Posted on 09/24/2017 9:52:04 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
The number is so large that it explodes everything we were led to believe about how tightly-controlled our government’s surveillance programs are.
The number is 260, and that’s how many times Samantha Power, the ambassador to the United Nations under President Obama, reportedly requested the names of American citizens who were included in intelligence reports covering foreign officials.
The story, by respected Fox News’ journalists Bret Baier and Catherine Herridge, said Power made the requests to “unmask” the 260 names in one year alone, including the period between the presidential election and the inauguration.
The first obvious question is this: Why would she need those names? Power had no operational duties for either intelligence-gathering or counterintelligence investigations, yet her requests apparently were approved.
The second obvious question: what did Power do with those names? Having no clear official reason to get them, any use she made of them would be suspicious and possibly criminal.
It is not a minor point that the names of some people who were involved in President Trump’s campaign or his administration were unmasked and then leaked to the anti-Trump media, which breathlessly reported them as evidence of collusion with Russia and even treason. It is not a stretch to wonder if Power was behind any of those leaks.
While the first two questions go to the heart of the simmering scandal about whether Obama’s FBI targeted Trump and his associates to help elect Hillary Clinton, Question No. 3 is, in its own way, more far-reaching.
How much spying is there on foreigners here that 260 Americans, that we know of, were caught in the net? Are so many Americans really engaging in suspicious activity with foreign officials, or does a guy who delivers a pizza to a Russian diplomat instantly become a person of interest
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It’s like Manning pilfering all of the documents he could or the police doxing “Joe the Plumber” when he embarrassed Barack Obama on the campaign trail in 2008.
Libs will abuse the powers of their (unelected) office to benefit The Party whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Since she had no Need To Know, giving her the information was criminal leaking of classified information. Probably crimes with what she did with the information as well.
Waiting on CNN to report this...
I need the gif of the skeleton sitting at the computer drsk...
With her particular job....she had no rational need-to-know. But I would bring her in and ask...so how did you handle this information? Where was it filed or stored? Who did you share it with? Did they have a need-to-know? Did you email it on a unclassified system? I doubt if she’d want to answer any of these questions.
I imagine what the CNN headline will be: Donald Trump Caught Conspiring With 260 Russian Spies!
No! It is time for perp walks.
Power unmasked 260 versus Bolton unmasked 10
Gingrich says Congress should have her under oath before committees.
Fat chance with this weakling Congress.
They could have her up to all the committees there are and she could say whatever she chose. And noting would happen because Congress’ role is to investigate.
Only whoever is running the DOJ could instruct the FBI to conduct a criminal investigation and only the DOJ could recommend prosecution.
Currently, no one seems to be running the DOJ other than Deep State types of which S. Power is one.
“It’s time for Power to come clean about her ‘unmasking’ requests”
Why should she? Jeff apparently doesnt give a rip.
Never happen.The whole cabal is under the protection of the DOJ.
But why has the administration not released all of the files?
Manafort would talk to a citizen, power would umask the name and Power would give names and transcripts to the DNC.
add this to the list of obamacrats who should be in prison
Totalitarian thugs were working in the Obama Administration? Shocked I tell you - shocked. /s
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