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ANN KENEVAN on April 25, 2025

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Susan Rice denies spying on Trump team, defends ‘unmasking’ requests By Bob Fredericks ... View MoreSusan Rice denies spying on Trump team, defends ‘unmasking’ requests By Bob Fredericks Ex-national security adviser Susan Rice on Tuesday called charges that she and other Obama administration officials used intelligence reports to spy on Team Trump for political purposes “absolutely false.” In an interview with MSNBC, Rice said her senior White House role gave her the authority to request the names of Americans swept up in US surveillance of foreign nationals. Susan Rice tried to 'unmask' Trump associates in intelligence reports Former President Barack Obama’s national security adviser tried on dozens... “If I saw an intelligence report that looked potentially significant, and by definition, if it’s provided to me it is significant. I don’t solicit reports, I only see what the intelligence community thinks I or any other senior official needs to see,” Rice said, explaining the process of how a US citizen can be “unmasked” or identified if he or she is caught conversing with foreigners. “If I read it … in order for me to understand if it is significant or not so significant, I need to understand who the US person is. I can make that request. The intelligence community then processes that request through their normal procedures and if they feel they can give the answer, they give the answer.” Rice flatly denied politics was behind her actions, and in response to a question said the US needed to get to the bottom of Russian meddling in the US election. “This is something very serious. A hostile government inserted itself into our electoral process. It’s important that the American people understand this and it’s important that we improve our defenses against this,” she said. “This is not anything political as has been alleged,” Rice said. “The allegation is that somehow Obama administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes. That is absolutely false.” But she would not say whether she saw intelligence on President Trump’s associates or whether she asked for their identities, saying that information would be classified. http://nypost.com/2017/04/04/susan-rice-denies-unmasking-claims/

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Susan Rice denies spying on Trump team, defends ‘unmasking’ requests nypost.com

April 25, 2025