Intelligence chairman accuses Obama aides of hundreds of unmasking requests

The Hill ^ | July 27th, 2017 | John Solomon

[Mariner]

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is accusing top political aides of President Obama of making hundreds of requests during the 2016 presidential race to unmask the names of Americans in intelligence reports, including Trump transition officials.

Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), in a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, said the requests were made without specific justifications on why the information was needed.

“We have found evidence that current and former government officials had easy access to U.S. person information and that it is possible that they used this information to achieve partisan political purposes, including the selective, anonymous leaking of such information,” Nunes wrote in the letter to Coats.

The letter was provided to The Hill from a source in the intelligence community.

In March, Nunes disclosed that he had seen data suggesting Trump campaign and transition officials were having their names unmasked by departing officials in the Obama White House.

National Security Adviser Susan Rice and CIA Director John Brennan have acknowledged making such requests though they insisted the requests were for legitimate work reasons.

[Mariner]

Hey, Jeff Sessions...do you think maybe this is a more important use of DOJ resources than expansion of Asset Forfeiture or enforcement of Federal Marijuana laws against the states and the people?

[goodnesswins]

Stealing from another freeper... Best Election Ever...can’t wait for Friday

[norwaypinesavage]

The problem is that we have known this for months. Why has it taken until now for the politicians to acknowledge it?

[rb22982]

Why has it taken until now for the politicians to acknowledge it?

Because the deep state/IC, Dems, GOPe (most of the GOP), and the media want it to take out Trump and maintain the (old) status quo.

[SueRae]

Well well..

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

Susan Rice gotta go!

To jail!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[DesertRhino]

The use of government tools to suppress normal political opposition is despotic and the move of an authoritarian government.

Obama is an Un-American criminal.

[blam]

"Susan Rice gotta go!"

Lois Lerner is till laughing at you. Susan Rice will be too, shortly.

[TigersEye]

These people all deserve to dance at the end of a rope ... with a legal writ ordering it to be done.

[Parley Baer]

The Obama administration is the worst ever.

[SkyPilot]

The President wants me to......(gulp), investigate Obama, his aides, and this illegal unmasking of innocent Americans?

I mean, that will make a lot of waves....lots and lots of waves...and, I recused myself, you know, because I am a man of such integrity, honor, pride, and selflessness....I am also humble. VERY, very humble. And I have lots of friends in the Senate who will complain to the media if you don't agree...

I don't want to do this difficult stuff of holding people accountable, I want to be "Above it All" and talk about fun stuff......

Like the D.A.R.E program!

[NFHale]

Seriously... it is time to start putting these subversive obamanoid pieces of sh*t in jail and making examples of them.

Start with Rice and Brennan, and work backwards from there.

[Liz]

FROM ONE OF THE MANY EXPOSES---Seeking to retain his position as CIA director under Hillary, Brennan used phony foreign intel as a pretext for a multi-agency investigation into Trump.....that led the FBI to probe a computer server connected to Trump Tower and gave cover to Susan Rice's sifting operations....

Not only Brennan.... "Susan The Sifter" had a dog in this hunt......Hillary tapped her for Secy of State. One could conclude Comey also had his reasons .....to stay on as FBI director....and Loretta Lynch was angling for a USSC seat.

Mighty powerful incentives for anti-Trump shenanigans.

.......apparently there are records proving that Obama's CIA director, John Brennan, oversaw repeated spying on the phone calls of President Donald Trump and millions of other private American citizens. An audiotape just released by Federal Judge G. Murray Snow is part of a civil case........

[Liz]

Thankfully, Susan's so stupid, her public explanations of her intel activities set her up for a precipitous fall.

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Taxpayers demand Rice answer questions....and they want answers now:

1. When did you request the unmasking, and from which agency?

2. Who in that agency actually did the unmasking? Please provide the written requests you submitted.

3. Once the names were unmasked, did you still believe there was a threat to national security from the named US persons?

4. If so, with whom did you share the information, and what actions were taken to protect America and American citizens?

5. If you did not, then you should not have shared the names with anyone else, so how did the names become known?

6. Why was any of the info detailed here deliberately withheld on the FISA application? (it's a felony to willfully withhold information when applying for a FISA).

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(HAT TIP OMEGATOO)

<><> If the information found in the ‘incidental’ involvement of any US Person was threatening US Security, and America citizens' safety, why did US security agencies wait for Rice’s request to unmask?

<><> Did Obama issue a secret stand down order?

<><> Why did Rice on PBS initially deny responsibility for the unmasking?

<><> Why was this threat not unveiled at the time or since? Why now?

Alarmingly, the supposed ‘threat’ identified by Rice was about to be inaugurated as President of the US. Shouldn’t Congress have been notified? Why did Rice keep it a secret? Maybe she planned to collude w/ the Clintons to sell the intel to a foreign country?

The NSA didn’t unmask the information initially, plus later investigations found NO collusion between Russia and Trump. Seems to be proof-positive that whatever suspicions Obama/Rice/Brennan may have had to justify the unmasking were absolutely wrong, or more likely non-existent.

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Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044

Contact your Representative and Senators---demand these questions blanket the media---and demand Susan Rice answer them.

[Liz]

Unless Susan Rice answers OUR questions as to her handling of classified intel affecting the safety and security of Americans, her job should be in jeopardy

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BACKSTORY—As of March 2017, Susan Rice (Obama’s Ntl Security Advisor) has begun a job as a Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow in the “American University’s School of International Service (SIS).”....

The school elaborates: “During her residency at A/U, Rice will work primarily on her next book and mentor SIS students on careers in national security.”

A/U/SIS defines Susan Rice’s position with Obama thusly: ”She provided the President with daily national security briefings and was ‘responsible for’ coordinating the formulation and implementation of ‘all aspects’ of the Administration’s foreign and national security policy, intelligence, and military efforts.

American University’s School of International Service
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20016
Phone: 202-885-1000

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CONTACT CONGRESS: Capitol Switchboard 1-866-220-0044
Talking Points: sever all federal funds to this institution while Susan Rice is employed there.

[Liz]

A DAY IN THE OBAMA POLICE STATE ---- "Susan the Sifter" gets her orders for the day.

"Susan, as you sift through the intel, get me something
damaging on Penguin books so I can shake them down for
a lucrative book deal."

"And get Harvey Einstein's tax returns. Malia needs a job."

"Oh, and Lois needs intel to target conservatives' tax-exempt status.

"And I need as many files as you can sift thru on Democrats,
especially intel on Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer."

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Nunes has struck, hard. This is his revenge for all the Leftists/Democrats attacks on him over the past 6 months.

He has done his homework/research, and now, like a smart cat, is about to pounce on the Dems and destroy many of them, esp. the Hillary State Department and White House Staff.

This is going to be more fun than watching Hillary try to walk a straight line.

[redinIllinois]

Susan the Sifter ha!

[82nd Bragger]

You are aware that “unmasking” goes back to 2015, no? Given the fact that Australia, reporters (Sharyl Atkinsson) were known to be spied on, isn’t it safe to assume many, many members of the GOP were spied on also? Can you think of ANY reason why the GOP hasn’t opened up multiple investigations into “unmasking” since Trump’s inauguration? Can you think of any reason why Sessions hasn’t spearheaded an investigation into “unmasking”?

Either GOP donors threatened to cutoff funds or many Congress members have been silenced due to being unmasked. I can’t think of any other logical explanation. Can you?
We may have already went over the cliff.