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Cannonpointer » 26 Mar 2017 10:25 am » wrote:They aren't supposed to be mentioned in the report - not by name. That takes a FISA warrant - uncloaking. Otherwise, if the information is only incidental, the names of the Americans are supposed to remain unwritten.

Unmasking of the names of people caught up in incidental collection within the intelligence community is NOT illegal if they have probable cause, which they would need to obtain a FISA warrant.
Leaking the unmasked names to the press is illegal.



http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/23/politics/ ... -glossary/