McCain: Nunes Needs To Disclose His Source To The American People

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 10: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., attends a news conference in the Capitol introducing a bipartisan bill to increase sanctions on Russia for it's role in U.S. computer hacking, January 10, 2017.(... UNITED STATES - JANUARY 10: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., attends a news conference in the Capitol introducing a bipartisan bill to increase sanctions on Russia for it's role in U.S. computer hacking, January 10, 2017.(Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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The claims by House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) that he has secret source with whom he met at the White House complex last week continue to confuse and frustrate his fellow lawmakers in both parties and both chambers of Congress.

On Tuesday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that while calls for Nunes’ recusal from the ongoing investigation is “a decision the House should make,” he told reporters: “We should know the sources and we should know the information.”

Asked who “we” refers to, McCain answered: “The entire nation.”

Nunes has claimed that his secret source provided him with intelligence reports that allegedly show Trump transition team members were incidentally caught up in legal U.S. surveillance of foreign targets.

McCain had previously said that Nunes’ behavior—especially racing to brief Trump but not his fellow Intelligence Committee members with alleged evidence of the incidental collection—exposed the need for Congress to set up a select committee to handle the investigation.

“No longer does the Congress have credibility to handle this alone, and I don’t say that lightly,” McCain told MSNBC’s Greta Van Susteren last week.

He added in an interview with CBS: “Obviously, on a committee like an intelligence committee, you’ve got to have bipartisanship; otherwise, the committee loses credibility. And there’s so much out there that needs to be explained by the chairman.”

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  1. I have to disagree with Gramps despite his mavericky intent. “We” shouldn’t know the source or the info until the independent prosecutor finishes the investigation and files charges and recommends impeachment. Nunes shouldn’t have any intel or role in government except for stamping license plates in federal prison for obstructing justice while chairing a committee investigating treason. Any further leaking of info at this point only helps the administration obfuscate.

  2. But Nunes said that he was fuftilling a “DUTY” by creeping around like this! One man, and his call to duty!

  3. Noble words, now get off your ass and see that the "American People"find out was is really going on here, a massive crime and cover-up by the most untrustworthy fuckers this country has seen since center Nixon.

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