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"The things we were worried would happen are happening." — Angus Johnston, professor at the City University of New YorkNo one is safe.
"It is too small even if it passed as is. As a starting point for negotiation it is going to be a disaster." — Jon Walker, freelance journalistWhile there is much in the bill that progressives support, observers who combed through the nearly 2,000 pages of legislative text were quick to highlight sections and omissions that they deemed unacceptable.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department does not intend to release the list of officials who requested unmaskings of the Trump campaign and administration officials and deferred to the ODNI for any further comment.
In addition, the department has been reviewing unmasking as part of U.S. attorney John Durham's broader review of the activities of investigators in 2016 and 2017 during the Russia probe.
Critics, including nearly 2,000 former DOJ officials, have argued the move was part of a pattern of Barr looking to undermine an investigation that was politically damaging for President Donald Trump. They want Barr to resign over his intervention in the case.
Susan Rice has admitted to "unmasking" names within intelligence reports to give her context for how they pertain to the overall briefing material in the President's Daily Briefing. With dozens of people with access to President Obama's PDB, Rice's unmasking of the intelligence report names gave dozens of people direct access to unmasked intelligence - including Obama officials who could, perhaps did, use the PDB for specific and intentional political purposes.
Comment: And from the New York Post, pulling no punches: