Schitt’s Surveillance State
Schiff’s Surveillance State The Democrat demands, and then discloses, the call logs of his opponents. The Editorial Board Dec. 4, 2019 7:34 pm ET Adam Schiff and Devin Nunes in Washington, D.C., Nov. 21. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press The impeachment press is playing this as if the calls are a new part of the scandal, but the real outrage here is Mr. Schiff’s snooping on political opponents. The Democrat’s motive appears to be an attempt to portray Mr. Nunes, a presidential defender and Mr. Schiff’s leading antagonist in Congress, as part of a conspiracy to commit impeachable offenses. “It is, I think, deeply concerning, that at a time when the President of the United States was using the power of his office to dig up dirt on a political rival, that there may be evidence that there were members of Congress complicit in that activity,” Mr. Schiff told the press on Tuesday. Complicit in what? Doing his job of Congressional oversight? Talking to Mr. Trum...