The unmasking of unidentified Americans in intelligence reports is within the scope of the job of a national security advisor like Rice.

NO…IT’S NOT. Leaking classified information, especially without citizen’s named redacted, is NOT within the scope of national security.

Even CNN said: “Flynn’s name should not necessarily have been included on the intelligence report. Rather, “American Citizen 1” or a similar anonymous term should have been used. However, as recent news stories, seem to illustrate, individuals talking to the media would appear to have wantonly disregarded these procedures,” Nunes and Schiff wrote.

Congressman Adam Schiff is a liberal Democrat from Southern California.

(ThinkProgress is an “editorially independent” news website housed at the Center for American Progress).

If you believe ThinkProgress is an independent news website or that Center for American Progress are independent, you’ll believe anything.