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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Unmasking" is routine & was done - "10,000 times last year, nearly 17,000 times in 2018"
Under US surveillance rules, unmasking an American's identity in a report derived from foreign-intelligence surveillance is routine when necessary to understand (e.g., who was the Russian ambassador talking to?). The NSA did so 10,000 times last year, nearly 17,000 times in 2018.
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"Unmasking" is routine & was done - "10,000 times last year, nearly 17,000 times in 2018" (Original Post)
kpete
May 2020
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ProfessorGAC
(64,827 posts)1. That 2018 Number Is Abnormally High
Who was in office that year?
genxlib
(5,518 posts)4. And how many of them happen to be related to Ukraine
Just asking for a friend
But we all know the RWers will create a nefarious conspiracy centering around VP Biden and other Obama's officials.
Vote them out.
riversedge
(70,047 posts)5. yup. They will milk that cow dry.
underpants
(182,585 posts)3. Yeah but this one hurt Trump's feelings
and exposed the direct connection between his campaign and being Putins b