First There Was The Memo. Then #ReleaseTheMemo. Now We Need #ReleaseTheMemoMemo.
Adam Schiff
On Jan. 23  Californians  Adam Schiff  and Dianne Feinstein  respectively the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee  sent a letter to Twitter demanding an explanation for the surge on the site of tweets bearing the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo  a reference to a controversial Republican memo that alleges Justice Department impropriety in the FBI's Trump-Russia probe.
Twitter sent  Schiff  and Feinstein its response late Friday evening. Representatives for the two legislators declined Monday and Tuesday to share the letter  and it's unclear if it will ever be released. Twitter declined to release the letter on its own.
 Schiff  and Feinsteinâs concern had compared the role of Russian botnets in the #ReleaseTheMemo campaign to the malign role of Russian trolls in spreading false news during the 2016 election.
"If these reports are accurate  we are witnessing an ongoing attack by the Russian government through Kremlin-linked social media actors directly acting to intervene and influence our democratic process â  Schiff and Feinstein  said in their letter to Twitter. âThis latest example of Russian interference is in keeping with Moscow's concerted  covert  and continuing campaign to manipulate American public opinion and erode trust in our law enforcement and intelligence institutions.â
On Jan. 23  Californians   [TGT]   and Dianne Feinstein  respectively the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee  sent a letter to Twitter demanding an explanation for the surge on the site of tweets bearing the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo  a reference to a controversial Republican memo that alleges Justice Department impropriety in the FBI's Trump-Russia probe.
Twitter sent  Schiff  and Feinstein its response late Friday evening. Representatives for the two legislators declined Monday and Tuesday to share the letter  and it's unclear if it will ever be released. Twitter declined to release the letter on its own.
 Schiff  and Feinsteinâs concern had compared the role of Russian botnets in the #ReleaseTheMemo campaign to the malign role of Russian trolls in spreading false news during the 2016 election.
"If these reports are accurate  we are witnessing an ongoing attack by the Russian government through Kremlin-linked social media actors directly acting to intervene and influence our democratic process â  Schiff and Feinstein  said in their letter to Twitter. âThis latest example of Russian interference is in keeping with Moscow's concerted  covert  and continuing campaign to manipulate American public opinion and erode trust in our law enforcement and intelligence institutions.â