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    What You Need To Know About Russia Memo Mania: Minority Report Edition

    House Intelligence Committee Democrats have released a redacted version of their Russia countermemo. Here are 5 takeaways about Congress' saga of the dueling memoranda.
    by Philip Ewing Feb 26, 2018 4 minutes
    Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, leaves a committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol Feb. 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. On Feb. 25, Schiff released a memo responding to a previous Republican memo about the investigation of President Trump's 2016 campaign.

    After nearly a month of pronouncements, melodrama, headlines and strife, Round One of memo mania is finally complete.

    House Intelligence Committee Republicans went first with their Feb. 2 salvo that alleged "biased" FBI and Justice Department officials had abused their surveillance powers by withholding information from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

    Then, on Saturday, committee Democrats released a rebuttal giving their perspective on the story — or at least part of it.

    One privilege enjoyed by intelligence committee chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., is that his majority on the panel, and the presence of allies in the executive branch, meant he could arrange for his memo to be released swiftly and in full.

    The minority response by ranking member Adam Schiff took

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