{"id":69646,"date":"2017-03-25T08:06:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T12:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=69646"},"modified":"2017-03-25T08:18:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T12:18:36","slug":"nunes-calls-comey-rogers-for-closed-session-after-finding-concerning-info-in-intel-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=69646","title":{"rendered":"Nunes Calls Comey, Rogers For &#8220;Closed Session&#8221; After Finding &#8220;Concerning Info&#8221; In Intel Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Last night <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-03-23\/nsa-provide-smoking-gun-proof-obama-spied-trump\">we highlighted<\/a> a Fox News story which suggested that Devin Nunes expected the NSA to deliver a &#8220;smoking gun&#8221; which would prove that the Obama administration spied on the Trump transition team, and possibly the president-elect himself, as early as today.<\/p>\n<p>Moments ago, Nunes fanned that speculation by holding an impromptu press conference announcing that he&#8217;ll call both FBI Director Comey and NSA Director Rogers before a closed session of the House Intelligence Committee to discuss topics which <strong>&#8220;they couldn&#8217;t answer in a public setting.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is Nunes&#8217;s full statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: House Intelligence Committee chair Nunes says Trump&#39;s former campaign chairman has volunteered to be interviewed by the committee. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yb8OJnwETW\">pic.twitter.com\/yb8OJnwETW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNBCnow\/status\/845283875500777476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And some early takeaways:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\">\u00a0&#8220;There are just questions that we have for Dir. Comey and Adm. Rogers probably that they couldn&#8217;t answer in a public setting.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/845282956612636674\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"845282956612636674\" data-twitter-event-id=\"7\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard MediaCard--mediaForward customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DevinNunes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DevinNunes<\/a>: &quot;There are just questions that we have for Dir. Comey and Adm. Rogers probably that they couldn&#39;t answer in a public setting.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tEeJA6QDPx\">pic.twitter.com\/tEeJA6QDPx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/845282956612636674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"2\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DevinNunes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DevinNunes<\/a>: &quot;The Committee will ask Dir. Comey &amp; Adm. Rogers to appear in closed section.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yEv8ZtV0vL\">pic.twitter.com\/yEv8ZtV0vL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/845282403266543618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nunes also revealed that President Trump&#8217;s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, has volunteered to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on his alleged connections to Russia.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"quote_end\">\u00a0<strong>&#8220;We thank Mr. Manafort for volunteering and encourage others with knowledge of these issues to voluntarily interview with the committee.&#8221;<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nNunes continues to decline requests from the press to reveal his sources&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DevinNunes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DevinNunes<\/a>: &quot;I&#39;m still not going to tell you who our sources are.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0nfoDVd0on\">pic.twitter.com\/0nfoDVd0on<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/845284553044447233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But did confirm there was &#8220;no wiretapping of Trump Tower; That didn&#8217;t happen&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DevinNunes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DevinNunes<\/a>: &quot;There was no wiretapping of Trump Tower; that didn&#39;t happen.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4HbDVdZtH0\">pic.twitter.com\/4HbDVdZtH0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/845283912930775040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This follows Nunes&#8217;s appearance on Fox News last night in which he declared he had an obligation to raise issues he&#8217;s discovered about the unmasking of Americans&#8217; names during serveillance.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\">\u00a0@DevinNunes on &#8220;incidental&#8221; surveillance revelations:<strong> I had a duty and obligation to tell the President.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhat I saw had nothing to do with Russia. This has nothing to do with the Russia investigation.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lack of a leak investigation is quite concerning. We need to make sure that these leaks are being tracked down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>I have information that indicates Americans\u2019 names were unmasked during surveillance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly when I see a problem, I\u2019m going to point it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNames for sure if they\u2019re picked up in any incidental collection of any kind, they should be minimized.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DevinNunes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DevinNunes<\/a>: I have information that indicates Americans\u2019 names were unmasked during surveillance. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hannity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hannity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gcMy0EzpH9\">pic.twitter.com\/gcMy0EzpH9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/845102716728725504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, proving that Nunes may actually be on to something here, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/global-opinions\/shut-down-nuness-investigation--and-investigate-him-for-leaking\/2017\/03\/23\/48d3e020-0fe5-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?utm_term=.60012d85fcda\">WaPo <\/a>has quickly called for an immediate investigation into his behavior.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-03-24\/nunes-calls-comey-rogers-closed-session-after-finding-concerning-info-intel-reports\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-03-24\/nunes-calls-comey-rogers-closed-session-after-finding-concerning-info-intel-reports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}