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   Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton likened former Obama administration   
   national security adviser Susan Rice to “Typhoid Mary” while   
   discussing his familiarity with “unmasking” procedures on the   
   Senate intelligence committee.   
      
   Speaking Tuesday with radio host Hugh Hewitt about reports that   
   Ms. Rice requested the “unmasking” of Trump campaign associates   
   who were caught up in U.S. surveillance efforts, the Republican   
   senator said it would be a “momentous” occasion for a member of   
   the committee to ever make a similar request.   
      
   “Typically, we wouldn’t see transcripts of intercepts to begin   
   with,” Mr. Cotton said. “Those transcripts are part of the raw   
   intelligence that analysts at the NSA and CIA and other   
   intelligence agencies use to produce finished products that then   
   we would review.   
       
   “We’re looking at the raw intelligence in the same way that a   
   lawyer might review the records to see if the claims in a brief   
   are supported,” the senator added. “But that’s fairly unusual.   
   Typically, we’re dealing with finished products and we’re   
   dealing with hearings where the authors or the sponsors of the   
   products are testifying. So, I’ve never had the occasion — I’ve   
   never needed to request unmasking of that, and it would be a   
   pretty momentous action because those minimization procedures   
   are in place specifically to protect the privacy and civil   
   liberties of American citizens.”   
      
   Mr. Cotton said it is important for the committee to view logs   
   of all individuals who requested documents related to President   
   Donald Trump’s associates.   
      
   “Susan Rice is the Typhoid Mary of the Obama administration   
   foreign policy,” Mr. Cotton said, a reference to the 20th   
   century woman who spread typhoid fever in New York. “Every time   
   something went wrong, she seemed to turn up in the middle of it   
   — whether it was these allegations of improper unmasking and   
   potential improper surveillance, whether it was Benghazi or many   
   of the other fiascos of the Obama administration. … The last   
   thing we need are political operatives in the White House   
   fooling around with intelligence to make it harder to pass the   
   laws we need to keep Americans safe.”   
      
   Ms. Rice has denied any wrongdoing related to the matter. On   
   Tuesday she told MSNBC’s Andrew Mitchell that claims she acted   
   unethically during her tenure in the White House are “absolutely   
   false.”   
      
   http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/4/tom-cotton-calls-   
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