Without this perspective, it is easy to provide misguided advice like a 40 -
page memo on an issue that was nothing more than a passing concern for the client.
But if you want a 50 -
page memo on whether federal jurisdiction exists in your new case, Eugene is your man.
Over continued objections from the FBI, the White House declassified a version of Republican Rep. Devin Nunes's four -
page memo on Friday, which alleges serious abuses of power by the FBI during its investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.
Not exact matches
Their letter came
on the heels of a controversial
memo the House Intelligence Committee released earlier this month, which purports to show the FBI and Department of Justice abusing their surveillance authority to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter
Page.
Nunes has drawn sharp criticism from Rep. Adam Schiff, his Democratic counterpart
on the House Intelligence Committee, who said in a statement Friday that though Nunes»
memo sought to show that the FBI and the DOJ improperly sought a FISA warrant targeting
Page, Nunes had not seen the underlying intelligence
on which it was based.
The New York Times reported last weekend that Republicans were likely to use the
memo to contend that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acted improperly in approving an application to extend surveillance of
Page that was partly based
on dubious research funded by Democratic organizations.
The Nunes
memo misleadingly supported this argument by omitting the fact that Carter
Page left the Trump campaign in late September of 2016, weeks before the initial FISA application to surveil him was filed
on Oct. 21.
The investigation comes after Republicans
on the House Intelligence Committee released a polarizing
memo in February accusing the DOJ and the FBI of abusing their surveillance authority when they sought the
Page warrant.
As he speaks, Bezos is so focused
on not letting down customers, he clearly doesn't need a six -
page memo to get there.
James Damore was fired by Google
on Monday for circulating «Google's Ideological Echo Chamber,» a highly controversial 10 -
page memo suggesting that women are underrepresented at the company because of biological differences that make them less inclined to tech and leadership roles and not because of bias.
Carter
Page, the former adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign who is at the center of the
memo controversy, boasted about his Russia contacts in a 2013 letter to an academic journal, TIME reported
on Saturday.
The DOJ provided ample evidence when applying for the FISA warrant to surveil
Page, and relied very narrowly
on the so - called Steele dossier, contrary to the Nunes
memo's assertion.
Outside of its reliance
on Steele's information about
Page's July 2016 Moscow trip, the Democratic
memo said the DOJ «did not otherwise rely
on Steele's reporting, including any «salacious» allegations about Trump,» for the FISA warrant.
Democrats
on the House Intelligence Committee
on Saturday released their 10 -
page rebuttal to the so - called Nunes
memo.
But the DOJ's purpose in including the news reports was not to corroborate its findings, but rather to demonstrate to the FISA court that
Page had denied his July 2016 Russia meetings both publicly, as well as in a letter to then FBI director James Comey
on September 25, 2016, according to the Democratic
memo.
On Friday, the House Intelligence Committee, which is chaired by Republican Representative Devin Nunes, released a four -
page memo alleging surveillance abuses by the FBI.
The Nunes
memo did confirm that the Justice Department partly relied
on the Steele Dossier's information to get a FISA warrant targeting
Page in October 2016.
He repeats «no collusion» again and again, despite well - reported episodes such as the Trump Tower meeting in June 2016, outreach to Russians by campaign aides George Papadopoulos and Carter
Page, and his own efforts to egg
on more hacking of Hillary Clinton and to trumpet
memos released by pro-Russia WikiLeaks.
The premise of the Nunes
memo is that the FBI and DOJ corruptly sought a FISA warrant
on a former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, Carter
Page, and deliberately misled the court as part of a systematic abuse of the FISA process.
Beyond that, based
on the
memo in its current form, it's impossible to know for sure the role the Steele dossier played in the surveillance of
Page without actually seeing the FISA application.
A more honest
memo would have made it clear that
Page was no longer
on Trump's team at the time of the surveillance order.
Yet note what the
memo does not claim: that Ohr had anything to do with the surveillance application
on Carter
Page.
The Nunes
memo alleges that the FBI and DOJ relied
on allegations in the «Steele dossier» — the document, funded in part by the Clinton campaign, that explores Trump's possible Russia ties — to obtain a warrant to surveil
Page.
The Nunes
memo focuses
on surveillance of Carter
Page, a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser with business ties to Russia and open sympathies with the Kremlin's foreign policy.
Comey, according to the
memo, signed off
on three FISA applications when it pursued the warrant to surveil
Page in FISC (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) during his tenure as FBI director.
The Nunes
memo goes
on to allege that the
Page FISA application, which was ultimately approved by a judge, was fundamentally flawed.
The
memo argues the dossier became the basis for the surveillance of
Page, the conclusion being that the entire Russia investigation is based
on dubious political opposition research.
From what's been publicly reported about the Nunes
memo, the key allegation in it is that the FBI abused its power when requesting a surveillance warrant
on Trump foreign policy adviser Carter
Page.
According to the New York Times, the
memo says that shortly after being sworn in as deputy attorney general last spring, Rosenstein re-approved an existing wiretap
on former Trump campaign adviser Carter
Page.
But in the
memo Page sent to Trump officials describing his trip and reporting back
on it, he called himself «Campaign Adviser
Page.»
The
memo admits, crucially, that the Trump - Russia investigation was based in part
on Papadopoulos's misbehavior, not
Page's.
«The
memo's primary contention,» the Times writes, «is that FBI and Justice Department officials failed to adequately explain to an intelligence court judge in initially seeking a warrant for surveillance of Mr.
Page that they were relying in part
on research by [Steele].»
According to a New York Times report published
on January 28, Nunes's
memo focuses
on surveillance of Carter
Page, a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser with business ties to Russia and open sympathies with the Kremlin's foreign policy.
The
memo reportedly suggests that Steele lied to FBI agents who interviewed him during their probe of the 2016 election and that this purported lie was included in a successful application for a federal court order to conduct electronic surveillance
on Trump campaign adviser Carter
Page.
As confirmed by the
memo, the FBI began a counterterrorism investigation of former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos in late July 2016 — about three months before federal investigators first sought the warrant
on Page.
The Nunes
memo alleges that FBI and Justice Department officials relied
on an unsubstantiated dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele to get a warrant to conduct surveillance of
Page, who served
on the Trump campaign's foreign policy advisory team.
WASHINGTON — President Trump
on Friday refused to authorize the release of a Democratic rebuttal to a Republican intelligence committee
memo alleging that FBI and Justice Department officials abused their power to spy
on former Trump campaign adviser Carter
Page.
Two sources familiar with the
memo said it accuses the FBI and the Justice Department of abusing their authority in asking a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge to approve a request to extend an eavesdropping operation
on Carter
Page, an adviser to Trump's 2016 campaign.
Hillary's site has discussion occurring
on a blog, but the supporter messages aren't prominently featured on the site front page (the main «On The Blog» link goes to what is essentially a Mark Penn memo) and the limitations of the commenting tools make it hard to follow conversation
on a blog, but the supporter messages aren't prominently featured
on the site front page (the main «On The Blog» link goes to what is essentially a Mark Penn memo) and the limitations of the commenting tools make it hard to follow conversation
on the site front
page (the main «
On The Blog» link goes to what is essentially a Mark Penn memo) and the limitations of the commenting tools make it hard to follow conversation
On The Blog» link goes to what is essentially a Mark Penn
memo) and the limitations of the commenting tools make it hard to follow conversations.
ICYMI in this morning's CapTon
memo (if you're interested in receiving it, please hit the «subscribe» button
on the Capital Tonight home
page), Gov. Andrew Cuomo had another moment of questionable optics
on the topic of campaign finance reform yesterday.
I am going to call HG to make sure he is
on the same
page (Pat said he didn't speak to HG about the
memo yet).»
Tucked into the front flap of one of the binders was a seven -
page memo that Lacewell herself wrote in August of 2007
on the so - called Troopergate affair.
The story was based
on a four -
page memo written some nine months earlier in which Mr Mundell slammed the Holyrood Tory bench as having a «lack of thinkers».
But less than a month after the July contributions, a two -
page memo went from Cuomo's Division of the Budget to the state's Dormitory Authority, which issues debt
on behalf of schools and hospitals that have less experience (and scale) in the municipal bond market.
Schechter, who is a New York City defense attorney, sent a 31 -
page memo to his fellow CFS members last March, imploring them to reconsider relying
on ASCLD - LAB.
When an issue comes up [
on Capitol Hill], you need to digest it, understand the science and the ramifications of the science, and put it together in a coherent one -
page memo — and do that all within an hour.»
Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was certified as safe from tsunamis
on the basis of a one -
page memo
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And if so, who sends out the
memo, so we'll all be
on the correct
page?
Two years ago, when Arizona launched its statewide literacy initiative Read
On Arizona, state leaders looked for guidance in a series of policy and practice
memos developed by Professor Nonie Lesaux.The one -
page memos, released in 2012 as part of Lesaux's Lead for Literacy initiative, are...