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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; House intelligence chairman Devin Nunes met on the White House grounds with the source of the claim that communications involving President Donald Trump&#8217;s associates were caught up in &#8220;incidental&#8221; surveillance, the congressman&#8217;s spokesman said Monday.</p><p>The meeting occurred before Nunes disclosed at a news conference that U.S. spy agencies may have inadvertently captured Trump and his associates in routine targeting of foreigners&#8217; communications.</p><p>&#8220;Chairman Nunes met with his source at the White House grounds in order to have proximity to a secure location where he could view the information provided by the source,&#8221; Nunes spokesman Jack Langer said.</p><p>Previously, Nunes, R-Calif., would not say where he met his secret source. He has still not revealed who that source is.</p><p>The bizarre disclosure about the intelligence reports brought criticism from Democrats, especially those who sit on his committee and are working with him on an investigation into Russia&#8217;s interference in the 2016 election. That investigation is also looking into possible ties between Trump associates and the Kremlin.</p><p>Nunes said the intelligence reports were not related to Russia.</p><p>&#8220;The chairman is extremely concerned by the possible improper unmasking of names of U.S. citizens, and he began looking into this issue even before President Trump tweeted his assertion that Trump Tower had been wiretapped,&#8221; Langer said.</p><p>The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, Rep. Adam Schiff of California, said Nunes&#8217; meeting with his source appeared to have been &#8220;a dead-of-night excursion.&#8221;</p><p>On Sunday, Schiff said on CBS&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation,&#8221; &#8221;I think the chairman has to make a decision whether to act as a surrogate of the White House &#8212; as he did during the campaign and the transition &#8212; or to lead an independent and credible investigation.&#8221;</p><p>Nunes was a member of Trump&#8217;s transition team. His office did not immediately say what time the chairman met his source on White House grounds.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">In this March 22, 2017 file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif, speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington following a meeting with President Donald Trump. Nunes’ spokesman says the congressman met on the White House grounds with the source of the claim that communications involving President Donald Trump’s associates were caught up in “incidental” surveillance.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_115739184-c76d09bcb0584b9fb153077a6225ac6c.jpg</photo0><caption0>In this March 22, 2017 file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif, speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington following a meeting with President Donald Trump. Nunes’ spokesman says the congressman met on the White House grounds with the source of the claim that communications involving President Donald Trump’s associates were caught up in “incidental” surveillance.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By EILEEN SULLIVAN</p><p>Associated Press</p></bylineMeta></div>

Intel chair Nunes met ‘incidental surveillance’ source on White House grounds