#CatoConnects: The Nunes Memo, Surveillance, and Secret Courts - podcast episode cover

#CatoConnects: The Nunes Memo, Surveillance, and Secret Courts

Feb 15, 201851 min
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Episode description

The infamous “Nunes memo” has landed. Produced by Congressional staff and declassified by the President, the document alleged surveillance warrants on Trump campaign officials from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) were obtained without providing the court with important information.Intelligence experts have generally been skeptical of the memo’s conclusions, but the fight over this document may do long-term damage to attempts to provide important oversight for the secretive FISC.

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