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Nunes story simply doesn't add up..

Nunes' spokesman said later that the chairman was there to view the documents in a Secure Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) at the White House in order to "safeguard the proper chain of custody and classification of these documents." Nunes has insisted that no one from the Trump administration knew he was on White House grounds being briefed on the documents. 

But National security experts, Republican and Democratic congressmen, and White House reporters have argued that it is highly unlikely Nunes could have obtained access to the White House grounds unnoticed. "This is insane," Juliette Kayyem, a CNN national security analyst and former official at the Department of Homeland Security, told Business Insider on Monday. "You only go to the White House to get briefed by the White House. It’s not a meeting point, like a McDonald’s off the Turnpike." Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, echoed Kayyem's assessment on Tuesday morning: The White House "is not an internet café," Swalwell told MSNBC. "You can’t just walk in and receive classified information." Swalwell also wondered why Nunes couldn't have viewed the documents inside an SCIF at the Capitol after consulting with his fellow committee members.

House intelligence chair's explanation for why he was at the White House doesn't add up - Business Insider

Moreover, it would be logistically impossible, sources say, for Nunes to get onto the White House grounds ― much less get into a room used for viewing classified information ― without being escorted by someone with an official badge.

“You have to be allowed onto the White House compound by a White House staffer. You have to be allowed into a SCIF by a White House staffer. You have to be provided computer credentials by a White House staffer. There is no other way to be authorized access to the White House other than via a White House staffer,” said Ned Price, who ran communications for Obama’s National Security Council. “Did he just show up and say ‘Let me in’? It defies credulity.”

Under the Obama administration, at least some information about Nunes’ mysterious White House visit would have eventually been made public in White House visitor logs. Those logs used to be accessible online and were usually updated every three to four months. But the website hosting the visitor logs has been down since Trump took office.

Devin Nunes' Story About His White House Grounds Visit Simply Isn't Credible | The Huffington Post

Think about the events of the past week alone. In the immediate aftermath of Nunes’s disclosures, Trump said the comments left him feeling “somewhat” vindicated, while the Republican Congressional Committee sent a list-building email with the subject line “Confirmed: Obama spied on Trump.”

Devin Nunes's botched effort to scuttle the Trump/Russia investigation, explained - Vox