Posted on 04/04/2017 3:21:30 PM PDT by COUNTrecount
UPDATE: Susan Rice Confirms Her “Unmasking Requests” Were for President Obama’s Daily Briefing (PDB)…
With a general set of narrative ‘talking points’ in hand President Obama’s Former National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, appeared this morning on MSNBC for an interview with Andrea Mitchell. This is the ‘We-Have-To-Respond-phase‘, which necessitates the optic.
Andrea Mitchell is considered a trustworthy ally of the Clinton/Obama political networks; as such, it is not a surprise to see Mitchell selected as the interviewer. Mitchell’s use of wording carefully guides Susan Rice through the narrow path of self-incrimination by providing plausible deniability for verbal missteps.
You already know the routine. MSNBC is the favorable proprietary venue. Mitchell plays the role of media-legal-adviser, her client is Susan Rice. Live interviews are always the greatest risk (see: Evelyn Farkas) The full interview is below:
However, that said, there are some interesting aspects to the interview:
Susan Rice @00:51 – …”Let me explain how this works. I was a National Security Adviser, my job is to protect the American people and the security of our country. That’s the same as the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense and CIA Director.; and every morning, to enable us to do that, we receive – from the intelligence community – a compilation of intelligence reports that the IC, the intelligence community, has selected for us –on a daily basis– to give us the best information as to what’s going on around the world.”
[Note, Susan Rice is describing the PDB]
“I received those reports, as did other officials, and there were occasions when I would receive a report in which, uh, a ‘U.S Person’ was referred to. Name, uh, not provided, just ‘U.S. Person’.
And sometimes in that context, in order to understand the importance in the report – and assess it’s significance, it was necessary to find out or request, who that U.S. official was.”
OK, so right there, in the very beginning of the forward narrative, Susan Rice is confirming the “unmasking” request(s) which can be pinned upon her, are directly related to her need to understand -on behalf of President Obama- intelligence for the President’s Daily Briefing (the PDB). This was a previous question now answered.
This is EXPLOSIVE, and here’s why.
Remember, the President’s Daily Brief under President Obama went to almost everyone at top levels in his administration. Regarding the Obama PDB:
[…] But while through most of its history the document has been marked “For the President’s Eyes Only,” the PDB has never gone to the president alone. The most restricted dissemination was in the early 1970s, when the book went only to President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, who was dual-hatted as national security adviser and secretary of state.
In other administrations, the circle of readers has also included the vice president, the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, along with additional White House staffers.
By 2013, Obama’s PDB was making its way to more than 30 recipients, including the president’s top strategic communications aide and speechwriter, and deputy secretaries of national security departments.
This just confirms that Obama was indeed involved. He wanted a report and a compilation.
yes. very good.
thanx for expanding
0bama was a dictator wannabe.
Hell, by last December it probably went to F Chuck Todd.
If the trail leads to Obama, then it leads to the puppetmaster, Jarrett.
Funny, Obama rarely got his PDB. I believe this subject was discussed on FR. I am sure he got these because someone had to pass them on to Hillary. Fix the problem. indict them all.
I wonder when and if Sessions will bring charges against her and Obama.
Now the question is, did it go to Hillary?
The thing with these Obama people is that they're so lawyerly, everything they do is just inside the law, not necessarily within ethics, but the LSM will give them a pass on that and claim they did "nothing wrong". They know what they're doing and how to cover their tracks.
...and Hillary Clinton...
Excellent point. Hussein only wanted PDB a few times a year. Hillary was the logical recipient of the data. Lock her up!
[ This just confirms that Obama was indeed involved. ]
And a whole lotta other Obama admin folks.
Meanwhile in Illinois, I’ve heard they served a wicked pepper steak on Thursdays.
A couple observations, if I remember what I’ve recently read here:
1) Unmasking is allowable only if the “US Person” appears to be involved in something extremely serious — like terrorism.
2) The “US Person” who turned out to be Donald Trump was NOT implicated in any way, at any time, in any sort of criminal behavior.
And yet this particular “US Person” showed up in the President’s Daily Briefing on a regular basis? And the references to this “US Person” were so gosh darn compelling that Susan Rice said: “I just HAVE to know who this person is — let’s unmask this one!”
No.
No it just doesn’t work that way.
Very nice. Once again, Trump is right
I am hoping and praying this happens being sooner, not later.
bttt
So, she decided on her own or was directed by Obama to exposed anyone Trump talked to as they were recording calls and emails? But it wasn’t spying. LOL. This makes Nixon look innocent
That’s why Donald Trump has the Tweet.
Why would she even need to ask for an unmasking if the activity seen was unmistakably Trump? What did that serve except to get her into deeper dutch?
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