GOP Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa released documents on Wednesday listing the declassified names of Obama-era officials who sought to “unmask” former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
MEMORANDUM FOR DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
SUBJECT: (S//NF) Follow-up Unmasking Requests re Former National Security Advisor
(S//NF) Per your email request of 3 May 2020, I am providing a revised list of identities of any officials who submitted requests to the National Security Agency at any point between 8 November 2016 and 31 January 2017, to unmask the identity of former National Security Advisor, Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn (USA-Ret). ‘Ibe original list was in alphabetical order; the revised list is in chronological order, including the date the request was received.
(U//FOUO) Consistent with the original response, dated 1 May 2020, this information is provided pursuant to the oversight authorities vested with the Director of National Intelligence, and a copy of this correspondence will be provided to the Secretary of Defense.
(S//HN) Below is a list of recipients who may have received Lt. Gen Flynn’s identity in response to a request processed between 8 November 2016 and 31 January 2017 to unmask an identity that had been generically referred to in an NSA foreign intelligence report. Each individual was an authorized recipient of the original report and the unmasking was approved through NSA’s standard process, which includes a review of the justification for the request. Only certain personnel are authorized to submit unmasking requests into the NSA system. In this case, 16 authorized individuals requested unmaskings for ■ different NSA intelligence reports for select identified principals. While the principals are identified below, we cannot confirm they saw the unmasked information. This response does not include any requests outside of the specified time-frame.
PAUL M. NAKASONE
General, U.S. Army Director
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2020-05-13-ODNI-to-CEG-RHJ-UnmaskingNames on this list include:
Samantha Powers, U.S. Ambassador to the United States
James Clapper, Director for National Intelligence
Kelly Degnan, Deputy Chief of Mission
John R. Phillips, U.S. Ambassador to Italy and the Republic of San Marino
John O. Brennan, Director of the CIA
Patrick Conton, OIA Director
Jacob Lew, Secretary of the Treasury
Arthur “Danny” McGlynn
Mike Neufeld, Acting Deputy Assistance Secretary Treasury
Sarah Raskin, Deputy Assistance Secretary Treasury
Nathan Sheets, Under Secretary Treasury
Adam Szubin, Acting Undersecretary Treasury
Mr. Robert Bell, USNATO Defense Advisor (DEFAD)
VADM Christenson, U.S. Representative to the NATO Military Committee
James Comey, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(Redacted), Chief Syria Group
(Redacted), Deputy Assistant Director of NEMC
Lt. Col. Paul Geehreng, USNATO Office of the Defense Advisor (ODA) Policy Advisor for Russia
Douglas Lute, U.S. NATO Advisor
Mr. James Hursch, USNATO Deputy DEFAD
(Redacted), Chief Syria Group
Ambassador Douglas Lute, U.S. Deputy Chief of U. S. Mission to NATO
(Redacted), USA – DOE-IN Executive Briefer
Scott Parrish, USNATO Political Officer (Redacted)
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, USA – DOE – Deputy Secretary of Energy
(Redacted), USA – DOE-IN Executive Briefer
Mr. Tamir Waser, USNATO Political Advisor (POLAD)
(Redacted), COS
(Redacted), CMO
(Redacted), DCOS
John Tefft, U.S. Ambassador to Russia
(Redacted), CMO
Ambassador John R. Bass, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey
Denis McDonough, Chief of Staff to the President of the United States
Michael Dempsey, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Intelligence
Stephanie L. O’Sullivan, Principle Deputy Director of National Intelligence
(Redacted), CIA/CTMC
Joseph R. Biden, Vice President of the Untied States
