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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what is your understanding of what "unmasked" means in this instance?  Did she publicly state who the American citizens were?  Does the president's National Security Advisor not have the legal right to ask for the identification of people who are on transcripts talking to foreign agents under surveillance?  Please clarify.[/quote]

Not Op, but my understanding is that the Americans are identified in the raw data when they are "unmasked".  I am not an expert, though.  No, she did not "publicly state" who the Americans were--but the information has been leaked.  Yes, she has the legal right to ask for id of people.  She does not have the right to leak the information.

Because Obama changed the rules on this to allow sharing of the information far more widely than before, this was damning.

And, she may have had security reasons to unmask them--or, this may have been for political purposes.  If it is the latter, that would be illegal--I think-but it would have to be proven.  She has been caught lying publicly for political purposes in the past.  So, her track record is not good.[/quote]

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