1. I went back to look at @maddow yesterday when she assailed the current DOJ for the manner in which the motion for stay tried to excuse the apparent lack of candor by the Barr DOJ that the judge raised in her ruling. She never mentioned the fact that the part of memo that she
2. wanted released was, in fact, released as Exhibit "A" to the motion. So the DOJ gave us what Maddow claimed was being withheld. The part they are seeking to keep sealed is the part about Mueller Report Volume I that addressed Russian influence. Not Trump crimes.
3. This is complicated stuff and the OLC would want to assert statutory protection that, if waived, will impact past, current and future FOIA's. It may not be readily apparent but in the area of National Security the Govt has secrets and they work to keep them.
4. I would love to see the part that is being withheld. But I would like to see an unredacted Mueller Report Volume I, a lot more. I am also trying to understand why nobody is up in arms to see that when that threat is a clear and present danger more than Barr or TFG.
5. And because it is a greater current national security threat, I would expect it is part of an ongoing investigation that the ham-handed Barr DOJ did not know how to exempt without violating SCI protocols on matters that may not be disclosed without de-classification.
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