Posted on 10/10/2019 12:01:51 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Well at least it wasn’t boom.
Um, how does an Ambassador have the legal right or ability to snoop on conversations of journalists? If John Brennan “arranges” it with “a friend”?
Hoft is a bit of a drama queen but this may actually be big. Isn’t sigint a CIA function? That would lead credence to your supposition.
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Gateway Pundit???
No...
what took so long?
More the NSA, but all of the organizations that make up the 'Intelligence Community' have some SIGINT capability, or can tap into those that do. And diplomats, particularly Ambassadors and senior embassy staff, are knee deep in the intelligence game. Remember Samantha Power? The 'Unmasker in Chief'? She was our Ambassador to the UN...
I've always been a little queasy about the whole "Five Eyes" program, but, I'm sure you're right - the cooperation and coordination between various intelligence services, worldwide, to drive US policy is a reality.
Marie Yovanovich should be indicted for these crimes. Why is this idjit still breathing free air? Orange jump suit time!
SIGINT is an intel function, not unique to the CIA.
The CIA has a wooden submarine. That may be unique.
I don’t know but apparently the UN ambassador has had some unmasking leeway...though it was historically only minimally used until Susan Rice, who not only used it but apparently it was used in her name with wild abandon by someone.
Darnit, I keep confusing Susan with Samantha...
Former Senior Obama Official Samantha Power Blames Others ...
https://aclj.org/government-corruption/former-senior-obama-official-samantha-power...
According to numerous reports, [f]ormer United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power is believed to have made hundreds of unmasking requests to identify individuals named in classified intelligence community reports related to Trump and his presidential transition team.
Author: ACLJ.Org
Trey Gowdy: Samantha Power testified that intel officials ...
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trey-gowdy-samantha-power-testified-that-intel...
Samantha Power testified in Gowdy’s committee last week, and Fox News reported weeks before her appearance that she was thought to have made as many as 260 requests to “unmask
... Mainly because Sue was an earlier [2009-2013] UN ambassador than Samantha but Sue’s unmaskings were as National Security Advisor to Obama...
Here is an article with a short video of Samantha Power. Jump to ~1:06. She does not want to answering unmasking questions.
https://saraacarter.com/samatha-power-denies-unmasking-to-reporter-its-completely-false/
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