Appearing separately on Sunday television talk shows, Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, and committee chairman Devin Nunes indicated that they are hardly in tandem as their hearings on Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential campaign get underway. Chairman Nunes, asked by Fox News moderator Chris Wallace if he thinks elements in the intelligence community are leaking information to undercut the Trump presidency, replied, "It's pretty clear that that's happening." Rep. Schiff on Meet the Press told moderator Chuck Todd that he was "surprised" that former CIA director James Clapper had said there was "'no evidence'" of "collusion" between the Trump campaign and the Russians.  Schiff then claimed there is circumstantial evidence of collusion."  He added – ominously – "There was direct evidence, I think, of deception."...(Read Full Post)