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originally posted by: ketsuko
Unmasking isn't illegal and never has been. It can be politically incorrect though especially if it ends up being used to target.
What is definitely illegal is the leaking to the press through anonymous sources. Those sources should be prosecuted for leaking classified intel that should have stayed classified to protect American citizens.
What this all is is an enormous scandal. The unmasking of US citizens for pure political reasons. It hasn't escaped anyone's attention that Obama signed a series of EOs vastly expanding the numbers of people able to unmask and share this kind of intel in the waning days of his administration. The question then becomes did he do it to cover up what had already occurred or what was about to take place or both?
originally posted by: xuenchen
I wonder if she made a "video" confession ?
Maybe her actions were spontaneous too.
This whole thing is getting back on Obama.
originally posted by: ketsuko
Unmasking isn't illegal and never has been. It can be politically incorrect though especially if it ends up being used to target.
Further, Cernovich claims that New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman has had this information for 48 hours but did not release it in order to protect Obama.
The Times, rather than admit Trump had been vindicated, instead focused its attention on the question of who leaked the reports to Nunes:
Since disclosing the existence of the intelligence reports, Mr. Nunes has refused to identify his sources, saying he needed to protect them so others would feel safe going to the committee with sensitive information. In his public comments, he has described his sources as whistle-blowers trying to expose wrongdoing at great risk to themselves.
Since when did journalists attempt to unmask sources? The Times, WaPo, and other outlets rely on anonymous sources in nearly every article about national security. It’s clear they have an agenda — that agenda is not telling the truth.