Outgoing national intelligence chief Richard Grenell says he is in the process of declassifying some of the transcripts of phone calls between Michael Flynn and Russia's U.S. Ambassador in December 2016
Outgoing national intelligence chief Richard Grenell says he is in the process of declassifying some of the transcripts of phone calls between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia's U.S. Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in December 2016.
Flynn allies have long argued that his identity was "unmasked" in those intercepts by politically motivated Obama allies, and Grenell fueled the furor further last week when heof former officials who had made requests for intelligence reports on calls between foreign officials in which Flynn was likely mentioned, or calls in which Flynn spoke to foreign officials under routine surveillance.
In fact, the calls were the subject of a Jan. 5, 2017 meeting in which President Barack Obama discussed with top national security aides whether Flynn’s calls had any bearing on whether they should share certain intelligence with the incoming Trump administration.
Typically, Americans captured on lawful foreign surveillance have their identities masked, but authorized national security officials are permitted to request unmasking of those intercepts if they submit justifications to the NSA, a process that has beenGrenell is days away from stepping down from his acting position following the Senate confirmation of Rep. John Ratcliffe to the post on Thursday.
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