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still_one

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Thu Mar 30, 2017, 05:54 PM Mar 2017

New York Times Reveals Names Of Officials Who Helped Devin Nunes Obtain Intelligence Reports

The New York Times on Thursday revealed the names of two White House officials who helped Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) obtain information suggesting Trump transition officials were inadvertently swept up in surveillance operations.

Ezra Cohen-Watnick is the senior director for intelligence at the National Security Council. Michael Ellis, who worked as general counsel on Nunes’ House Intelligence Committee, is a lawyer working at the White House Counsel’s Office on national security issues.

The two men “played a role” in getting the documents to Nunes, who leads the House Intelligence Committee, the Times reports. Nunes’ committee is investigating President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia during the 2016 election.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nunes-sources-watnick-ellis_us_58dd3f96e4b05eae031df616?

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New York Times Reveals Names Of Officials Who Helped Devin Nunes Obtain Intelligence Reports (Original Post) still_one Mar 2017 OP
Who gave the names to the NY Times? kentuck Mar 2017 #1
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