# Samantha Power Claims Someone Else Made Unmasking Requests In Her Name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243 "2017-10-18T17:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243/1 "2017-10-18T17:59:19Z")
Nah nothing to see here. Just move along. > **[Obama’s UN Ambassador Claims Someone Else Made Unmasking Requests In Her Name...](https://dailycaller.com/2017/10/17/obamas-un-ambassador-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name-video/)** > > Someone within the Obama administration made requests to unmask the identity of Americans named in intelligence reports on behalf of Samantha Power "Someone within the Obama administration’s intelligence apparatus made requests to unmask the identity of Americans named in intelligence reports on behalf of Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. That’s what Power told the House Intelligence Committee last week during a closed-door interview. South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy revealed in an interview on Fox News on Tuesday that Power was “emphatic” on the point that someone else in the Obama administration made the unmasking requests that have been attributed to her." ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243/2 "2017-10-18T18:04:23Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > **Nah nothing to see here. Just move along.** > > [Obama’s UN Ambassador Claims Someone Else Made Unmasking Requests In Her Name [VIDEO] | The Daily Caller](http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/17/obamas-un-ambassador-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name-video/) > > "Someone within the Obama administration’s intelligence apparatus made requests to unmask the identity of Americans named in intelligence reports on behalf of Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. > > That’s what Power told the House Intelligence Committee last week during a closed-door interview. > > South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy revealed in an interview on Fox News on Tuesday that Power was “emphatic” on the point that someone else in the Obama administration made the unmasking requests that have been attributed to her." At least you admit it this time. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243/3 "2017-10-18T18:07:22Z")
Oh hey, **Okrahoma** is lying about what Trey Gowdy claims to have heard. This is worth my time. Alice: Hey Bob, I heard you wrote an article in the Times. Bob: No, I didn’t. Charlie wrote that. Okrahoma: BOB CLAIMS HIS NAME WAS FORGED ON AN ARTICLE ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243/4 "2017-10-18T18:11:02Z")
[The Hill](http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/344226-intelligence-chairman-accuses-obama-aides-of-hundreds-of-unmasking) > [@](#): > > The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is accusing top political aides of President Obama of making hundreds of requests during the 2016 presidential race to unmask the names of Americans in intelligence reports, including Trump transition officials. > > Intelligence Chairman **Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)**, in a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, said the requests were made without specific justifications on why the information was needed. Oh, _that_ paragon of integrity. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243/5 "2017-10-18T19:16:41Z")
So it was Power who made the requests? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243/6 "2017-10-18T19:34:13Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > Nah nothing to see here. Just move along. I’m taking you at your word and not bothering to read the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Okrahoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90db22/32.png) [@Okrahoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Okrahoma)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243/7 "2017-10-18T22:19:58Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Oh hey, **Okrahoma** is lying about what Trey Gowdy claims to have heard. You’re lying about my post. Everything in it (including the title) is directly from the article cited. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243/8 "2017-10-18T23:27:55Z")
Unmask. Is that still, or again, a meme talking point for Republicans to be outraged about? My mistake, I thought it was a passing fad. So 2016. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243/9 "2017-10-19T00:13:37Z")
> [@Okrahoma](#): > > Nah nothing to see here. Just move along. Not so fast! Folks, **Okrahoma** is claiming that DailyCaller is claiming that Fox News is claiming that Trey Gowdy is claiming that Samantha Powers is claiming that someone unknown is claiming to be Samantha Powers asking for unmasking. STOP THE FUCKING PRESSES! The “money quote” (five cents? ten?) is: > [@Trey Gowdy](#): > > “Her perspective, her testimony is, ‘they may be under my name, but I did not make those requests.'” Meanwhile, our president is pissing off war widows and getting in pissing contests with everybody within pee range, but STOP THE FUCKING PRESSES! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243/10 "2017-10-19T01:02:52Z")
Y’all (I never get to use y’all, it’s fun) can stop reporting the posts. This isn’t GD. However I am going to step in and say the accusations of lying are heading into thread derailing territory. Either comment on the content of the thread or stay out. Thanks y’all. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/samantha-power-claims-someone-else-made-unmasking-requests-in-her-name/799243/11 "2017-10-19T01:03:10Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Unmask. Is that still, or again, a meme talking point for Republicans to be outraged about? My mistake, I thought it was a passing fad. So 2016. [The term didn’t really get much notice on Google (in the USA) until April 2017](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=unmasking).