Quote Originally Posted by detltu View Post
If the republicans can release a memo without affecting national security, but know that the democrats cannot refute the claims without compromising national security then this was some pretty brilliant manipulation on the republicans part. If you are intellectually honest though you have to understand why you can't give the organization you are accusing of improper action full control of whether the accusations are made at all.
Given both Nunes’ history on this particular issue and the actual content of the memo, it is pretty obvious to anyone with a critical eye that this was a deliberate attempt to mislead and manipulate. The clearest evidence comes from how he qualified the statements in the memo to carve around the omitted facts, particularly around what the court actually new about the background of the Steele dossier. And Nunes later admitted as much on that point.