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Waterboard her then cancel her pension.

Bezos desperate to cover his tracks.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/04/what-unmasking-how-intelligence-agencies-treat-us-citizens/100026368/

... while “unmasking” certainly sounds nefarious to the average voter, the Wall Street Journal reports all of the requests were approved through the NSA’s regular process, which includes a review of the justification for the request.* None of the requestors would have known Flynn’s identity prior to receiving the unmasked reports*

As Asha Rangappa notes:

Identities are masked when a US person who is NOT the target of the surveillance is captured on the communication — this is an “incidental communication.” They are unmasked when the identity is necessary to understand the intelligence. All legal, no warrant required.

It’s also a fairly routine process that occurs thousands of times annually, including by Trump administration officials.

One more thing: All of the people who “unmasked” Flynn were top national security officials in the Obama administration. It was literally their job to use intelligence to make informed decisions affecting the national security of the United States.

If there’s a scandal here, it’s that Grenell is currently the nation’s top intelligence official. He’s not qualified. He was never confirmed by the U.S. Senate. He’s pushed out dozens of career professionals perceived as not loyal to President Trump.

And now Grenell is using the intelligence apparatus in an attempt to help the president politically.

But, but, but I thought dementia Joe didn't know anything. What a piece of shit liar.

Just wait till this whole thing takes down messiah Obama and the history books have to dedicate a paragraph to that corrupt piece of shit pole smoker.

LOL Now the Democrats want to talk about Tara Reid.

Michael's IPP will wear its own mask at the firing squad? Will it be offered a last cigarette, too?

rdm says

One more thing: All of the people who “unmasked” Flynn were top national security officials in the Obama administration. It was literally their job to use intelligence to make informed decisions affecting the national security of the United States.

Unmasking is supposed to be done only if it's absolutely crucial the recipient learns the name.

We're going to get the "Process in Place" excuse. Of course, when cronies are running the process, everybody is justified in getting access.

rdm says

approved through the NSA’s regular process

what if the evidence is known to be weak or manipulated or fabricated? combine that with the rubber stamp FISA court, and sounds like we are talking about the same thing.

you dont think abuse of power to remove a duly elected potus is a problem?

agree to disagree

rdm says

One more thing: All of the people who “unmasked” Flynn were top national security officials in the Obama administration. It was literally their job to use intelligence to make informed decisions affecting the national security of the United States.

So you think it's OK for an outgoing administration to investigate an incoming administration's national security advisor?

From wiki:

Michael Thomas Flynn (born December 24, 1958) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who was briefly the National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump.

He became a senior advisor to Trump during his presidential campaign and served as the National Security Advisor from January 23[10] to February 13, 2017.[11] He resigned after information surfaced that he had misled the FBI and Vice President Mike Pence about the nature and content of his communications with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak.[12][13] Flynn's tenure of just 24 days is the shortest in the office's history.[14][15]

On April 27, 2017, the Pentagon inspector general announced an investigation into whether Flynn had accepted money from foreign governments without the required approval.[16] The New York Times reported on May 18, 2018, that a longtime FBI/CIA informant had met Flynn at an intelligence seminar in Britain six months earlier and became alarmed by Flynn's closeness to a Russian woman there; this concern prompted another individual to alert American authorities that Flynn may have been compromised by Russian intelligence.[17] Flynn initially refused to hand over subpoenaed documents to the Senate Intelligence Committee, pleading the Fifth Amendment against self-incrimination, but a compromise with the committee was worked out.[18][19]

On December 1, 2017, Flynn appeared in federal court to formalize a deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller to plead guilty to a felony count of "willfully and knowingly" making false statements to the FBI. Flynn agreed to cooperate with the Special Counsel's investigation.[20] The United States Department of Justice announced in early May 2020 that it was dropping all charges against Flynn,[21] but a federal judge put that move on hold.

So Flynn's a convicted felon who has yet to be charged of colluding with the Russians to not retaliate against America for the sanctions Obama leveled against Russia for buying facebook ads to influence the 2016 election.

Race Card never stops.

Onvacation says

So you think it's OK for an outgoing administration to investigate an incoming administration's national security advisor?

So there is an on going counter-intellegence investigation into Ruskie interference into the 2016 election. There is a wire tap or some type of bug on the Ruskie ambassador, in the course of this monitoring an American citizen is caught speaking with him. Why the fuck would you need to know who that citizen was? Really? Really?That is just completely stupid. Of course you unmask him. The problem is that for some reason we don't know yet, may never know is why Flynn lied to Pence and the FBI about the conversation. Which though a technical violation of the law would never be prosecuted. Why did he do that? There is a lot here we don't know maybe this renegade judge will reveal it, hope so.

RC2006 says

Race Card never stops.

The gullibility of the right never stops....to amaze me

I agree that “unmasking” isn’t going to mean anything to anyone unless it has to do with Covid-19.
Total non story as far as the general public is concerned.

APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostakovitch says

It's a CRIME! against AMERICA! because TRUMP! says it is!

And everyone everywhere is obligated to agree with him because CONSTITUTION!

:
Trump can not tell a lie.

Wait,... or was it, the truth ?

I forget which one it is, but I heard one of these is what the history books are going to emphasize about the guy.

:
If I were you, I would be making the argument that a broken clock is correct twice a day.

Because for all of the centrists and liberals why should they even listen to his bullshit ? They just tune it out, like most of the other senseless gibberish he spews. Nobody cares but his base. Trump is like a master class in how to have less than zero credibility.

Trump: "Damn, I forgot that lesson they tried to teach me when I was three years old. There is after all a downside to constantly lying."