Report: DOJ Investigation into ‘Unmasking’ Ends with No Charges
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breitbart ^
| 10/14/2020 | Joel Pollack
A Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the “unmasking” requests made by outgoing Obama administration officials in 2016 and 2017 has ended without any criminal charges or findings of wrongdoing, according to the Washington Post.
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'Unmasking' probe concludes without 'finding any substantive wrongdoing': report
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The Hill ^
| 10 13 2020 | Olivia Beavers
The federal prosecutor Attorney General Bill Barr tapped to investigate whether Obama administration officials improperly requested the unmasking of individuals during the 2016 election has concluded his probe without “finding any substantive wrongdoing,” The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Barr appointed U. S. Attorney Jeremy Bash to review whether there was wrongdoing by
the Obama administration in requesting the identities of individuals — in particular Trump allies — whose names are redacted in intelligence reports during the heated election. The practice, known as unmasking, is common and done to help government officials make sense of the intelligence documents they are reviewing,...
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CNN Anchor: Don't Show Trump Unmasking--'That's Going to Kill People!'
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NewsBusters ^
| Mark Finkelstein
In an old-movie reference that surely escaped many Americans, on CNN's New Day this morning co-host John Berman twice referred to President Trump's return to the White House yesterday as a Sunset Boulevard stunt. [snip] But it was in fact Berman who was playing the melodramatic role. At
one point, as the show was rolling the clip of President Trump removing his mask on a White House balcony, Berman frantically ordered the producer: "Take if off! Please, don't even put it on the screen! Please take it off! Because that's going to kill people!"Get the rest of the story and...
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U.S. Attorney Responsible for Obama Unmasking Investigation Abruptly Resigns…
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CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE ^
| 10/5/2020 | SUNDANCE
Well, this is interesting…. very interesting… U.S. Attorney John Bash, from the Western District of Texas, was given the responsibility by AG Barr of looking into the illegal unmasking by Obama-era officials in July of this year. Not
only the illegal unmasking of General Flynn, but more extensive unmasking. Today Bash announced his abrupt resignation. “Abrupt” because he announced today, and he leaves on Friday. However, he does say he informed Barr last month: SAN ANTONIO, Tex. – U.S. Attorney John F. Bash announced today that he will resign from the Department of Justice on Friday, October 9, 2020, at...
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AG Bill Barr Outlines the Scope of USAO John Bash “Unmasking” Investigation….
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CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE ^
| 7/28/2020 | SUNDANCE
During a questioning session by Rep. Jim Jordan, AG Bill Barr outlines a secondary, parallel, investigation ongoing by U.S. Attorney John Bash [@01:40 of video]. In
his response AG Barr notes the breakout investigation assigned to Bash to review the unlawful unmasking of Donald Trump campaign officials. Worth noting AG Barr explains the unmasking investigation is not limited to the post election period, transition and incoming administration. The investigation extends further back in the government surveillance of Trump associates in the 2015/2016 campaign. That unmasking could, likely does, include the use of the FBI-NSA database where ‘unmasking’ is an analogous...
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AG Barr says he's appointed another U.S. attorney to investigate Michael Flynn 'unmasking'
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The Washington Times ^
| July 28, 2020 | Jeff Mordock
Attorney General William P. Barr revealed Tuesday that he’s appointed another U.S. attorney to investigate requests by top Obama officials to “unmask” President Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Mr. Barr said he’s asked John Bash, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, to look into the unmasking requests.
He said that review will be independent of Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation `into the origins of the Russia-collusion investigation. “I’ve asked another U.S. attorney to look into the issue of unmasking because of the high number of unmaskings and some that do not readily appear in...
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Tony Robbins Youtube Channel ^
| May 23, 2020 | Tony Robbins
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Barr asks US attorney to further investigate 'unmasking' in 2016
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The Hill ^
| 05 27 2020 | Rebecca Klar
Attorney General William Barr has asked a U.S. attorney to look into the practice of “unmasking” before and after the 2016 presidential election, a spokesperson for the Justice Department said Wednesday on Fox News’s “Hannity.” Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec said Barr has asked U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas
John Bash to review the “unmasking.” "Unmasking inherently isn't wrong, but certainly, the frequency, the motivation and the reasoning behind unmasking can be problematic, and when you're looking at unmasking as part of a broader investigation – like John Durham's investigation – looking specifically at who was unmasking...
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AG Barr Appoints Federal Prosecutor To Review Obama Admin ‘Unmasking’ Of Trump Associates
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Daily Caller ^
| 5/27/2020 | chuck ross
Attorney General William Barr appointed a federal prosecutor to review so-called “unmasking” requests that Obama administration officials submitted against Trump associates, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department said Wednesday. Kerri Kupec, the Justice Department spokeswoman, said on Fox News that Barr appointed John Bash, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of
Texas, to conduct the review. Bash will carry out the probe in coordination with U.S. attorneys John Durham and Jeff Jensen, who are looking into various aspects of the Trump-Russia investigation. “The attorney general determined that certain aspects of unmasking needed to be reviewed separately as a support...
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Grenell: Revealing Flynn unmasking requests posed 'absolutely no risk' to intelligence community
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justthenews.com ^
| 5/26/2020 | Daniel Payne
The outgoing intelligence director thinks Sen. Warner's philosophy of transparency is 'based solely on political advantage' Outgoing acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is dismissing a top Democratic senator's insinuations that he had harmed the U.S. intelligence community by declassifying the names of individuals who had requested Michael Flynn's unmasking. Last
week, Virginia Sen. Mark Warner asked Grenell in a letter to explain why he had revealed the names of numerous Obama administration officials, including Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, who had requested that Flynn's name be unmasked in intelligence reports. Flynn has been at...
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Warner asks DNI for underlying intelligence behind Flynn unmasking
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The Hill ^
| 05 20 2020 | Zack Budryk
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 Flynn’s 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...
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Zeroing-In: Grassley and Johnson Ask DNI Grenell for Declassified Unmasking List in 2017 – Timing Relates to NSA Database Exploits…
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CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE ^
| 5/19/2020 | SUNDANCE
rom Senator Chuck Grassley and Senator Ron Johnson asking DNI Richard “Ric” Grenell to declassify and release all of the unmasking requests from January 2016 to January 2017. Results
to be provided in tranches if needed. Within the letter (pdf here) the senators appear to be targeting specific dates for cross referencing with previously identified NSA database abuses. Some of their inquiry appears to be guided by ‘open source’ reporting on the issue. (see letter) This approach is very interesting because “unmasking” would be an outcome of creating some form of intelligence reporting. Perhaps a CIA report; perhaps part of...
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Unmasking? The Real Story Is When Flynn Was Not Masked in the First Place
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National Review ^
| 5/16/2020 | ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
Was his call with Kislyak recorded by a different agency than the FBI? Despite Wednesday’s blockbuster news about the dozens of Obama-administration officials who “unmasked” then-incoming Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn, there remains a gaping hole in the story: Where is the record showing who unmasked Flynn in connection with his
fateful conversation with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak? There isn’t one. There is no such evidence in the unmasking list that acting national intelligence director Richard Grenell provided to Senators Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R., Wis.). I suspect that’s because General Flynn’s identity was not “masked”...
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Unmasking the Illegalities of the Obama Administration
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American Thinker.com ^
| May 17, 2020 | Janice Shaw Crouse
Well informed citizens have been rocked by revelations from recently unclassified documents that clearly show THAT President Obama "was aware of the details of wiretapped conversations of then-incoming National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in December 2016." Further,
there's a long list of Democrat dignitaries who are also part of the unprecedented spying on an opposition party in an attempt to influence a presidential election and then undermine the duly elected president. The really pivotal fact, however, is that "Obama's knowledge of Flynn being wiretapped raises significant questions about what Obama knew and when he knew...
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Unmasking John Brennan’s Damage to Our National Security
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Townhall.com ^
| May 16, 2020 | Humberto Fontova
“It is unsurprising that Trump enjoys wallowing in his fetid self-indulgence, but I find it surreal that so many other government officials encourage his ignorance, incompetence, & destructive behavior,” Former CIA director John Brennan tweeted on May 9, 2020. Yes,
let’s by all means look into (what we certainly hope is) ignorance and incompetence by high government officials. To wit: “(In Aug. 2015) an un-marked U.S. government plane landed at an airstrip in Havana, carrying…John Brennan, the director of the C.I.A. Brennan was there to meet with Alejandro Castro-Espin (Raul Castro’s son, the KGB-trained head of Cuba’s counterintelligence service, who...
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Ben Rhodes melts down over Grenell's unmasking of Flynn's 'unmaskers
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americanthinker ^
| May 14, 2020 | Monica Showalter
Former White House spin doctor Ben Rhodes isn't taking Ric Grenell's unmasking of Gen. Flynn's Obama administration unmaskers very well. Here's
some of his wild flurry of tweets and retweets: Ben Rhodes The unconfirmed, acting DNI using his position to criminalize routine intelligence work to help re-elect the president and obscure Russian intervention in our democracy would normally be the scandal here... Ben Rhodes It's not a "theory" it's bullshit served up with the expectation that a bullied media will credulously spread disinformation to a mass audience. Tommy Vietor The people who "unmasked" Flynn are top national security aides. It's...
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Case Closed! MSNBC Features Obama Aide on Flynn Unmasking: 'Absolutely Nothing Here'
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NewsBusters ^
| Mark Finkelstein
Well, if Jeremy Bash says so, it's time to page Frank Drebin: "please disperse: nothing to see here!" On
today's Morning Joe, the aforementioned Bash assured, with respect to the unmasking of Michael Flynn, that there is "absolutely nothing here."And why wouldn't we take whatever Bash says with respect to allegations of malfeasance by the Obama administration as the pure, unadulterated truth? After all, Bash is a . . . former Obama aide turned MSNBC "analyst." Don't get no more objective than that!Get the rest of the story and view the video here.
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John Brennan Goes Berserk After His Role in Unmasking General Mike Flynn Revealed
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GATEWAY PUNDIT ^
| 5/14/2020 | Christina Laila
Former CIA Director and Spygate ringleader John Brennan lashed out at Trump again on Thursday suggesting the President is a ‘despot.’ CBS
News reporter Catherine Herridge on Wednesday obtained the list of Obama operatives who unmasked General Flynn and released it to the public. Names included former VP Joe Biden, former CIA Director John Brennan, Samantha Power, former DNI chief James Clapper, former FBI Director James Comey and others. Brennan’s role in the unmasking of General Flynn was revealed and US Attorney John Durham is now looking at the unmasking list. Brennan is angry and lashed out at Trump on...
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Adam Schiff in 2017 said there's no evidence of malicious unmasking or backdoor surveillance
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Trending Views ^
| 5-14-2020 | Frank
Looks like Democrat Adam Schiff might have been telling lies after this video from 2017 has resurfaced to show contradictory claims by him. This
is all in regards to what happened with General Michael Flynn after his charges were dropped and a "list" was revealed after Richard Grenell declassified information that named some top Obama-era officials.
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The Full List: 37 Obama Officials Involved In Flynn Unmasking Revealed – Senate Judiciary Committee Ready To Hold Hearings
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Right Journalism ^
| 05.14.2020 | Natalie Dagenhardt
GOP Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released documents on Wednesday listing the declassified names of Obama-era officials who sought to “unmask” former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The List includes President Obama’s Chief of Staff, Denis McDonough, former FBI Director James Comey, former Director of National
Intelligence James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan, former Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, and the last person named is former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee. The list includes 37 individuals, but it’s clear that Obama knew even though he was not directly...
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