Bob Woodward: Obama Officials Possibly Facing Criminal Charges for Unmasking Scheme
Posted: March 23, 2017 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, White House | Tags: Barack Obama, Bob Woodward, Classified information, Devin Nunes, Donald Trump, James Comey, News satire, The New York Times, The Washington Post, United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Leave a comment
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said earlier that he had briefed Trump on new information, unrelated to an investigation into Russian activities, that suggested that several members of Trump’s transition team and perhaps Trump himself had their identities “unmasked” after their communications were intercepted by U.S. intelligence officials.
The revelation is notable because identities of Americans are generally supposed to remain “masked” if American communications are swept up during surveillance of foreign individuals.
During an interview on Fox News, Woodward said that if that information about the unmasking is true, “it is a gross violation.”
He said it isn’t Trump’s assertion, without proof, that his predecessor wiretapped Trump Tower that is of concern, but rather that intelligence officials named the Americans being discussed in intercepted communications. … (read more)
Source: Washington Examiner
