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Ex-CIA Officer: Surveillance ‘intent was to allow for further leakage to hurt Trump administration'…
2017-04-04
[Breitbart] Former CIA operations officer Scott Uehlinger, co-host of The Station Chief podcast, talked about the Susan Rice "unmasking" story with SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily.

"I think it’s an issue which deeply concerns people like myself and other people, working-level officers in the intel community," Uehlinger said. "Even though at this point, there seems to be no evidence of breaking the law, this ’unmasking’ of people was ill-advised at best. I think it really shows that abuse of power and the fact that many people in the Obama administration were willing to violate the spirit of the laws designed to protect Americans, perhaps rather than the law itself."
Emphasis added.
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  a hundred lawyers are currently sleeping in landfill.
Well, I guess it's a start...
Posted by: Glenmore   2017-04-04 17:51  

#4  The whole thing was designed as a 'legal' series of independent actions that resulted in the leakage to the media. I wouldn't doubt a hundred lawyers looked it all over before hand, and that a hundred lawyers are currently sleeping in landfill.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-04-04 17:25  

#3  I agree that the 'unmasking' was ill-advised, but probably not illegal.
The leaking of that unmasking to other agencies seems also to have not been illegal, thanks to last-minute Obama rule changes.
The leaking outside of government intelligence organizations was clearly illegal - but who can prove where the leak came from, since thousands of government officials had access.
Posted by: Glenmore   2017-04-04 15:53  

#2  Ex-CIA Officer: Surveillance ‘intent was to allow for further leakage to hurt Trump administration'…

Thinking outside the box a bit. Could this same logic trail apply to former Klingon contractor Erik Snowden and his short-lived career at sometimes uncooperative community partner NSA ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-04-04 13:51  

#1  Uehlinger said. "Even though at this point, there seems to be no evidence of breaking the law, this ’unmasking’ of people was ill-advised at best.

I would encourge Mr. Uehlinger to reacquaint himself with the applicable Director Central Intelligence Directive (DCID), it's supporting legal authorities and federal laws.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-04-04 13:39  

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