Should the Entire Unredacted Special Council Report Be Released?

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   RJ Schwartzposted 5 years ago

   Rumors are swirling that Bob Mueller is about finished with his final report to the Attorney General.  Concurrently several news outlets including Bloomberg, are debating on how much of this report should be released to Congress, the media, and the American people. 
   
   The current DOJ regulations state that the AG has the decision on what, if any part, of the report should be released.  The only exception under the regulation is that Congress must be informed if the AG prohibits the Special Council from taking any actions.
   
   Do you agree with the regulations as they stand?  Should all information be made public?  This case will likely be influential in any future Special Council appointments.
   
   If everything is released, then would it be fair to go back and release all previous Special Council Investigations in their entirety?  What about potential conflicts with classified information?  Should names be named, even if the Special Council found no evidence of a crime?  What  will be the political ramifications of releasing or not releasing?
   
   I've personally not made up my own mind yet, but wanted to see what the community thought - hopefully from a non-partisan approach (remember that what's good for one side is good for the other side)
   
   Thanks !

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      crankaliciousposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I think the report should be released to a bi-partisan panel first. I don't think it's absolutely necessary for the general public to have access to the report, nor do I think it's healthy. Now, I have some reservations about a panel in that both sides are likely to politicize whatever it is they read, but heck, that's what we pay those people to do, so let's see if they can do their jobs.

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         RJ Schwartzposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         What about the names of people who were interviewed?  I'm concerned that innocent people will be unnecessarily harassed just because they were talked to at one point or another.  It will be politicized either way though - and this won't be the end of it.

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      MizBejabbersposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I think the report should be released to the public with the only redacted sections being those that deal with current ongoing national security. But of course, as a former reporter, I'm looking at it from a journalistic point of view. CNN and the Dems will make hay out of what they can, and likewise, Fox and the Repubs will do the same. I think that to hide all the information from the public is a disservice. And here's an example of why I believe that:
      Speculation and accusations keep coming out on what really happened and who knew what ahead of time about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII. I think we have the right to know, since so many of our fathers and grandfathers were injured or killed during that attack and the following American involvement in the Pacific.
      As for the Kenneth Starr investigation into the Clintons, there were no accusations of anything treasonous or collusion with another country to tamper with U.S. elections. When Fiske ended his short investigation into Whitewater, the Republican Congress judged him incompetent and appointed Kenneth Starr, who, like them, was out to get him from day one. Starr still couldn't find anything involving national security, election fraud or any other action against this country that could be labeled "treasonous."
      There have been accusations against President Johnson that he was in on the assassination of President Kennedy, but you see how much credence investigations into Kennedy's death have lent to that rumor.
      So, I believe that the public should be given as many facts as possible. When you compare the Johnson and Clinton investigations to the Trump "witch hunt" you are comparing apples to turnips.
      Oh, by the way, it is said that the Whitewater investigation, a true "witch hunt" instigated by the Republicans, set the precedence for the Mueller investigation.
      https://www.npr.org/templates/story/sto … =123653000

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