Posted on 05/20/2020 3:22:50 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Wednesday asked acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell for the underlying intelligence reports in which former National Security Adviser Michael Flynns name was unmasked.
In a letter obtained by The Hill, Warner asked Grenell for any underlying intelligence reports concerning conversations between Flynn and then-Russian Ambassador Sergei Kisltak, as well as the reasoning behind declassifying the unmasking requests, given the potential compromise to sources and methods.
As you are well aware, there are substantial protections built into the process for requesting that identities of U.S. persons be unmasked in intelligence reports, ensuring that the rights of individual Americans are protected and that unmasking requests are granted only to those who need the information in order to protect U.S. national security, Warner wrote.
[S]elective declassification for political purposes undermines the integrity of our system for protecting classified information, undermines the Intelligence Communitys credibility, and erodes public trust in institutions critical to protecting the nation, he added.
Although the Senate panel typically operates on a bipartisan basis, Warner has no power on his own to compel Grenell to turn over the documents.
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Ya think? This request shows his worries. Oh yeah.
Is this the game?: They had no underlying intelligence. Nothing. No predicate. Nothing remotely suspicious. When Grinnell produces nothing, Warner will cry to the media.
You’ve outlined it quite well, Warners “activities”. Keeping in mind his being coached by Chi-Com Di-Fi who had to hand him that seat because of her “incompetence” which was actually pocket lining espionage for the Chi-Coms.
Warner should be worried, and he is far too stupid to get out of this without having already lawyered up to make this stupid letter,.... which prosiletyzes what he was already doing to the max. BTW Di- Fi’s finances and stock trades are being looked at as well.
And how about the ones Warner didn’t need to ask for unmask— way before Flynn... like 3 years ago. The intercepts he used with his pals in the press, and internal democrat criminality, and his own?
Start with a virtue correcting signal for what he was already doing... and it was not unmasking by written request. It was getting the feed the “run around the rules” way using his pal Brennan’s foreign intercepts on....Americans! Bingo! Which is seriously a federal crime for ole Warner boyo.
Maybe the stupid virginians are, like Warner the ones really promised to jihadi martyrs.... instead of 72 virgins, for dying for allah. Allah snackbar!
We should not be entrusting our security to the likes of Warner... or his a@@ buddy Kaine. Now Burr is gone, so is the guy Warner was manipulating. For the moment anyway.
But STUPID, VILE VIRGINIANS ELECT this HORRID HUMAN BEING.....OVER and OVER! DUMBASSES or EVIL???
Although the Senate panel typically operates on a bipartisan basis, Warner has no power on his own to compel Grenell to turn over the documents.
You know that Tip O quote, "all politics is local"? Well, at least half the time, it is IOW "gotta CYA".
Warner has been awfully quiet lately, much noisier before impeachment and its failure. Probably should be added to the list of suspects.
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he’s got problems of his own.
who knows he might be one of the redacted names of those who requested unmasking on flynn?
plus he’s prolly looking over his should since his butt buddy burr had to turn over his cell phone.
Want to bet Rubio becomes Warner’s bitch, same as Burr?
Is Warner worried that his name is in there somewhere?
I believe he is changing the topic from unmasking by Obama to declassifying by Trump.
This turdblossom Warner was an active participant in trying to railroad impeachment (Along with Schiff and Waddler).
Fanatical partisan Democrats gonna fanatical partisan Democrat...
RATs have no standards, just interests.
Trump, being the President can declassify anything at all.
He’s almost certainly asking for stuff Grenell can’t give. Set up for Fake News.
and I wish he would. It must be awfully hard for a man who knows all the secrets not to defend himself with the facts.
Warner scummy
Warner is only doing this to pretend “show” Virginia voters that he is “doing” sometimes while on the Sen. Intelligence Committee (An oxymoron for Burr and Warner, etc).
He may face a hard reelection this Fall.
Keep probing Mr. Warren, I implore you!!
Mr. Grenell will oblige your interest with troves of declassified supporting documents!
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