Post by Daniel on Oct 4, 2017 10:01:35 GMT -5
ACLJ Files Federal Lawsuit To Obtain Records of Senior Obama Official Samantha Power’s Unprecedented Unmasking of Americans
By Jay Sekulow
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has just filed its fifth lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State (DOS), this time over the bureaucracy’s failure to turn over records of Senior Obama Official Samantha Power’s unprecedented unmasking of Americans.
As we informed you last month, we issued a Freedom of Information Act Request to lawfully demand that the deep State Department produce records so the American people can be informed about the hundreds of “unmasking” requests that were made by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, including those for names and/or any other personal identifying information of President Trump during his candidacy for President, as well as his family members, staff, transition team members and his family. The DOS—yet again—failed to respond to our lawful request, and, yet again, we are taking the DOS bureaucracy to federal court.
We’ve repeatedly reported that officials within the Obama Administration were engaged in the unscrupulous practice of “unmasking” the names of American citizens incidentally caught up in surveillance. That information was then leaked in violation of federal law. As we have asserted before, this was an unprecedented abuse of power that threatens our constitutional republic.
We already knew from earlier reports that Susan Rice, former National Security Adviser under then-President Barack Obama, requested the unmasking of the names of Trump transition officials incidentally caught up in surveillance.
Since then we’ve learned that Susan Rice wasn’t the only one making unmasking requests...
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aclj.org/government-corruption/aclj-files-federal-lawsuit-to-obtain-records-of-senior-obama-official-samantha-powers-unprecedented-unmasking-of-americans
By Jay Sekulow
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has just filed its fifth lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State (DOS), this time over the bureaucracy’s failure to turn over records of Senior Obama Official Samantha Power’s unprecedented unmasking of Americans.
As we informed you last month, we issued a Freedom of Information Act Request to lawfully demand that the deep State Department produce records so the American people can be informed about the hundreds of “unmasking” requests that were made by former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, including those for names and/or any other personal identifying information of President Trump during his candidacy for President, as well as his family members, staff, transition team members and his family. The DOS—yet again—failed to respond to our lawful request, and, yet again, we are taking the DOS bureaucracy to federal court.
We’ve repeatedly reported that officials within the Obama Administration were engaged in the unscrupulous practice of “unmasking” the names of American citizens incidentally caught up in surveillance. That information was then leaked in violation of federal law. As we have asserted before, this was an unprecedented abuse of power that threatens our constitutional republic.
We already knew from earlier reports that Susan Rice, former National Security Adviser under then-President Barack Obama, requested the unmasking of the names of Trump transition officials incidentally caught up in surveillance.
Since then we’ve learned that Susan Rice wasn’t the only one making unmasking requests...
more
aclj.org/government-corruption/aclj-files-federal-lawsuit-to-obtain-records-of-senior-obama-official-samantha-powers-unprecedented-unmasking-of-americans
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