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 Trumps impeachment trial.
They appear to be succumbing to pressure from the administration, Rep. Adam Schiff said Sunday on ABCs This Week.? Schiff was selected by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as the lead impeachment manager for Trumps 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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onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)sandensea
(21,530 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)The political appointiees may be finally starting to pay dividends to him. Probably would have happened much sooner if he wasn't so incompetent.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,218 posts)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 theyre 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 theyre 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 ABCs 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 theyre 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.
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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/worried-about-angering-trump-cia-nsa-withhold-ukraine-documents-940063/
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)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?
dhill926
(16,234 posts)I cannot figure this shit out.....do your jobs and fuck the asshole...
Wednesdays
(17,249 posts)They're performing exactly as they intended at the outset. It's a feature, not a bug.
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)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)https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-directs-intelligence-community-cooperate-attorney-general-investigation/story?id=63244302
ETA: Wouldnt be a surprise if Billy expanded his portfolio.
rockfordfile
(8,682 posts)SunSeeker
(51,377 posts)murielm99
(30,656 posts)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.
NJCher
(35,428 posts)Major intelligence organizations intimidated by a baby?
Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)American GESTAPO
panfluteman
(2,054 posts)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)Hope that shithole of a human being was worth it.
SayItLoud
(1,696 posts)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)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.