First on CNN: Rice privately meets with Senate Intel on Russia probe

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Source: CNN




Updated 2:21 PM ET, Fri July 21, 2017



(CNN)Susan Rice, who served as former President Barack Obama's national security adviser, quietly met behind closed doors Friday with Senate intelligence committee investigators probing Russian meddling in the elections, according to an official familiar with the matter.

Rice, one of three former Obama officials who met with the panel this week, has come under sharp scrutiny from some House Republicans because they believe she improperly "unmasked" -- or revealed the identities collected in intelligence gathering -- of Trump associates in US intelligence reports. She has vigorously denied any wrongdoing.



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Burr did not raise concerns about allegations that Rice improperly unmasked any US individuals, an issue first raised by House intelligence committee Chairman Devin Nunes.

"The unmasking thing was all created by Devin Nunes, and I'll wait to go through our full evaluation to see if there was anything improper that happened," Burr said. "But clearly there were individuals unmasked. Some of that became public which it's not supposed to, and our business is to understand that, and explain it."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/21/politics/susan-rice-senate-intelligence-committee/index.html

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Whow. Burr actually dissed on Devin Nunes. te he.

[yellowcanine]

1. Burr drives the bus right over Devin Nunes.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Yep

[BumRushDaShow]

2. I know I had posted it before but most of the "unmaskings" were done by Congress

notably Nunes' committee... Whereas Rice only requested it once.

Nunes-led House Intelligence Committee asked for ‘unmaskings’ of Americans

By Adam Entous and Ellen Nakashima June 2

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According to a tally by U.S. spy agencies, the House Intelligence Committee requested five to six unmaskings of U.S. organizations or individuals related to Trump or Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton between June 2016 and January 2017. Officials familiar with the matter said that the committee’s requests focused on the identities of U.S. organizations that had been hacked by the Russians in 2016. Officials declined to say how many of the requests came from Democrats vs. Republicans.

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In contrast to the committee’s handful of unmasking requests, officials said the tally showed that Rice requested a single unmasking related to Trump’s activities between June and January.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nunes-led-house-intelligence-committee-requested-unmaskings-of-americans/2017/06/02/5c098dc0-47bc-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html

[riversedge]

5. Thank you. remembering everything is too much for me most of the time.

[PSPS]

3. CNN is lying

has come under sharp scrutiny from some House Republicans because they believe she improperly "unmasked" -- or revealed the identities collected in intelligence gathering -- of Trump associates in US intelligence reports.

No, they don't "believe" it. It's just the usual GOP smear to discredit anyone who threatens their junta.

[Whiskeytide]

6. I'm beginning to believe ...

... Nunes actually does take orders from the Russians. I suspect his little cloak and dagger intel delivery a while back came on orders from Putin through some handler here in the States. His behavior is just too odd. But I'm speculating. Maybe he is just a weird little shit.

[Kathy M]

7. The meeting Comey had back in March that was invitation only has always intrigued

me as to why some were at meeting and others were not

"You may be forgiven for thinking that only two senators were invited to the second of the day’s briefings but there were, in fact, four senators there: Chuck Grassley, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dianne Feinstein, Ranking Member of the same committee, Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader and ex-officio member of all senate committees, and Mark Warner,"

"Those four invitees are notable initially because only one is a Republican. But even more intriguing is who was not on the invitation list:

Mitch McConnell who, as Majority Leader, is also an ex-officio member of all senate committees

and

Richard Burr who is the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Both their Democratic counterparts were invited but not them. This is also the second FBI briefing to which Schumer has been invited but not McConnell.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/16/1643906/-Wednesday-15-2017-Director-Comey-gave-Two-Briefings-on-Capitol-Hill

I do not think Burr needs any applauding