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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Rice can absolutely testify as to why she requested the name(s) be unmasked, but you realize, in doing so, she will be disclosing that key members of the Trump team, or perhaps even Trump himself, was colluding with Russians with respect to election campaign activities, right?

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So many people don't get this. Trump wasn't wiretapped. Trump's people were talking to foreign officials who were being wiretapped. And so, Trump's people were picked up on the tap. The big question is, why were Trump's people talking to foreign officials under surveillance?

Rice was National Security Advisor. If foreign officials are talking about US presidential candidates after US political institutions were hacked, it's Rice's job to see what those officials are saying and about whom.

I'm not surprised that the GOP & conservative media are so shameless and hypocritical that they're persisting with these bogus claims to distract from a legitimate investigation into election interference. What surprises me is how many American voters are so dumb and malleable that they actually believe this bullshit and can't see what's going on around them.

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Problem: This was during the transition.  Trump was already elected.  There is nothing wrong with speaking to foreign officials.  In fact, it is customary.[/quote]

Sorry, but it's not customary for a foreign entity to hack US election institutions, selectively leak the stolen data and direct a propaganda campaign to boost one candidate over another, and then communicate with their chosen candidate. No matter which party you belong to, this is a national security problem and a threat to our democracy.

Trump may have been elected, but he was not President. That means it is the duty of the President in charge to look at the intelligence related to the national security problem. That's what Rice did - her job. She examined the intelligence and shared it in a classified setting with other parts of the government so they are aware of the situation - no charges were brought, no attempt to roll back the election results, just situational awareness.

You can be damn sure McMaster would do the same thing in that position, and Trump and the GOP establishment would defend him. And the conservative base of sheep will do whatever talk radio or conspiracy websites or Cernovich tell them to do.

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