Blumenthal: Release of FISA Memo ‘Reminiscent’ of the ‘Darkest Days’ of the McCarthy Era

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BLUMENTHAL: "What we know for sure is they are unauthorized by the minority on the committee. They were made without their knowledge --"
CAMEROTA: "The Democrats meaning."
BLUMENTHAL: "-- or approval. Exactly. And so the memo going to the White House is different from the one that was approved by the committee. But we also know very, very importantly, that the Department of Justice has said that it would be extraordinary reckless. And the release of this memo is really reminiscent of the darkest days of the McCarthy era with character assassination. It endangers methods and sources of the intelligence community, and it reflects an effort to distract from the Mueller investigation."