<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: When the House Released the Nunes Memo

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The Nunes Memo: President Trump authorized the House Intelligence Committee to release an unredacted, highly controversial memo by Devin Nunes, the committee’s chair. FBI and Justice Department leaders had argued that releasing the memo, which describes alleged surveillance abuses by the DOJ, would pose security risks, while Democrats on the committee called the memo misleading. Now that the memo is out, however, it’s not quite the bombshell some lawmakers promised. Here’s the full text, and here’s what it means.

Tom Shannon, the third-highest-ranking official at the U.S. State Department, for personal reasons after more than 34 years in diplomatic service. Shannon’s departure will leave only one career ambassador at the department, where many positions