Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said Tuesday that there were “sound reasons” behind the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
His comments to CNN stand in contrast to GOP leaders of the House Intelligence Committee, who have repeatedly criticized the surveillance against Page.
“I don’t think I ever expressed that I thought the FISA application came up short,” Burr told CNN. “There (were) sound reasons as to why judges issued the FISA.”
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But, echoing House Intelligence Committee ranking member Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Burr expressed concerns that the documents were released at all.
“I [never] cease to be amazed by how much stuff we release publicly now,” Burr told CNN.
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