The Department of Justice is up to its old tricks, withholding evidents from congressional investigators. From Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com:
House Intel Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) was denied a cache of classified information by the Department of Justice (DOJ) after the White House backed senior FBI and national intelligence officials who told them the materials were too hot to give to him – and “could risk lives by potentially exposing the source, a U.S. citizen who has provided intelligence to the CIA and FBI, reports the Washington Post, citing multiple sources. The FBI made the urgent request to the White House last Wednesday claiming that even a redacted version of the request could risk lives by exposing a top-secret intelligence source.
Which begs the question:
White House officials agreed to the DOJ’s request with President Trump’s blessing – however the Post notes “it is unclear whether Trump was alerted to a key fact — that information developed by the intelligence source had been provided to the Mueller investigation.”
Whatever the case, the U.S. intelligence community clearly doesn’t trust Nunes with this information.
For the intelligence agencies, Nunes’s request threatened to cross a red line of compromising sources and methods of U.S. intelligence-gathering, according to people familiar with their views. Intelligence officials fear that providing even a redacted version of the information Nunes seeks could expose that person and damage relationships with other countries that serve as U.S. intelligence partners. –Washington Post
Nunes requested the information in a classified April 24 letter to the Justice department. Due to the confidential nature, we don’t know exactly what the DOJ is holding back, however he told reporters this week that he is investigating FBI Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuse and “other matters.”
The Post notes that the involvement of the White House marks a rare “moment of alignment between the Justice Department and Trump, who has relentlessly criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions and other top Justice officials for the probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.”
To continue reading: Top Secret Intel Source Aiding Mueller Probe Is Behind Latest Clash Between DOJ And Nunes
Yeah we know, why risk the life of the assistant janitor at the Washington Post?
I forgot all those voices that speak to Mueller that only he can hear.
I believe there is a great many investigations going on with in this investigation. This may very well pose a danger to people that have already suffered, suffered very much.