Reported: Susan Rice unmasked names caught up in surveillance

[Anonymous]

Susan Rice. Yep, the same one that lied about Benghazi.
Now, let’s see if she was also the one who leaked the names to the press.

Multiple sources tell Fox News that Susan Rice, former national security adviser under then-President Barack Obama, requested to unmask the names of Trump transition officials caught up in surveillance.

The unmasked names, of people associated with Donald Trump, were then sent to all those at the National Security Council, some at the Defense Department, then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and then-CIA Director John Brennan – essentially, the officials at the top, including former Rice deputy Ben Rhodes.

The names were part of incidental electronic surveillance of candidate and President-elect Trump and people close to him, including family members, for up to a year before he took office.

When names of Americans are incidentally collected, they are supposed to be masked, meaning the name or names are redacted from reports – whether it is international or domestic collection, unless it is an issue of national security, crime or if their security is threatened in any way. There are loopholes and ways to unmask through backchannels, but Americans are supposed to be protected from incidental collection. Sources told Fox News that in this case, they were not.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/03/susan-rice-requested-to-unmask-names-trump-transition-officials-sources-say.html

[Anonymous]

Huh, what's the controversy here? She's the President's top adviser on national security matters. So long as she went through the proper channels to seek authorization, there are no issues.

And yeah, domestic campaign staff communicating with foreign adversaries is a pretty good reason to ask for unmasking.

Talk about missing the forest for the trees, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Susan Rice. Yep, the same one that lied about Benghazi.
Now, let’s see if she was also the one who leaked the names to the press.

Multiple sources tell Fox News that Susan Rice, former national security adviser under then-President Barack Obama, requested to unmask the names of Trump transition officials caught up in surveillance.

The unmasked names, of people associated with Donald Trump, were then sent to all those at the National Security Council, some at the Defense Department, then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and then-CIA Director John Brennan – essentially, the officials at the top, including former Rice deputy Ben Rhodes.

The names were part of incidental electronic surveillance of candidate and President-elect Trump and people close to him, including family members, for up to a year before he took office.

When names of Americans are incidentally collected, they are supposed to be masked, meaning the name or names are redacted from reports – whether it is international or domestic collection, unless it is an issue of national security, crime or if their security is threatened in any way. There are loopholes and ways to unmask through backchannels, but Americans are supposed to be protected from incidental collection. Sources told Fox News that in this case, they were not.

Here's the link to the original report from Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-03/top-obama-adviser-sought-names-of-trump-associates-in-intel

Rice did not commit any crime

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/03/susan-rice-requested-to-unmask-names-trump-transition-officials-sources-say.html

[Anonymous]

That was her job. Stop embarrassing yourself, OP. Are you the same poster who thinks the VP passes laws?

[Anonymous]

So after decades of following one policy, it was changed just in time to embarrass Trump? It all seems a bit too clever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That was her job. Stop embarrassing yourself, OP. Are you the same poster who thinks the VP passes laws?

What is her job? To conduct surveillance of the private AmCit? Based on what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was her job. Stop embarrassing yourself, OP. Are you the same poster who thinks the VP passes laws?

What is her job? To conduct surveillance of the private AmCit? Based on what?

Only incidentally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So after decades of following one policy, it was changed just in time to embarrass Trump? It all seems a bit too clever.

Not to embarrass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was her job. Stop embarrassing yourself, OP. Are you the same poster who thinks the VP passes laws?

What is her job? To conduct surveillance of the private AmCit? Based on what?

...on the fact that those American citizens were speaking with foreign spies and adversaries? Duh.

[Anonymous]

Oh great. Now the Fox readers (well, viewers) are gonna get all riled up and indignant - based on nothing except Fox spin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was her job. Stop embarrassing yourself, OP. Are you the same poster who thinks the VP passes laws?

What is her job? To conduct surveillance of the private AmCit? Based on what?

You're still embarrassing yourself.

[Anonymous]

Atta girl! Unmask the cronies.

[Anonymous]

I'm glad she was doing her job. Already miss the professionalism of the No Drama Obama staff.

[Anonymous]

So funny to watch the Trumpkins here reveal their ignorance on a constant basis. So stupid, they shouldn't even be allowed access to keyboards for fear of soiling themselves.

[Anonymous]

Again, Trumpkin moron performs the Baghdad Bob role impeccably. Brava!