After both Mike Cernovich and Eli Lake this week named former national security adviser Susan Rice among those “unmasking” U.S. citizens in the course of surveillance operations, a recent appearance she’d made on PBS NewsHour seemed to contradict her sudden knowledge of the practice.
As Ari Fleischer noted earlier Tuesday, Rice said two weeks ago in that PBS interview that she didn’t know anything about the unmasking. In short:
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Apparently CNN was failing in its job of defending Rice, forcing PBS to step in Tuesday afternoon and offer the “full” Q&A — it seems people were distorting Rice’s answer because the question she’d been asked had been cut for time.
People have distorted Amb. Rice’s 3/24 comments on @NewsHour. Opening question was cut for length. Here from PBS for 1st time is full Q&A. pic.twitter.com/SEyNG7f7nn
— Erin Pelton (@erin_pelton) April 4, 2017
Rice was simply saying she had no idea what Nunes was referring to. Video to follow. pic.twitter.com/dwnsUxBiUu
— Erin Pelton (@erin_pelton) April 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/motionview/status/849379519857401856
https://twitter.com/lovedbydennis/status/849373517351202819
Well isn’t that convenient? It was all a mixup due to PBS editing down a question for time, and the full transcript shows that Rice didn’t know what reports Rep. Gavin Nunes was referring to.
I said I did not know what reports Nunes was referring to when he spoke to the press. I still do not. But the full HPSCI needs to know. https://t.co/V1xyRNRyJK
— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) April 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/849368045516673025
You said you were "surprised" to learn that Trump had been caught up in surveillance and unmasked. You knew. So this is pure deception. -VJ
— RealVinnieJames (@RealVinnieJames) April 4, 2017
The first problem here, and it will aways be a problem, is that this is Susan Rice speaking, so credibility equals zero.
Fox News’ Brit Hume notes also that the full transcript shows she was asked very broadly about the possibility that Donald Trump and people around him in his campaign were caught up in surveillance of foreign individuals and their names disclosed. “Do you know anything about this?” is about as broad a question as can be asked.
The transcript refutes her denial. She was asked a very broad question about Trump associates being swept up in intelligence. https://t.co/Uv4eHTQC0r
— Brit Hume (@brithume) April 4, 2017
She speaks and a lie comes out. #whatsnew
— Deb (@auntdeb59) April 4, 2017
Lying on TV is what @AmbassadorRice is known for
— Lazy Pundit (@SFLPundit) April 4, 2017
She could have revealed right then and there her innocent actions but didnt. Sounds fishy to me. #SusanRice
— Bryan Richardson (@THE_REAL_BRICH) April 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/connie_inman/status/849374873776517125
@AmbassadorRice she has a known aversion to the truth , but let an investigation decide if there were laws broken
— LA McConnell (@mcconnell_la) April 4, 2017
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Don Lemon, CNN go ALL OUT to spin for Susan Rice https://t.co/7inCkXo2fL
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 4, 2017
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