"Unmasking" is routine & was done - "10,000 times last year, nearly 17,000 times in 2018"

[kpete]

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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[ProfessorGAC]

1. That 2018 Number Is Abnormally High

Who was in office that year?

[genxlib]

4. And how many of them happen to be related to Ukraine

Just asking for a friend

[Iliyah]

2. Yea . .

But we all know the RWers will create a nefarious conspiracy centering around VP Biden and other Obama's officials.

Vote them out.

[riversedge]

5. yup. They will milk that cow dry.

[underpants]

3. Yeah but this one hurt Trump's feelings

and exposed the direct connection between his campaign and being Putin’s b