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Hoefr time to understand the different scenarios that would be triggered by the actions this week. and so it is -- it is important to underline that we are in uncharted territory and what happens this week will -- weve never seen before. >> stan, what it comes down to is whether or not people think that this process was abused. and if they think it was, theyre going to lose faith in the system and the fbi. the fisa court wasnt around when you were assist ab-- assis attorney general but lawyers a...

System accountable and reviewing whether or not fay is a abuses occur. the government has been given extraordinary power over citizens civil liberties. its our job to make sure the process is followed properly and if not we need accountability. let it all out so long as were not involving sources and methods to protect our national security philanthropy more transparency the better so that people of this country can see that their civil liberties are protect, the constitution is being followed. ...

Again. what this is not, is an indictment on our institutions, of our justice system. this memo is not an indictment of the fbi, of the department of justice. it does not impugn the mueller investigation or the deputy attorney general. what it is, is the congress legitimate function of oversight to make sure that the fisa process is being used correctly and that if it wasnt being used correctly that needs to come to light and people need to be held accountable so that we do not have problems aga...

In consultation with the fbi they made a change to register those concerns and then they voted on releasing the memo to the white house. so the process is exactly what it should have been. scrubbed to make sure there are no sources or methods were revealed. when an issue was brought to the committee they went through it and then through the committee process. >> republicans are traditionally the party of law and order. you have an fbi director saying please dont release this memo, it is misleadi...

Will is set to enter its third act. two administration officials tell nbc news the white house could likely release a highly controversial memo compiled by republican house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes as early as today, after the president seemed to confirm the decision in a hot mic moment before his state of the union address. >> lets release the memo. >> oh, yeah. dont worry. 100%. can you imagine? >> 100%. if you couldnt hear that. republicans claim this memo shows abuses of t...

Situation. the fbi director needs to follow the facts, follow the law and do so independent of any politics. i think whats important for folks to remember is that the fisa process, the process to get a fisa warrant -- i used to be the assistant attorney general in charge of the part of the justice department that represents the fbi before the fisa court. these are professional career dedicated lawyers. they review, and i ultimately signed thousands of these which are 50rks 60 pages in length. im...

What they wanted which is to muddy the water and to raise questions that are kind of shrouded in this notion of classified material, to raise questions about whether kind of at its core there is something wrong about the probe and the fisa process that has followed in all these months. >> michael, im going to be talking to house intel committee member here in a moment, mike quigley. he apparently asked nunes what has been a key question. did the white house have involvement in the drafting of th...

American people can make up their own mind. >> nothing is so repugnant and frightening as the republicans all-out assault on law enforcement, the fbi. >> bret: hasnt been this much coverage of a memo no one has seen publicly. i dont think ever. this memo is likely coming out but the fbi pushing back, releasing a statement saying the fbi takes seriously its obligations to the fisa court, its compliance with procedures overseen by career professionals in the department of justice and the fbi. we...

The russia investigation and the mueller investigation. and you know, he -- he wants to get out information that will -- that will cast the investigation somehow in a negative light. so i agree with you. he will release it. look, it has serious consequences across a number of axis. first, the concern is about what the specific information is in this document that may have national security consequences. information about the fisa process is classified for an extremely good reason. both civil lib...

Omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memos accuracy. so making the same point the democrats have made on the committee that its a selective picking of facts from the fisa application and doesnt reflect on the totality of what the fbi was going after here, andrea. >> and as well the fbi is also saying, as you know, that it takes its obligations to the fisa court, thats the special judge that reviews all of these confidential secret applications, and this was an extension of the eavesdr...