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struggle4progress

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Mon Feb 5, 2018, 10:30 PM Feb 2018

History as seen by Nunes memos

Dana Milbank
POSTED: 02/05/18, 10:23 AM EST

... House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
The Hon. Devin Nunes, chairman
MEMORANDUM: Treasonous Remarks by Thomas Paine
The committee has, based on its review of the evidence, determined that Mr. Paine is guilty of rank insubordination for accusing Gen. George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, of being a "summer soldier" and "sunshine patriot." Paine, according to highly classified documents in the committee’s possession, alleges that Gen. Washington will "shrink from the service" of country, and likens dealing with Washington to "tyranny" and "hell." The committee recommends court-martial for Paine, as well as for naval officer John Paul Jones, for desertion. Jones, according to the committee review of classified information, has not “begun to fight,” even though ordered to do so ....

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
The Hon. Devin Nunes, chairman
MEMORANDUM: Abraham Lincoln’s Anti-American Communications
In classified intercepts reviewed by this committee, President Lincoln has, in deeply unpatriotic remarks, refused "to dedicate," "to hallow" or "to consecrate" land where so many fell dead at Gettysburg. Furthermore, Lincoln alleged he would use his "power" to "detract" from their sacrifice -- sentiments hurtful to Gold Star families ...

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
The Hon. Devin Nunes, chairman
MEMORANDUM: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Kennedy are Foreign Nationals
Highly classified information received by the HPSCI contains clear and incontrovertible evidence that Dr. King is not an American citizen. He has, our information shows, repeatedly identified himself as a "Dreamer," which is a direct admission that he was born a foreign national and emigrated to the United States illegally as a child ...

http://www.saratogian.com/article/ST/20180205/NEWS/180209904

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