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Document Information
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News article / opinion piece (wall street journal online printout included in congressional oversight record)
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1.72 MB
Summary
This document is an opinion article by Kimberley Strassel dated May 10, 2018, discussing a conflict between the DOJ/FBI and the House Intelligence Committee regarding the disclosure of a top-secret intelligence source involved in the Trump campaign investigation. The text details Speaker Paul Ryan's support for Chairman Devin Nunes's subpoena and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's resistance to opening FBI files. The document appears to be part of a larger House Oversight production (marked HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020819).
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Kimberley A. Strassel | Author |
Author of the article/opinion piece.
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| Paul Ryan | Speaker of the House |
Gave a press conference supporting Devin Nunes's request for information.
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| Devin Nunes | Intelligence Chairman |
Requested details on a secret source; issued a letter and subpoena.
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| Rod Rosenstein | Deputy Attorney General |
Accused the House of extortion and refused to open FBI files.
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| Unnamed Intelligence Source | Top-secret intelligence source |
Subject of the dispute; a U.S. citizen involved in the Russia collusion probe.
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Organizations (8)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Department of Justice |
Agreed to brief House Intelligence Committee; accused of hiding information.
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| Congress |
Legislative body battling with the DOJ.
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| House Intelligence Committee |
Committee investigating the FBI and Trump campaign.
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| Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) |
Investigative body accused of hiding information.
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| Trump campaign |
Subject of the FBI investigation.
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| White House |
Asked by Justice to back its stonewall.
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| Washington Post |
Published leaks regarding the intelligence source.
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| CIA |
Mentioned in relation to the top secret intelligence source.
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Timeline (2 events)
2018-05-10
Department of Justice agreed to brief House Intelligence Committee members.
Washington D.C.
Locations (1)
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Referenced in context of the 'Russia collusion probe'.
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Relationships (2)
Nunes issued subpoena; Rosenstein accused House of 'extortion'.
Ryan publicly defended Nunes's request as appropriate.
Key Quotes (5)
"wholly appropriate"Source
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"completely within the scope"Source
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"something that probably should have been answered a while ago."Source
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"declining to open the FBI’s files to review"Source
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"loss of human lives."Source
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By
Kimberley A. Strassel
May 10, 2018 6:50 p.m. ET
1663 COMMENTS
Kimberley A. Strassel
May 10, 2018 6:50 p.m. ET
1663 COMMENTS
• • The Department of Justice lost its latest battle with Congress Thursday when it agreed to brief House Intelligence Committee members about a top-secret intelligence source that was part of the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign. Even without official confirmation of that source’s name, the news so far holds some stunning implications.
Among them is that the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation outright hid critical information from a congressional investigation. In a Thursday press conference, Speaker Paul Ryan bluntly noted that Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes’s request for details on this secret source was “wholly appropriate,” “completely within the scope” of the committee’s long-running FBI investigation, and “something that probably should have been answered a while ago.” Translation: The department knew full well it should have turned this material over to congressional investigators last year, but instead deliberately concealed it.
House investigators nonetheless sniffed out a name, and Mr. Nunes in recent weeks issued a letter and a subpoena demanding more details. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s response was to double down—accusing the House of “extortion” and delivering a speech in which he claimed that “declining to open the FBI’s files to review” is a constitutional “duty.” Justice asked the White House to back its stonewall. And it even began spinning that daddy of all superspook arguments—that revealing any detail about this particular asset could result in “loss of human lives.”
This is desperation, and it strongly suggests that whatever is in these files is going to prove very uncomfortable to the FBI.
The bureau already has some explaining to do. Thanks to the Washington Post’s unnamed law-enforcement leakers, we know Mr. Nunes’s request deals with a “top secret intelligence source” of the FBI and CIA, who is a U.S. citizen and who was involved in the Russia collusion probe. When government agencies refer to sources, they mean people who appear to be average citizens but use their profession or contacts to spy for
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