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The House Intelligence Memo Released: What It Says, Reaction

(CBS) -- A memo created by Republican staffers on the House Intelligence Committee alleging abuse of surveillance authority by the Justice Department and FBI was released Friday after being declassified by the president.

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who was in Chicago for a conference on taxes, blasted the president for allowing the public release of the document.

"President Trump has surrendered his constitutional responsibility as Commander-in-Chief by releasing highly classified and distorted intelligence," she said. "By not protecting intelligence sources and methods, he just sent his friend Putin a bouquet."

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In a tweet earlier today, the President defended the decision.

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