Jennifer Rubin, CONSERVATIVE Washington Post columnist:
"The Trump obsession with “unmasking” names is a blatant attempt to distract and obviously irrelevant. It’s not even helpful to Trump’s case. There are many legitimate reasons for unmasking, and nothing suggests requesting information about the identities of those Russia was trying to assist was illegal or improper. Ironically, by focusing on unmasking, the Trump spinners just remind us that there was an extensive, serious investigation underway because of a comprehensive Russian effort to manipulate American voters and because of unprecedented connections between one candidate’s team and Russia. Former CIA officer and independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin exclaims: “If you are going to establish a secret channel with a hostile foreign power, you shouldn’t expect to have your name kept secret!”"