Susan Rice Did Nothing Wrong, Say Both Dems and Republicans

[DonViejo]

Source: NBC News




APR 17 2017, 12:03 PM ET
by KEN DILANIAN

A review of the surveillance material flagged by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes shows no inappropriate action by Susan Rice or any other Obama administration official, Republican and Democratic Congressional aides who have been briefed on the matter told NBC News.

President Donald Trump told the New York Times he believed former National Security Adviser Rice broke the law by asking for the identities of Trump aides who were mentioned in transcripts of U.S. surveillance of foreign targets. Normally, the identities of Americans are blacked out in transcripts circulated by the National Security Agency, but they may be "unmasked," if their identities are relevant to understanding the intelligence.

Rice did not dispute that she requested the identities of certain Americans in the waning days of the Obama administration, but she denied any wrongdoing in an interview with NBC News' Andrea Mitchell. Her denial came after Nunes said he believed the names of Trump aides had been inappropriately unmasked and circulated.

Members of the House and Senate intelligence committees from both parties have traveled to NSA headquarters to review the relevant intelligence reports. "I saw no evidence of any wrongdoing," said one U.S. official who reviewed the documents, who would not agree to be identified further. "It was all completely normal."

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/susan-rice-did-nothing-wrong-say-both-dems-republicans-n747406

[Warpy]

1. She was born black, female, and very smart

That's a triple whammy to racist, sexist ignoramuses like the ones in the White House.

[Angry Dragon]

2. A White House full of bigots

[BumRushDaShow]

4. THIS

Plus it was the latest of a series of throw-everything-including-the-kitchen-sink distractions now that the hounds picked up the scent of their illegal deeds and are getting closer to nailing them.

[MBS]

11. Exactly. n/t

[tazkcmo]

13. Ding ding ding!

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

[wildeyed]

15. To add insult to injury, she was mentored by another powerful woman,

then hired by our first black president.

[maxsolomon]

3. But these people had to run around debunking the accusations.

So did the press.

So, Mission Accomplished.

[NewJeffCT]

7. And, I'm sure the House and Senate

will still proceed with investigations into Rice on this issue. They need it to keep the based angry and ready to vote.

[ck4829]

5. And yet, they will believe their "alternative facts" that she's going to crack any day now

Something needs to be done.

[cstanleytech]

6. Its to bad Obama and Rice have to much class and havent filed a lawsuit against Trump for

defamation.

[meow2u3]

19. Their not suing Trump for libel seems to be backfiring on them IMO

The longer they refuse to sue, the more it emboldens repunks because they think they can get away with even more vicious defamation.

[Mr. Sparkle]

8. Why cant we investigate these liars who keep on making false accusations.

They are almost all republicans.

[maxsolomon]

9. Because they control the Executive and Legislative Branches

Take the House or the Senate, and "we" can have all sorts of ineffectual investigations.

[cstanleytech]

12. As max said our options to combat this is limited because the Repugnants in Congress can kill

any investigation from even getting off the ground since they are the majority party currently in charge but that wont last forever and eventually the Democrats will regain control I just hope the Democrats remember the Repugnants actions now and make them pay for it.

[Achilleaze]

10. the frikken KGOP was lying to Americans again. As usual.

Important message for Comrade Casino & allied KGOP Comrades: stop lying to Americans.

You will eventually pay a steep karmic price for all your lies. You might want to read this book called The Bible. It totally gets into how scuzzy and reprehensible lying is. Ever hear of a thing called "eternal damnation"? It's kinda heavy. You all might want to check that stuff before your next spew of deliberate lies to the good people of These United States.

[riversedge]

14. A simple clear headline. Well done.

[mpcamb]

16. 'Bout Time to quit running down of any possible way for 45 to be right and just call him a liar

from the get go.

[burrowowl]

17. Wow! Even Rethugs!?

[heaven05]

18. and......

these clown 'leaders' we have now are truly disgusting....

[madville]

20. So no one will have a problem when Team Trump does the same thing?

So it would be perfectly acceptable prior to the 2020 election for Trump's National Security Advisor to unmask and review all foreign communications that his 2020 Democratic opponent's campaign is involved in. Then spread that unmasked intel among all the intelligence agencies?

I have a really hard time believing that everyone is going to shrug and say something like that would be acceptable because I know I certainly wouldn't. All kinds of interesting precedents are going to be established in the next few years, many in just the last few months.