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Susan Rice: “The notion that -- which some people are trying to suggest that by asking for the identity of an American person, that…”

On the recordApril 3, 2017
The notion that -- which some people are trying to suggest that by asking for the identity of an American person, that is the same as leaking it, is completely false. There's no equivalence between so-called unmasking and leaking.
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Susan Rice
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Susan Rice defends the distinction between unmasking and leaking in the context of surveillance.

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