dick durbin well andrea complete interview susan rice say happen job try make certain understand russian involvement election make certain americans might tangentially part record surveillance protect unless relevant part investigation find interest fascination republicans seem leak instead substance substance obvious intelligence community tell us russian government hack election effort try change result know fact know open testimony jim comey head fbi watch video dick durbin need civics lessonat direction obama white house violate public trust tuesday national review online column contend report involvement former national-security adviser susan rice unmask trump officials appear major scandal suggest obama white house high-ranking staffer abuse power collect intelligence foreign target use spy opposition party presidential candidate.it come surprise defense ms. rice obama apologists mount heavily reliant fact dispute viz intelligence collection issue legal anticipate line argument week ago issue technical legality monumental abuse power analogize judge impose 20-year jail term man pass marijuana cigarette second man sentence would perfectly legal distribution schedule narcotic drug control substance call sentence 20 years imprisonment see 21 u.s.c 841 .nevertheless sentence would also outrageous abuse judicial power judge thing would unfit worthy condemnation impeachment abuse power offenses public trust often overlap criminal offense thing criminal offense example politician accept money exchange political favor commit crime bribery impeachable offense corruption.the jurors bribery case need find politician breach public trust need find intentional quid pro quo payoff exchange favor contrast breach public trust central impeachment case remove pol office would need prove legal elements criminal bribery charge beyond reasonable doubt would demonstrate politician unfit office petty bribe prosecutor might ignore public want throw bum high crime misdemeanor constitutional standard impeachment need indictable criminal offense may chargeable crime need one famous example though one much remark last several years second article impeachment president richard m. nixon.it allege italics use power office president unite state richard m. nixon violation constitutional oath faithfully execute office president unite state best ability preserve protect defend constitution unite state disregard constitutional duty take care laws faithfully execute repeatedly engage conduct violate constitutional right citizens impair due proper administration justice conduct lawful inquiries contravene laws govern agencies executive branch purpose agencies impeachment allegation go describe nixon among things direct fbi cia irs investigate innocent americans reason unrelated national security law enforcement.for part directives violations penal statutes individually collectively heinous abuse presidential power warrant impeachment new report believe rice orchestrate unmask communications involve democrats political rival trump campaign.her current stress lawfulness intelligence collection straw man credible commentator claim base currently know intelligence-collection activities fbi cia nsa illegal explain yesterday aforementioned column surveillance collection operations undertake pursuant statute foreign intelligence surveillance act well president constitutional authority collect foreign intelligence exercise authority lay longstanding executive order eo 12,333 .the allegation rice obama administration unmask trump-campaign transition officials appear cumulatively probably many specific instance run afoul minimization instructions instructions propose justice department order fisa court discuss non-compliance minimization instructions context crime fool errand violate minimization instructions applicable electronic surveillance crime nothing unusual every offense laws court order regulations guidelines etc crime.most law violations fact crimes moreover standard articulate minimization instructions vague predicate criminal liability require mask concealment identity american incidentally intercept unless intelligence value intercept communication understand without know american identity.within reasonable parameters subjective judgment call criminal law judgment call provision must precise put people clear notice exactly proscribe reasonable mind differ much identify information incidentally intercept american necessary intelligence value lawfully intercept communication fully understand stuff crime technical legality particular instance unmask beside point question abuse power.here critical bear mind something easily forget sole purpose foreign intelligence collection understand action intentions foreign power operatives government purpose understand action intentions american citizens two proper ways go conduct criminal investigation american citizens target court-authorized surveillance base probable cause crime conduct fisa investigation american citizens target court-authorized surveillance base probable cause act agents foreign power neither two alternatives choose american citizens suppose subject intelligence collection effort suppose protect snoop subject incidental byproduct i.e unintentional albeit inevitable consequence snoop foreign power incidental snoop deprive privacy protections root law requirement government obtain judicial warrant seize eavesdrop communications.the law allow happen post hoc safeguard apply director jam comey testify congress fbi obsessive conceal identities americans unmask big deal american intercept collect agencies fbi cia nsa shrug shoulder say well could provide marginally good understand mean communication reveal name american practice along line reveal name unless absolutely necessary understand communication even prefer use substitute e.g american diplomat rather actual name agencies take position good honorable people though .they take interest successfully carry national-security mission know fail protect identities privacy americans inevitable scandal arise irate public demand congress curtail spy power hand anyone make mistake failure unmask american identity know would essential understand crucial bite foreign intelligence could disastrous consequences consumers intelligence sometimes rarely sometimes ask collectors unmask even though collect officials know investigations consumers e.g white house staffers national security council intelligence report always possible consumers could notice something collectors miss could think intelligence angle occur collectors.so gray area know whether unmask massive abuse power perfectly appropriate exercise discretion apply common sense questionable unmask single isolate instance part pattern communications question real foreign intelligence value blather americans participate mention might appear unmask americans objective collection effort something incidental series unmask particular american group americans would seem incidental collect unmask people would look like target standards apply consistently unmask protocol apply americans equal rigor appear americans like maybe americans connect trump give less protection others unmask go unprecedented presidential decision make disseminate intelligence information widely across community 17 intelligence agencies include officials obvious need know go administration officials include former ones like evelyn farkas leave administration join clinton campaign pressure congress seek much disclosure intelligence community possible regard trump whether deal major abuse-of-power scandal depend answer question contrary susan rice late version events little nothing whether laws break andrew c. mccarthy senior policy fellow national review institute contribute editor national review.read national review senator dick durbin need civics lesson susan rice job video