Dear all. It's becoming clear now why right wingers are focusing on "unmasking." It's not JUST ignorance. It's what affects powerful.
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Replying to @emptywheel
"Unmasking" is the concern of people who talk to foreign leaders a lot. "Back door searches" are what affect powerless people.
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Replying to @emptywheel
Unmasking (at least in this case) is a power play between the powerful. That doesn't mean it doesn't matter.
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Replying to @KvarBlack
There is as of yet zero evidence this isn't solidly in line w/what Nunes has long insisted as necessary for NatSec.
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Replying to @emptywheel @KvarBlack
But is it in line with what is *actually* necessary for NatSec. I expect rank partisans to be hypocritical.
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Replying to @djjohnso @KvarBlack
Dunno. I can tell you that tapping a former FSB officer running a sanctioned bank is top on list of obvious targets.
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Replying to @emptywheel @KvarBlack
And Presidential calls with Australia. And the series of people tapped per NYT on Jan 20. And non-Russian related material.
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Replying to @djjohnso @KvarBlack
Oops. You're misreading that stuff. There's a difference between "surveilled" and "tapped." Again. Targeting.
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Nope. I know the differences. Just find the word games odious. As a wise woman once said: https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/839619901950214152 …
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