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Omaha Steve

(99,073 posts)
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 03:38 PM Jan 2020

Schiff accuses NSA, CIA of withholding documents on Ukraine

Source: AP

By HOPE YEN

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is accusing U.S. intelligence agencies of withholding documents from Congress on Ukraine that could be significant to President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial.

“They appear to be succumbing to pressure from the administration,” Rep. Adam Schiff said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.? Schiff was selected by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as the lead impeachment manager for Trump’s Senate trial.

Schiff, D-Calif., contended that the National Security Agency “in particular is withholding what are potentially relevant documents to our oversight responsibilities on Ukraine, but also withholding documents potentially relevant that the senators might want to see during the trial. That is deeply concerning.” He also said “there are signs that the CIA may be on the same tragic course.”

The NSA and CIA did not immediately respond to a requests for comment.



House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., takes a reporter's question as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announces impeachment managers before sending articles of impeachment to the Senate charging President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)


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Schiff accuses NSA, CIA of withholding documents on Ukraine (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jan 2020 OP
Who ordered it? onecaliberal Jan 2020 #1
No idea. sandensea Jan 2020 #15
Just like the Justice Dept. Bradical79 Jan 2020 #2
this is dangerous for a Democracy, just an average day under fascism. nt yaesu Jan 2020 #3
'Worried About Angering Trump,' CIA and NSA Withhold Ukraine Documents From Congress, Says Intellige Judi Lynn Jan 2020 #4
Good God this is nauseating. Cowards all. All?? Unbelievable mob boss fear. Evolve Dammit Jan 2020 #6
Try as I may... dhill926 Jan 2020 #11
If rump is packing the house full of puppets, then no Wednesdays Jan 2020 #12
But the career people are still there. You may have 20% puppets, but that's it. WTF? Evolve Dammit Jan 2020 #14
Nauseating is the right word LiberalLovinLug Jan 2020 #20
Didn't Unstable Moron give Barr super powers over IC? Kid Berwyn Jan 2020 #5
Obstruction of Justice. If ordered by Trump, then impeach the S.O.B again rockfordfile Jan 2020 #7
After 3 years, our agencies have been hollowed out, and infested with Trump appointees. SunSeeker Jan 2020 #8
I heard him say that this morning. murielm99 Jan 2020 #9
you gotta' be kidding me NJCher Jan 2020 #10
He has unleashed Barr. Kid Berwyn Jan 2020 #19
Foul Trumpian Rot from Within panfluteman Jan 2020 #13
History has shown these organizations to be untrustworthy. They are now validating that. TheFourthMind Jan 2020 #16
WHEN, and there will be a WHEN there is a change of power SayItLoud Jan 2020 #17
MF45 has broken our Governmental institutions like he has bankrupted viable casinos kimbutgar Jan 2020 #18
 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
2. Just like the Justice Dept.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 03:44 PM
Jan 2020

The political appointiees may be finally starting to pay dividends to him. Probably would have happened much sooner if he wasn't so incompetent.

Judi Lynn

(160,218 posts)
4. 'Worried About Angering Trump,' CIA and NSA Withhold Ukraine Documents From Congress, Says Intellige
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 04:52 PM
Jan 2020

JANUARY 19, 2020 1:03PM ET
‘Worried About Angering Trump,’ CIA and NSA Withhold Ukraine Documents From Congress, Says Intelligence Chair
“Part of their job is to speak truth to power. And I worry that they’re succumbing to the pressure of the administration,” Congressman Adam Schiff said

By PETER WADE

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said the intelligence community is hesitant to speak in an open hearing, as was the norm prior to the Trump administration, “because they’re worried about angering the president.” And, he said, the NSA and CIA are withholding documents from Congress and the Senate about Ukraine because of “pressure from the administration.”

On Sunday, Schiff was asked on ABC’s This Week about a report that said intelligence agency officials were hesitant to appear in front of his committee to speak about global security threats.

“The intelligence community is reluctant to have an open hearing, something that we had done every year prior to the Trump administration, because they’re worried about angering the president,” Schiff said.

After the congressman confirmed the report, he then took it a step further, saying that the NSA is withholding documents on Ukraine that are “potentially relevant [to impeachment] that the senators might want to see during the trial.” The congressman added, “And there are signs that the CIA may be on the same tragic course.”

More:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/worried-about-angering-trump-cia-nsa-withhold-ukraine-documents-940063/

Evolve Dammit

(16,632 posts)
6. Good God this is nauseating. Cowards all. All?? Unbelievable mob boss fear.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 05:00 PM
Jan 2020

Half these men and women are armed and have the rule of law on their side. What is their individual and collective problem with calling it out? Have their families been threatened? Their jobs?

Wednesdays

(17,249 posts)
12. If rump is packing the house full of puppets, then no
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 06:00 PM
Jan 2020

They're performing exactly as they intended at the outset. It's a feature, not a bug.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,154 posts)
20. Nauseating is the right word
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 02:09 PM
Jan 2020

And you just know that IF, lord help us, IF America can rid itself of this orange menace, if not before, then by next January, many of these cowards will step forward, along with a few Republican reps, and backtrack and admit they always had reservations on Trump, didn't think he was fit. But were too afraid of the reactions by fellow Republicans. I also think there is a Trump Deep State within these intelligence communities. We heard about those in the FBI before the last election that were pushing the Hillary email investigation.

Kid Berwyn

(14,651 posts)
5. Didn't Unstable Moron give Barr super powers over IC?
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 04:58 PM
Jan 2020
Trump gives attorney general Barr sweeping power to declassify intelligence in Russia probe review

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-directs-intelligence-community-cooperate-attorney-general-investigation/story?id=63244302

ETA: Wouldn’t be a surprise if Billy expanded his portfolio.

murielm99

(30,656 posts)
9. I heard him say that this morning.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 05:41 PM
Jan 2020

I thought he was brave to say it. The intelligence agencies are afraid to anger trump. WTH?

Schiff states that it is their job to speak truth to power. That is everyone's job, especially now.

panfluteman

(2,054 posts)
13. Foul Trumpian Rot from Within
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 06:23 PM
Jan 2020

Trump corrupts everything he touches. It's like our democracy is like a dying man, and one by one, its vital organs are failing.

TheFourthMind

(343 posts)
16. History has shown these organizations to be untrustworthy. They are now validating that.
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 06:26 PM
Jan 2020

Hope that shithole of a human being was worth it.

SayItLoud

(1,696 posts)
17. WHEN, and there will be a WHEN there is a change of power
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 06:32 PM
Jan 2020

EVERY ONE of those responsible for withholding requested documents MUST be held to account. Legally, career and publicly. Just sayin...this is ONE MORE STEP towards tRUMP's DICKtatorship.

kimbutgar

(20,882 posts)
18. MF45 has broken our Governmental institutions like he has bankrupted viable casinos
Sun Jan 19, 2020, 06:46 PM
Jan 2020

He has taken a wrecking ball to our government agencies and I fear the USA as we know it is over.

I fear that the US will be unrecognizable once he is out of office in 2024. And there will be a secession of blue states. The mafia don controls the levers and is not going to relinquish them easily. Even if we vote him out the GOP, Barr and his minions Will invalidate the constitution.

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