Acting DNI Richard Grenell has sought to declassify a list of former Obama officials who were allegedly involved in the so-called “unmasking” of Michael Flynn in his conversations with the former Russian ambassador during the presidential transition
Grenell, who remains the U.S. ambassador to Germany along with being the acting DNI, visited the Justice Department last week to request the declassification of the list, according to the official.
"They did not have a basis for a counterintelligence investigation against Flynn at that stage, based on a perfectly legitimate and appropriate call he made as a member of the transition," Barr said in an interview with CBS last week. While the law requires that identifying information of U.S. persons picked up during foreign surveillance be “masked,” high-ranking intelligence officials can request the identities be revealed if they feel the information is necessary to further understand the intercepts.
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