On Tuesday’s Mark Levin show, Which Susan Rice is telling the truth? The one on PBS March 22 or the one on MSNBC Tuesday? Rice completed shifted her prior position from not knowing about any government efforts to unmask American citizens to claiming that she did not unmask Americans for political purposes. The allegation is that somehow, Obama officials used intelligence for political purposes. Rice denies this, but that is exactly what happened. These political appointees were involved in changing rules and other activities. Andy McCarthy of National Review, calls in to talk to discuss Susan Rice’s Watergate style scandal in unmasking names. This is the kind of thing that happens in law enforcement all the time, if they deny it, you can’t catch up with them. Rice is stressing that the intelligence gathering was lawful, which is a defensive ploy on her part to make her actions look right. We should know why she was unmasking this information in the first place. After that, Michael Doran, former Senior Director in the NSC, calls in to explain more in the investigation into the leaks and his book, “Ike’s Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East”. When you are unmasking names, it is for a very serious and somber purpose. Unmasking identities is not a routine event. The goal of intercepts is to see what foreigners are up to not American citizens. It is a specious argument that Rice is making. Later, Chuck Schumer is burning down the U.S. Senate. Schumer will drive his ideological end by any means. He led the battle to filibuster George W. Bush’s appellate court nominees which was unprecedented at the time. This destroyed tradition and weakened the institution. Then when Obama was President he decided to eliminate the filibuster for appellate court and judicial appointees. Now it is coming to a head over Neil Gorsuch where the filibuster will be suspended by republicans. Schumer and Democrats are now blaming Republicans for destroying the Senate, but it was they who started the filibuster and nuclear option, weakening our institutions.
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