Even if she had the legal power to unmask the names in foreign intelligence intercepts, that power is not unlimited. She can’t just do it to anyone she fels like. Additionally, that gives her no legal power to leak it to the NY Time or Washington Post.
[[Even if she had the legal power to unmask the names in foreign intelligence intercepts, that power is not unlimited.]]
Hence the espionage charge- Citizens can not be unmasked for political purposes- period- it’s not lawful - it’s only lawful when it’s not for political purposes and when it is to determine if someone or their associates are a threat or not-
[[ Additionally, that gives her no legal power to leak it to the NY Time or Washington Post.]]
That is an additonal charge that compounds the issue even further- what she did was serious- and she compounded it by leaking it (iIF it can proved she did the leaking)_