Obama may have authorized the wire tap. Lynch would have had to notify the fisc and congress, according to the law that allows this.
If Obama did authorize, then there should be a trail. Without the proper trail and notifications to congressional committees, the authority is not legitimate.
At least that is what I read on Twitter at the holiday inn express last night.
If data from the unmasking made it into the daily PDBs - which it did and ValJar secreted ALL the PDBs off to zero’s ‘library’ ‘for some reason’ - then POTUS *and* his top 30 knew all about the spying.