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Schiff about protecting classified information. the irony of that is not lost on a lot of folks in washington who are equipsed that he is a drawing the of the edward snowden school of keeping secrets. you know, i understand why the democrats would be upset with what they read in that memo today. but it doesn't change the outcome of what is in there. as you know, laura, i'm one of the few people that have seen the underlying source document. and having had that opportunity to review those, i feel like they are very consistent with the memo that the public was able to see today that was drafted ...

>> i think the big problem is they didn't want to see the memo. >> tucker: why did they want you to see it? >> they wanted to have some balance they want the source documents to be released. i have been reading this memo all day. >> tucker: they didn't what the source documents released, that's factually untrue, they can release them right now. the testimony of andrew mccabe is a source document. the request to the fisa, democrats don't want those released. >> of course they do. i've talked to you about this last week, these are the exact things i said last week. let's see all the documents. >...

To see this. why? >> i think that the big problem with it wasn't that they didn't want you to see the memo. >> tucker: they didn't want me to see it. why didn't they want me to see it? >> they wanted to have some balance. make their own judgment. they wanted their memo released as well. i have been reading this memo all day. >> tucker: stop. they didn't want the source documents. that's factually untrue. they could release them right now. for example, the testimony of andrew mccabe before the intel committee is a source document. fisa court source document. democrats don't want those released....

Democratic memo. i can tell you i think if christopher wray was asked if one of them had to be released, it would be the republican memo. i have viewed both of them, as well as the source document. classified information, we have to be very careful with it. some of the comments john roberts was making, i share the director's concerns. we have to be very careful with this. he is concerned, as am i, that at the end of the day we don't destroy important vital critical national security law enforcement and counter intelligence tools in the process of examining and identifying potential abuses. >> ...

Facts that the department of justice said would be dangerously reckless to put out to the public. >> isn't it based on source documents, though? >> no. i've read both memos, don. this is nothing more than a brainwashing of the public to try and get them to believe that the fbi is working in a conspiracy against the trump white house. it's not based on any fact, and the memo we would like the public to see not only didiscredits thdi di discredits that but there is a mountain of evidence that would have americans very concerned. >> so this is an underlying memo or source document. has devin nune...