https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/us/politics/trump-interview-susan-rice.html
President Trump said on Wednesday that he thought that the former national security adviser Susan E. Rice may have committed a crime by seeking the identities of Trump associates who were swept up in the surveillance of foreign officials by American spy agencies and that other Obama administration officials may also have been involved.
The president provided no evidence to back his claim. Current and former intelligence officials from both Republican and Democratic administrations have said that nothing they have seen led them to believe that Ms. Rice’s actions were unusual or unlawful. When Americans are swept up in surveillance of foreign officials by intelligence agencies, their identities are supposed to be obscured, but they can be revealed for national security reasons, and intelligence officials say it is a regular occurrence.
So to sum up today’s news, Papa Bear is innocent despite no evidence, while Obama wiretapped his phones despite no evidence and Rice is guilty despite no evidence.
#1, it’s a NY Times attempt at an investigative article.
#2, I know I never accused her of doing anything illegal. As long as she could provide proper reasoning for an unmasking request, it would be allowed by law.
#3, It has already been shown that Trump and associates were caught up in “incidental” surveillance. Flynn’s name was leaked by someone, which is illegal, and his name had been unmasked from the surveillance reports.