Devin Nunes: Obama ambassadors went ‘wild’ with unmasking

By Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin

Published May 16, 2020 7:33pm ET

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Devin Nunes: Obama ambassadors went ‘wild’ with unmasking — President Trump praised Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., on Monday for helping make public a classified memo on government surveillance. Trump said, "Representative Devin Nunes, a man of tremendous courage and grit, may someday be recognized as a Great American Hero for what he has exposed and what he has had to endure!" (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

A declassified list of U.S. officials who received information in response to “unmasking” requests has given allies of President Trump fresh ammunition to question the actions of Obama-era ambassadors.

Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said the National Security Agency memo, which focused on spy intercepts of conversations then-incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn had with foreigners from the 2016 election to Trump’s inauguration, is “just the tip of the iceberg.”

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