Sen. Lindsey Graham has requested the identities of any Obama administration officials who may have sought intelligence information on members of President Trump's 2016 and 2017 campaign and transition teams.
"Given the extensive number of requests for the unmasking of General Flynn's name during this short time period, it raises the question of whether these or other officials sought the unmasking of the identities of other individuals associated with the Trump campaign or transition team," Graham wrote in aHowever, it is not possible for officials to have known what names had been redacted, or masked, in security agencies' reports.
"Certain officials of sufficient stature can ask for person 1's identity to be 'unmasked' to more fully understand what's taking place in the reporting." Graham also seeks"an explanation as to why the list released on May 13th by [Grenell's office] did not contain a record showing who unmasked General Flynn's identity for his phone call with [then-Russian Ambassador Sergey] Kislyak."seeking to drop charges
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