The newly declassified list showing who submitted requests to unmask Michael Flynn, the incoming national security adviser in late 2016 and early 2017 for president-elect Donald Trump, …
The newly declassified list showing who submitted requests to unmask Michael Flynn, the incoming national security adviser in late 2016 and early 2017 for president-elect Donald Trump, leads one to believe the Obama administration used intelligence agencies to go after a political opponent, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Wednesday.
Dozens of officials in the administration submitted requests to unmask an identity in a National Security Agency foreign intelligence report that turned out to be Flynn just before Trump entered office, according to list.
Top officials John Brennan, James Comey, James Clapper, Joe Biden, and Samantha Power were among them.
“It sounds like the entire upper circle of President Obama was listening to this,” Paul told reporters in Washington after the list was released.
“And realize, they did not have permission to listen to General Flynn. You have to get a warrant to listen to an American’s conversation.
