“If the DNI is suggesting unmasking is wrong, why did the Trump admin unmask identities 17,000 times in 2018?”
Tommy Vietor
former Obama NSC spokesman. a tweet. Claim dated 13 May 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisDNI data backs claim
What PolitiFact found
The numbers Vietor cites are basically accurate, according to data released annually by the Director of National Intelligence.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Tommy Vietor (former Obama NSC spokesman) made this claim around 13 May 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 May 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “DNI data backs claim”.
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