Devin Nunes Surveillance Claims Contradicted By Classified Documents: Report
A CNN report Tuesday night confirmed that former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes’s previous statements about the Obama administration are false.
The report noted, “After a review of the same intelligence reports brought to light by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides have so far found no evidence that Obama administration officials did anything unusual or illegal, multiple sources in both parties tell CNN.”
The CNN story also contradicts Donald Trump’s allegation that Susan Rice, President Obama’s national security adviser, broke the law by requesting the “unmasking” of the identities of U.S. individuals picked up by incidental surveillance.
“However, over the last week, several members and staff of the House and Senate intelligence committees have reviewed intelligence reports related to those requests at NSA headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland,” CNN reported Tuesday.
In fact, one congressional intelligence source told CNN that the requests made by Susan Rice were “normal and appropriate.”
Last week, during an interview on MSNBC, Susan Rice defended herself and rejected any allegations of wrongdoing saying her requests were “absolutely not for any political purposes, to spy, or anything.”
“There were occasions when I would receive a report in which a US person was referred to — name not provided, just a US person — and sometimes in that context, in order to understand the importance of the report, and assess its significance, it was necessary to find out, or request the information as to who the US official was,” Rice said.
“The notion that some people are trying to suggest, is that by asking for the identity of a person is leaking it, is unequivocally false,” she said. “There is no connection between unmasking and leaking.”
