In an effort to counter the explosive GOP memo revealing FISA court abuses and a lack of integrity at the top of the FBI and Department of Justice, Rep. Adam Schiff may have released classified information of his own.
Schiff, alongside other prominent Democrats, has denounced the release of the memo, which
contains shocking information about surveillance abuse committed against the Trump campaign.
The President referred to the memo as a "disgrace," adding, "a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves."
Schiff, the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, couldn't contain his exuberance in countering the memo, and in doing so, may have let slip some classified information of his own.
The top Democrat claims the political bias of the man behind a dossier that was used as grounds to spy on the Trump team was disclosed to the FISA court judges,
a contradiction in what was reported in the memo.
Schiff argued that the memo's assertion is "not accurate," saying the court was aware that there was a "likely political motivation" behind the dossier.
The
Law & Crime blog, a site run by legal correspondent Dan Abrams, believes Schiff made a big mistake in making that claim.
Comment: There's a long way to go in this sordid story.