Former U.N. Amb. Power Unmasked ‘Hundreds’ In Final Year Of Obama Admin
Congress moves closer to detailing potentially illicit national security leaks

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Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha PowerFormer United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power / Getty Images
     
BY: Adam Kredo  
August 2, 2017 4:57 pm

Former United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power is believed to have made "hundreds" of unmasking requests to identify individuals named in classified intelligence community reports related to Trump and his presidential transition team, according to multiple sources who said the behavior is unprecedented for an official in her position.

Power was first identified by the Washington Free Beacon last month as a central figure in a congressional investigation into efforts by senior Obama administration officials to obtain classified intelligence information in what many allege was an effort to undermine President Donald Trump and his incoming national security team.

Power is believed to be the anonymous official responsible for "hundreds of unmasking requests during the final year of the Obama administration," according to current and former U.S. officials who spoke to the Free Beacon about the ongoing investigation.

Efforts by the former Obama administration to obtain the names of Trump allies included in raw intelligence reports have fueled speculation that subsequent leaks to the press were orchestrated by the former administration and its allies in a bid to damage the current White House and smear Trump's most senior confidantes.

Rep. Devin Nunes (R., Calif.), chair of the House Intelligence Committee, which is handling the probe, petitioned Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats last week to request his help in addressing the unmasking issue.

Nunes disclosed in his letter that the former Obama administration had "easy access" to sensitive classified information and that they may have used it to "achieve partisan political purposes, including the selective, anonymous leaking of such information."

Congressional investigators uncovered that "one official [whose] position has no apparent intelligence-related function"—now believed to be Power—"made hundreds of unmasking requests during the final year of the Obama administration."

Little justification was provided for the request of this sensitive classified information, which government insiders described as outside the purview of a U.N. ambassador.

"Of those requests, only one offered a justification that was not boilerplate and articulated why that specific official required the personal information for the performance of his or her official duties," according to Nunes.

One former senior U.S. official intimately familiar with the national security infrastructure told the Free Beacon that Power would have little reason to be requesting such information, particularly information that included in raw intelligence reports related to Trump and his team.

"Asking for an unmasking is rare at the [National Security Council] or the State Department. It is frankly shocking that anyone would be asking for dozens, and if there are really hundreds it is indefensible," said the former official. "It does make me wonder why [National Security Agency] didn't stop her [Power], by questioning this practice and getting the head of NSA to raise it with the president or the national security adviser."

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So they could literally have the identities of hundreds of assets. That's serious leverage.

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So is this bitch the fall girl now?

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So is this bitch the fall girl now?

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Rumor is that Sessions is going to hand out indictments like Halloween candy tomorrow.

We'll see.

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Rumor is that Sessions is going to hand out indictments like Halloween candy tomorrow.

We'll see.

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When you read her resume, it is even more absurd.  Samantha Power started off as a journalist.  She was a war correspondent in Yugoslavia.  Then she goes to Harvard as an academic.  She is then appointed by Obama to be the U.N. Ambassador.  She has zero experience in the intelligence community.  She has zero basis to question why the intelligence professionals initially chose to mask or unmask certain names.  

So why is she second-guessing the decisions of the intelligence community?

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When you read her resume, it is even more absurd.  Samantha Power started off as a journalist.  She was a war correspondent in Yugoslavia.  Then she goes to Harvard as an academic.  She is then appointed by Obama to be the U.N. Ambassador.  She has zero experience in the intelligence community.  She has zero basis to question why the intelligence professionals initially chose to mask or unmask certain names.  

So why is she second-guessing the decisions of the intelligence community?

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Rumor is that Sessions is going to hand out indictments like Halloween candy tomorrow.

We'll see.

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Rumor is that Sessions is going to hand out indictments like Halloween candy tomorrow.

We'll see.

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Rumor is that Sessions is going to hand out indictments like Halloween candy tomorrow.

We'll see.

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Rumor is that Sessions is going to hand out indictments like Halloween candy tomorrow.

We'll see.

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In before the NeverTrumpers.

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The key foreign policy guy in Obama's administration was Ben Rhodes, would be fiction writer.

Powers is exceptionally qualified by Obama admin standards.

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I still don't get why Powers is knee deep in this stuff. I know she's married to Sunstein but it just doesn't make sense why she was doing so much unmasking.

Maybe someone was just using her name on the request sheets?

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Rumor is that Sessions is going to hand out indictments like Halloween candy tomorrow.

We'll see.

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I've got to admit that the Obama administration may have hired unqualified people but they were fiercely loyal and did a great job of destroying this country which is what obama wanted.

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Underlings will take the fall, as usual.  You'd think these people would keep anything and everything possible to ensure that if they go down, superiors go down as well.

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If this was you or me, they would have already perp-walked us.

Arrest her.  Sit her down and explain that Club Fed has lifetime plans for her.  If she talks, reduce sentence accordingly.  If not, send her down.

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So is this bitch the fall girl now?

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When you read her resume, it is even more absurd.  Samantha Power started off as a journalist.  She was a war correspondent in Yugoslavia.  Then she goes to Harvard as an academic.  She is then appointed by Obama to be the U.N. Ambassador.  She has zero experience in the intelligence community.  She has zero basis to question why the intelligence professionals initially chose to mask or unmask certain names.  

So why is she second-guessing the decisions of the intelligence community?

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Lol. Just fucking lol. 

Sessions is a worthless fuck. 

PROTECT YOUR PRESIDENT, YOU WORTHLESS FUCK. Prove me wrong. Make me eat my words. I BEG you. 

Indictments will be against doctors prescribing opioids, or medical Devil's Lettuce, or some such shit.