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The Memo, The Bureau And The Missing Texts: Get Caught Up On The War Over The FBI

Republicans are waging a multi-front campaign against the FBI and the Justice Department over what they call bias. Democrats call the whole thing a smokescreen.
Republicans want to make public a much-discussed memo by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., that they say exposes abuse of power by the Obama administration.

The hottest thing on Capitol Hill this week is a document that no one in the outside world is allowed to see.

A secret four-page memorandum prepared by the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has become a rallying cry for Republicans waging a sustained campaign against the FBI and the Justice Department.

The document, pulled together by Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., alleges the Obama administration abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to target the Trump campaign.

The specifics aren't clear because it is classified and available only to members of Congress.

What is clear is that Nunes' colleagues who have read the memo say it must be public. But the

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