don't understand why intelligent people are indulging the conceit that unmasking the name of the *National Security Advisor* is some scandal
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Replying to @nycsouthpaw
US person names are unmasked when they're necessary to understand the intelligence https://www.nsa.gov/about/civil-liberties/reports/assets/files/UFA_SMPs_Nov_2015.pdf …pic.twitter.com/88urp297vw
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Replying to @nycsouthpaw @fmanjoo
1) How do we know only unmasked name is Flynn's? 2) If unmasking justified, wdn't NSA hv sent it unmasked – so Rice wldn't hv needed to ask?
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The reporting surrounding unmasking is patently false, so I'd hold off until some accurate reporting repeats the claim.
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Yes, that was my point.
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Replying to @KDbyProxy @emptywheel and
I mean my point is we should hold off. Both claims & defenses.
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The unmasking stuff is patently false. I'm not seeing the same wild inaccuracies in WaPo, NYT reporting.
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