Jim SciuttoVerified account

Point 1: Unmasking is not leaking. The information is revealed only the official requesting it.

Point 2: The NSA must approve each unmasking request and is, one fmr. sr. intel official told me, "notoriously conservative" in doing so.

Point 3: Unmasking is legal. Since 9/11 there has been a process for unmasking US cits incidentally collected in surveillance of foreigners

Point 4: US citizens who turn up in such collection are most often the subject of conversations, not participants

Point 5: There are legitimate civil liberties concerns about how & why intel officials can unmask IDs of US citizens, raised by both parties

Point 6: there are also legitimate questions about justification for unmasking US names. That would be up to both the US official & NSA

Only "overblown" if you think Obama spying on private citizens ain't a big deal

Sorry toots, the evidence is clear and overwhelming. Zero spied more than Stalin.

I feel like "no shit" is an inadequate answer to this information.

So sitting Presidents are allowed to spy on the opposing party during an election??

Hey Mom. Please wake up. This is about Russia intervening in our elections. Say that out loud and slowly and see if you think it's ok.

So Russia wanted us to elect someone who would improve our economy, bring back jobs, secure our border & strengthen our military? Huh.

That's not what's happening. Russia wanted to hack our election so they could control a puppet president for obvious reasons

But there's no actual proof of any connection between Trump & Russia even though Obama's people had been spying on him for a year.

Mom. There's enough proof to put the entire WH in prison for years. Break out of the Fox bubble and read some real intel

What are you even talking about? Show me this big proof you have.... LOL