{"id":31767,"date":"2017-10-15T21:53:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T01:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31767"},"modified":"2017-10-15T21:53:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T01:53:59","slug":"transparency-is-obviously-a-lost-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=31767","title":{"rendered":"Transparency is Obviously A Lost Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday The Washington Examiner<\/a> posted an article about the battle between CNN<\/a> and the government about making public James Comey’s memos about his discussions with President Trump regarding the Russian investigation.<\/p>\n

There are a few things that need to be noted here. In June, I posted an article<\/a> which included the following:<\/p>\n

In a statement delivered on the Senate floor<\/a>, Grassley<\/a> (Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman<\/a> Chuck Grassley<\/a> (R-IA)) said that in March, former FBI Director<\/a> James Comey<\/a> had told him, Sen. Dianne Feinstein<\/a> (D-CA<\/a>), and the group of Senate and House members known as the \u201cGang of Eight<\/a>\u201d that the president was not under investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But Schumer<\/a>, who is part of the Gang of Eight, continued to tell the media Trump was under investigation, Grassley said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay. So if those Senators knew in March that President Trump was not under investigation, why did Senator Schumer<\/a> claim he was and why is Robert Mueller continuing to investigate something that was already known?<\/p>\n

At any rate, the article at The Washington Examiner reports:<\/p>\n

Government lawyers asked a judge Friday to deny CNN’s request to force the FBI<\/a> to publicly disclose former FBI Director James Comey’s memos documenting his interactions with President Trump about the Russia investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The news network made the case in a lawsuit filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in June<\/a> that there was high public interest in Comey’s memos and that the notes were not classified, as insisted by Comey himself in testimony. CNN, along with other outlets and watchdog groups, had requested the memos under the Freedom of Information Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, a report from CNN on Saturday<\/a> explained that parts of Comey’s memos were determined to be classified and the government argued that to make them public would “reveal the scope and focus of the investigation and thereby harm the investigation” and possible prosecutions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The government is also requesting that an unnamed “FBI employee” make the government’s case in secret.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Was the memo Comey leaked to Columbia University professor Daniel Richman, (who then at the request of Comey revealed the details of the notes to the New York Times<\/a> to make sure a special prosecutor was appointed) a secret? if so, why hasn’t Comey been held accountable? Who is the government actually working for?<\/p>\n

It’s time for the government to start cooperating with the citizens. I realize that might by an alien concept to some government employees, but I am sure they could get used to the idea that they work for the citizens, not the other way around. It truly is time for some transparency in government.<\/p>\n

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