Susan Rice: ‘No Equivalence’ Between Unmasking and Leaking

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Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” former President Obama’s national security adviser Susan Rice addressed reports she was responsible for the unmasking of names of Trump associates after the election during the transition period.

Rice said unmasking names in intelligence reports she received is standard procedure insisting, “I leaked nothing to nobody,” adding there is “no equivalence” between unmasking and leaking.

But, others who’ve served in the intelligence community and at high levels of government say the former national security adviser's requests were "quite unusual."

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer, said “that is never done.” He and others say the national security adviser is a manager position, and should not be gathering intel as the FBI or CIA does.

Corrie O'Connor