DOJ tells Nunes it'd be 'reckless' to release memo without review

The Justice Department (DOJ) on Wednesday warned lawmakers not to publicly release a memo purporting to detail surveillance abuses by the U.S. government for fear it will harm national security and ongoing investigations.

Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd, in a letter to the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), said the Republican push to release a memo that they say reveals political bias at the FBI and DOJ would be "extraordinarily reckless" without a review by those agencies.

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"We have also heard that [the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence] is considering making the classified memorandum available to the public and the media, an unprecedented action," Boyd wrote in the letter.

The DOJ official goes on to say that while the Justice Department is unaware of the purported Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuses detailed in the memo, officials hope lawmakers will provide more information so that investigations into the claims can take place.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/370614-doj-official-tells-nunes-itd-be-reckless-to-release-memo-without

Can Nunes make and even bigger fool of himself?