Memo Names Obama Officials Who May Have Seen Flynn Reports

  • Biden among officials who may have seen report, NSA memo says
  • It’s not clear who asked for unmasking and who saw results

Michael Flynn, former U.S. national security adviser

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Republican senators shared a letter listing the names of government officials in the Obama administration who may have seen intelligence reports from late 2016 revealing the identity of Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser.

Ric Grenell, the new acting director of national intelligence, took the unprecedented and controversial step of releasing the information that was long demanded by the president and his supporters in Congress who say Obama-era officials sought to undermine the incoming Trump administration.