What? Senior DOJ Official Says Justice Dept. Does Not Intend to Release the Unmasking List Delivered to DOJ by DNI Ric Grenell

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[janetjanet998]

On Tuesday ABC reporter Alex Mallin tweeted out that a senior DOJ official says “we do not intend to release the unmasking list.

[SunkenCiv]

OTOH, the longer the wait, the more cranked up the base will be in November. Timing is everything.

[Bratch]

ABC Report – DOJ Official: “We Do Not Intend To Release The Unmasking List” – The Documents are a DNI Equity…

Posted on May 12, 2020 by sundance

First things first: 

♦ Understand Obama’s Surveillance Operation HERE. 

♦ Michael Flynn wasn’t unmasked, nor under a FISA (Title-1) HERE .

That’s the background.

After Acting DNI Richard “Ric” Grenell delivered a volume of declassified intelligence records to Attorney General Bill Barr it was reported that Grenell delivered a file showing the intelligence unmaskers from the Obama administration; pending Barr release.

Today ABC is reporting from senior DOJ officials “”we do not intend to release the [unmasking] list” that Grenell brought over to the building last week.”

Considering the content of the files likely delivered to AG Barr it is worth remaining patient.  No-one is more cynical than me about DOJ hiding stuff; but this ain’t that.

The declassified documents are not a DOJ equity, they are a DNI equity, the DNI can release them.  For the DOJ the declassified documents are evidence.

Kevin Corke and Adam Housley are both reporting the documents delivered by Grenell extend beyond unmasking; their reporting makes sense.  The bigger topic is political surveillance.  The surveillance encompassed numerous intelligence equities.

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As I’m told the list Grenell brought over is much larger than anything involving Flynn. “The exact tasking flow is hard to discern because the stuff was flying everywhere.”

— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) May 12, 2020

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CIA reports would lead to (702) unmasking requests.  FBI investigative reports on counterintelligence would lead to unmasking requests; and may also include (702) unmasking requests.  FBI (or DOJ) investigative searches of the NSA database could lead to (702) unmasking requests; and would also lead to audit logs and audit trails of non-minimized extractions if 702 was not applicable (domestic surveillance).

There is a myriad of different intelligence audit trails depending on the agency and type of documentary evidence being reviewed: unmasking (reports), audit logs (search queries), minimizations (database extractions) etc.  It’s not only “unmasking.”

Additionally, remember former NSA Director ADM Mike Rogers said the NSA purged the non-compliant search results (erased them) but retained the audit logs showing who did what, how much, on whom, and when.  So those audit logs could be part of the declassified delivery to AG Bill Barr.  All of that makes sense and all of it needs to be kept in perspective.

On the recipient side (Bill Barr) of the declassified material the intelligence documents provide a basis for the DOJ to ask the “unmaskers” or “search query operators” or “intelligence officials” why the subjects within the investigative reports (searches etc) were being unmasked or non-minimized…. and who did they give the information to?

Who requested the unmasking (or minimization removal)? Who did the unmasking?  Who received the unmasked materials?… and Why?

The primary who and when is identified within the declassified documents delivered by Grenell.  The downstream ‘who’ also saw them, and ‘why’ was the request made, can only be discovered by asking the primary person who received the unmasked (non-minimized) result.

We want to know who the unmaskers were.  However, Barr/Durham also likely want to know why and what was the purpose?  Those questions can only be answered by going directly to the person who made the request and received the end product.  So a little patience is afforded here as those questions are likely being asked.

What we do know is that a seemingly trustworthy DNI Ric Grenell has assembled, declassified and seen all of this information… so there’s reason for some confidence it will not be buried like the James Wolfe stuff.  Plus, the assembly is public now (I don’t think that’s coincidental).

Additionally, those people who were unmasked (investigative reports) or non-minimized (investigative search queries) are also potential victims; so there’s some privacy elements that overlay the material declassified by Grenell.  After all, just because someone came into contact with Lt. General Michael Flynn, and ended up in some intelligence report, doesn’t make them a subject of the investigation.  So a little caution is prudent.

DNI Ric Grenell has provided the information; we know it exists and the DOJ knows we know it exists… so let’s wait and see what happens next.  If you have been following along with the deep dive research, these tweets from Adam Housley make sense:

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Contractors working for Brennan were gathering the intel. For someone to be unmasked it had to be in an intel report. That’s how they got around the law.

  — Adam Housley (@adamhousley) May 12, 2020

 

Remember Flynn wasn’t under a FISA. A lot if media types and people talking about this may be using wrong terminology

— Adam Housley (@adamhousley) May 12, 2020

 

As I’m told the list Grenell brought over is much larger than anything involving Flynn. “The exact tasking flow is hard to discern because the stuff was flying everywhere.”

  — Adam Housley (@adamhousley) May 12, 2020

 

You guys are making this Democrat v Republican and Obama v Trump. This was about power. Party is secondary.

  — Adam Housley (@adamhousley) May 12, 2020

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Uniparty!

 

[LS]

If the blue state govs keep half the country locked down, November is going to be harsh.

[LS]

I agree these names should be made public immediately, not only for Constitutional reasons, but because Trump (and, if Barrstool and Durham are with him, them too) must beat this beast now, once and for all.

The Blue State Lockdown is going to continue all summer and one way to weaken is significantly is to win the coup.

[SunkenCiv]

Yes, it'll be harsh on them.

[LS]

I hope it ends there. But there is no way the entire US economy can come back if both CA and Wall Street are out of business.

[smvoice]

Damn..where’s the UNKNOWN WHISTLEBLOWER when you need him !??!

[smvoice]

BKMK

[lodi90]

Really? This from someone that believes after 4 years they are suddenly going to issue indictments? I don’t need to throw insults at you, I think that speaks for itself.

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It seems the vast majority of the population will swallow whatever BS the Deep State shovels. Why should they issue indictments given that? The DS think Trump will lose and are almost home free.

[lodi90]

“The Justice Department is confused as to where the idea that we would be releasing this information came from, given that ODNI is the owner of that information, if they want to release it they can do it, that’s their call,” the DOJ official told Fox News.

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Didn’t POTUS put Barr in charge of declassifying? Seems he is punting here. What a fighter he is.

[rlmorel]

I’m coming back to get that one...:)

[chuckee]

There is no magic to the DOJ releasing it. DNI can release it pursuant to the President’s direction since it has been declassified..

[MIA_eccl1212]

they are using it as “leverage” as we move towards the election...

[freedomlver]

This Q stuff is beyond ridiculous. After 3 1/2 years you would think people would give up on the fantasy but nope. every chance they get they double down like something yuuuuge is just around the corner.
The only yuuuuuuge thing we have coming from Barr is another bowel movement as he feasts on the taxpayer teet.

Prove me wrong. lets see some 3 am raids on CNN of these people? Not going to happen. Arrests should have been made on day 1. Not day 3 1/2 years later. Whats the thinking there? “Ok these people know we are coming for them so lets let them lawyer up and prepare an alibi for the next 3 years??”

Q people are funny. They always think they have some super secret information that no one else is privy to. Here’s a secret for you.. If anything major is ever going to happen to anyone in government from arrests to resignations, it’s be major news and we will all know about it. Do you get some super secret bonus money for knowing something before someone else? It’s more like going to the local hair salon for nail shop and hearing the latest gossip... “Hey did you hear about so and so?? Oh if you hung out and got your hair done with us you would have already known about this” LMAO..

[Osage Orange]

I wouldn't understand?

I'm from the Government...you wouldn't understand.

I'm with the FBI...you would not understand.

I'm your Senator...you wouldn't understand.

I'm from the City,...you would not understand.

Pretty freaking tired of people telling me "I wouldn't understand"!

Rant off....

[matt1234]

If the list has been declassified (and I read that is was), it should be obtainable through the FOIA.

[JerseyDvl]

They are playing the long game and this will be evidence towards the prosecution’s in early summer.

[RinaseaofDs]

ABC. Not a credible source of anything.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

#3. A senior DOJ official is going to need a GPS to find the nearest unemployment office in DC (it’s a shithole, friend).

Hope he gets “unmasked” as the fool that he is.

[fatman6502002]

Go do your own research dummy, I’m not going to do your work for you, you lazy scubag.