Top Obama Adviser (Susan Rice) Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel Rice

[kpete]

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https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-03/top-obama-adviser-sought-names-of-trump-associates-in-intel

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[world wide wally]

1. Sounds to me like she was doing her job to protect America from foreign powers

[L. Coyote]

13. What would engender such conduct. Oh yeah, crimes!

But hey trumpsters, shout it from the rooftops

[DURHAM D]

2. Oh look...a woman doing her job. nt

[nikibatts]

3. Had she not made these requests she would have been remiss in her duties.

[AngryAmish]

4. I don't give a shit what the law says, good for her.

[coco22]

5. Good..

she was seeking out the TRAITORS in our government.

[get the red out]

6. IMO

This points more toward the guilt of the Trump people than anything else.

[wishstar]

7. So Trump officials are leaking this info to try to misdirect media down another rabbit hole

Poorly written article that doesn't make it clear that it was Trump's WH that Ezra worked for (under Flynn) and Trump's WH General Counsel that told Ezra to lay off his research. (comments from right-wingers show they don't understand who did what and when)

Article does not allege that Susan Rice leaked anything or did anything improper but this is a perfect method to keep the right wing base riled up with false accusations against Pres. Obama and his team.

[randome]

8. Yes, they're leaking about make-believe leaking when nothing supports that.

And STILL nothing to support Dolt45's claim he was "wiretapped".
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[jmg257]

9. Wonder why she said she was surprised by what Nunes found...

Her requests were lawful, so why deny it?

From the article:

Rice herself has not spoken directly on the issue of unmasking. Last month when she was asked on the "PBS NewsHour" about reports that Trump transition officials, including Trump himself, were swept up in incidental intelligence collection, Rice said: "I know nothing about this," adding, "I was surprised to see reports from Chairman Nunes on that account today".
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But Rice's multiple requests to learn the identities of Trump officials discussed in intelligence reports during the transition period does highlight a longstanding concern for civil liberties advocates about U.S. surveillance programs. The standard for senior officials to learn the names of U.S. persons incidentally collected is that it must have some foreign intelligence value, a standard that can apply to almost anything. This suggests Rice's unmasking requests were likely within the law."

[stillcool]

10. She was probably surprised..

it was leaked. Must be kind of difficult to comment about info that Nunes chooses to publicize. If part of it is leaked, can she discuss all that pertains to that intelligence?

[Demsrule86]

11. She was involved with national security...and no doubt keeping tabs on who Trump and his

criminal associates were talking too...this is how he distract from Russia...and we have only Donnie's word about this too. I suppose our people can talk about it now that is been released by the Trump white house.

[Vinca]

12. After their recent Internet privacy bill, the GOP lost their authority to speak on this.

[alwaysinflux]

14. Every Trump supporter

Now believes Trump was vindicated and that Rice should be put in jail. They ignore the article saying it was likely within the law.

I can believe that they were concerning conversations, given the disastrous conversations Trump has had with the leaders of foreign nations since taking office. Who knows, they are probably talking about getting out of the UN and NATO and other such alarming plans that could have very dire effects on our relationships with our allies.

[uponit7771]

15. Question to WH Lawyers: So?!?!