Adam Schiff has suddenly taken great interest in the investigation that AG Barr is running to find out what really happened with the Russia probe and how it began. So much so that he just sent a letter to all of the intelligence agencies that Trump ordered to comply with Barr’s investigation demanding they send him all the intel that Barr is asking for and tell him if they object to any of Barr’s declassifications:
POLITICO – House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff demanded on Friday that the nation’s intelligence community report to Congress any effort by Attorney General William Barr to declassify national security secrets over its objections.
Schiff made his demand in a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, calling on Coats to brief his committee in person and to share any information that Barr has requested as part of a review of the origins of the FBI’s investigation of links between Russia and the Trump campaign.
Earlier this month, Trump granted Barr broad authority to declassify any material he needs to conduct that review, prompting outrage among Democrats who say such sweeping authority could damage national security.
“This approach threatens national security by subverting longstanding rules and practices that obligate you and other heads of IC agencies to safeguard sources and methods and prevent the politicization of intelligence and law enforcement,” Schiff wrote.
I wonder if Schiff is starting to get a little nervous at what Barr might just find hidden in all of this intelligence. LOL!
Here’s the actual letter if you wanna click through and read it. It’s basically just Schiff ranting about how disturbing this investigation is and how Barr is using it for Trump’s political purposes, etc:
NEW: @RepAdamSchiff sent letters to heads of ODNI, CIA, FBI and NSA taking aim at the new DOJ review of the Russia probe, asking them to provide his committee with any materials requested by Barr, and to tell the panel if they object to any decision Barr makes to declassify info pic.twitter.com/0VZUkL4ygV
— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) May 31, 2019