Yesterday it was reported that Devin Nunes signed off on subpoenas to the CIA, NSA and FBI to get the documents relating to the unmasking of names by Susan Rice, John Brennan, and Samantha Power:
FOX NEWS – The CIA, NSA and FBI were served with subpoenas Wednesday afternoon for documents relating to former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice, ex-CIA director John Brennan and former U.N. ambassador Samantha Power. The subpoenas, signed by House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Ca., explicitly referenced the “unmasking” of U.S. citizens.
“The big story is the ‘unmasking and surveillance’ of people that took place during the Obama Administration,” Trump tweeted.
The inclusion of Power’s name on the subpoenas marks her first appearance in the controversy surrounding the Obama administration’s use of unmasking. Capitol Hill sources told Fox News they are devoting increasing scrutiny to Power – a former historian and winner of the Pulitzer Prize who worked as a foreign policy adviser in the Senate office of Barack Obama before joining his administration – because they have come to see her role in the unmasking as larger than previously known, and eclipsing those of the other former officials named.
Rice has previously denied any improper activity in her use of unmasking. “The allegation is somehow Obama administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes, that’s absolutely false,” Rice told MSNBC on April 4. President Trump said at that time that he personally believed Rice had committed a crime.
Ace of Spades pointed out this exchange today between Gowdy and Brennan that occurred over a week ago.
I’ve got it cued up just after the the 2 minute mark:
Wow Brennan, did that question put a crick in your neck? Might you have been thinking of Samantha Power in that moment, when you said “maybe it rings a vague bell”???
Almost certainly! This is what happens when you ask the right question and the person answering suddenly realizes that you know what they know and they don’t wanna tell the truth but don’t want to perjure themselves either.
I think these subpoenas by Nunes might just make some heads explode in DC.