QuoteThe federal prosecutor Attorney General Bill Barr tapped to investigate whether Obama administration officials improperly requested the unmasking of individuals during the 2016 election has concluded his probe without "finding any substantive wrongdoing," The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

Barr appointed U.S. Attorney John Bash to review whether there was wrongdoing by the Obama administration in requesting the identities of individuals — in particular Trump allies — whose names are redacted in intelligence reports during the heated election.

The practice, known as unmasking, is common and done to help government officials make sense of the intelligence documents they are reviewing, but President Trump and his allies have alleged that Obama-era officials acted improperly in making a series of unmasking requests that ultimately led to former Trump campaign aide Michael Flynn's name being unmasked.

According to the Post, Bash and his team reviewed unmasking practices as well as whether officials at the time improperly leaked information to reporters. Bash reportedly turned over his findings to Barr, whose office chose not to publicly release them. The findings did not rise to the allegations Trump and his allies have made about wrongdoing, according to the report.

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/520922-unmasking-probe-concludes-without-finding-any-substantive-wrongdoing


Will Trump fire Barr on twitter? Barr is such an anti-MAGA tool. He won't release the report? Why, it must be a conspiracy! What did the MAGA prophet Q tell us about the unmasking?

QuoteThe U.S. Justice Department has ended its probe into whether Obama administration officials improperly "unmasked" associates of now-President Donald Trump mentioned in intelligence reports, two congressional sources said on Wednesday.

It found no wrongdoing, one of the sources said.

Unmasking refers to the naming of U.S. citizens whose identities were blacked out in reports from the National Security Agency that captured their communications with a foreign national.

Trump and his allies have sought to portray the use of the process during the administration of his Democratic predecessor, President Barack Obama, as a misuse of government authority.

It is a routine practice, and Trump administration officials have made thousands of such requests, government statistics show.

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/u-s--quietly-ends-probe-of-obama-era--unmasking--of-trump-allies--sources/46097378

Quote from: Barricade on October 14, 2020, 10:06:37 AM
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/u-s--quietly-ends-probe-of-obama-era--unmasking--of-trump-allies--sources/46097378

I am sure you are aware this info is from unnamed sources.

Quote from: supsalemgr on October 14, 2020, 11:18:33 AM
I am sure you are aware this info is from unnamed sources.

Spin away. Unmasking is a nothingburger. Or was a "secret report" passed from Barr to Trump in prep for the "Q Storm"? 

Quote from: supsalemgr on October 14, 2020, 11:18:33 AM
I am sure you are aware this info is from unnamed sources.

Nailed it! Just more fake news.

Quote from: Barricade on October 14, 2020, 11:44:09 AM
Spin away. Unmasking is a nothingburger. Or was a "secret report" passed from Barr to Trump in prep for the "Q Storm"? 

You should be grateful you have found a forum that allows folks to share their OPINIONS.

Quote from: supsalemgr on October 14, 2020, 12:13:51 PM
You should be grateful you have found a forum that allows folks to share their OPINIONS.

OPINIONS?  All this time I was thinking it's a LEFT BS agenda.  Sleepy Joe is in deep shit and he knows it. 

Quote from: Barricade on October 14, 2020, 08:17:10 AM
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/520922-unmasking-probe-concludes-without-finding-any-substantive-wrongdoing


Will Trump fire Barr on twitter? Barr is such an anti-MAGA tool. He won't release the report? Why, it must be a conspiracy! What did the MAGA prophet Q tell us about the unmasking?

Where did the DOJ say no indictments or wrongdoing with the unmasking probe?  Post it.

Quote from: taxed on October 14, 2020, 06:51:11 PM
Where did the DOJ say no indictments or wrongdoing with the unmasking probe?  Post it.

My understanding is this report is where the investigation is not that its over! the man quit his position and i believe it is just a status report! Time will tell if Barr appoints someone to finish the investigation! Last week their were rumors his next in command would.

Quote from: redbeard on October 14, 2020, 07:03:37 PM
My understanding is this report is where the investigation is not that its over! the man quit his position and i believe it is just a status report! Time will tell if Barr appoints someone to finish the investigation! Last week their were rumors his next in command would.

All of this is fake news until we here it from Barr or Kupec.

I heard it on the radio this evening. My question is how in the world can there not be substantial wrongdoing?

Quote from: taxed on October 14, 2020, 07:23:07 PM
All of this is fake news until we here it from Barr or Kupec.

I think this is why Barr said it may not be released before the election, everything was fucked up by the idiot that bailed.

Quote from: RV on October 14, 2020, 07:36:20 PM
I heard it on the radio this evening. My question is how in the world can there not be substantial wrongdoing?

List the crimes to their statues, and post the evidence you're holding.

Quote from: taxed on October 14, 2020, 07:50:27 PM
List the crimes to their statues, and post the evidence you're holding.

Apparently you either could not or did not read what my post said. I stated quite clearly that I heard it on the RADIO. I cannot "post anything" that I heard.

Quote from: taxed on October 14, 2020, 07:50:27 PM
List the crimes to their statues, and post the evidence you're holding.

Any prosecutor in this case would have a real problem proving intent! The people that did the unmasking had the power to do it and for it to be a crime you have to prove they were doing it for elicit reasons! Doesn't mean you can charge someone for it but someone in the chain of custody needs to roll over! What information they have found here could very well be used by John Durum as pieces of the puzzle he is putting together. Just because there is no indictment doesn't mean there isn't usable evidence and timelines to help the main probe!