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WASHINGTON POST: RICE MUST EXPLAIN PREVIOUS DENIAL

'I know nothing about this. I was surprised to see reports'

Art Moore

The reactions in Washington to the revelation that former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice sought to unmask the identities of Americans connected with President Trump’s campaign and transition who were mentioned in foreign surveillance intelligence reports predictably has fallen largely along partisan lines.

But the Washington Post’s Aaron Blake, author of The Fix column, while contending there is no evidence Rice used the information for political purposes, acknowledged Rice’s comments on the matter two weeks ago in a PBS interview “do lead to some legitimate questions.”

Rice was asked March 22 by PBS “NewsHour” host Judy Woodruff about the announcement by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., that Trump and his associates had been incidentally swept up in surveillance.

Rice responded: “I know nothing about this. I was surprised to see reports from Chairman Nunes on that count today.”

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