lash out at CNN for hiring Andrew McCabe MORE on Saturday for criticism of a tweet Trump sent following a reported accident at an Iranian rocket facility.
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Rent-A-Center Inc: * RENT-A-CENTER ANNOUNCES COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH ENGAGED CAPITAL, LLC * RENT-A-CENTER INC SAYS ENGAGED CAPITAL BENEFICIALLY OWNS APPROXIMATELY 16.9 PERCENT OF RENT-A-CENTER'S OUTSTANDING COMMON STOCK * RENT-A-CENTER INC - PURSUANT TO COOPERATION AGREEMENT, ENGAGED CAPITAL HAS AGREED TO CERTAIN STANDSTILL PROVISIONS * RENT-A-CENTER - CO WILL NOMINATE FOR ELECTION AT 2018 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS ONE NEW INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR TO BE PROPOSED BY ENGAGED CAPITAL * RENT-A-CENTER INC - INDIVIDUAL NOMINATED BY RENT-A-CENTER WILL REPLACE NOMINATION OF RISHI GARG, A CURRENT MEMBER OF RENT-A-CENTER BOARD * RENT-A-CENTER INC - ONE NEW INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR TO BE PROPOSED BY ENGAGED CAPITAL WILL REPLACE NOMINATION OF RISHI GARG * RENT-A-CENTER SAYS ENGAGED CAPITAL AGREED TO VOTE ALL OF ITS SHARES IN FAVOR OF CO'S ANNOUNCED PROPOSAL TO DECLASSIFY BOARD * RENT-A-CENTER - PRIOR TO 2018 ANNUAL MEETING, BOARD WILL BE COMPOSED OF 6 DIRECTORS, BUT MAY, FOLLOWING 2018 ANNUAL MEETING, BE EXPANDED TO 7 * RENT-A-CENTER INC SAYS AGREED TO TERMINATE ITS STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN IN ADVANCE OF 2018 ANNUAL MEETING Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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