and the d.o.j. says they won t give it to these politicians in congress. they cite the ongoing investigation as well as, quote, long-standing principles of investigatory independence. at the same time the house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes says he wants to hold d.o.j. officials in contempt for not releasing information about a secret intelligence source tapped by mueller. d.o.j. rebuffing that request as dangerous and could involve the potential loss of human lives. now, there is a flashback here. this whole scuffle echoes house republicans quest to release secret surveillance information through that famed nunes memo. many experts concluded the republicans lost that message war over the memo. it showed that trump aide carter page was surveiled but lawfully under a judge s order s, so it didn t seem to make the d.o.j. look that bad. but let s be clear. republicans did manage to break a precedent with that pressure. they got stuff out that usually doesn t come out. they