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Trying to keep a u.s. person's identity concealed and when it is disseminated, you -- we often talk about in the intelligence community about the exception to how -- if somebody's masked, how you unmask them. what would the exception to that masking be before it's disseminated. >> we use two criteria, the need to know on requesting us and execution of their responsibility and is it necessary in the context in a that an the intelligence value that is designed to intelligence. >> is that identify of a, that ordinarily disseminated in a masked or unmasked form? >> if we make the decision that

Intelligence value? that's what i remain concerned about and that's why the letter that you see today we're asking for all of those names by friday. [ inaudible question ] >> well you know i think it is certainly an appropriate part of our oversight to make sure that the agencies are following the correct procedures when it comes to unmasking any names of americans that may be gathered through incidental collection. this is a separate matter from whether the president's allegations have any truth. we're talking about both these issues. the two are not related until the sense that there's no ev...

Purposes that wouldn't have had intelligence value. and that's what i remain concerned about. that's why the letter that you see today, we're asking for all of those names by friday. >> reporter: is that also your -- >> i think it's certainly an appropriate part of our oversight to make sure that the agencies are following the correct procedures when it comes to unmasking any names of americans that may be gathered through incidental collection. i do want to underscore that this is a separate matter from whether the president's allegations have any truth. we're talking about both these issues,...

That information for other purposes that wouldn't have had intelligence value. and that's what i remain concerned about, and that's why the letter that you see today we're asking for all of those names by friday. >> [ inaudible ]. >> well, you know, i think it's certainly an appropriate part of our oversight to make sure that the agencies are following the correct procedures when it comes to unmasking any names of americans that may be gathered through incidental collection. but i do want to underscore that this is a separate matter from whether the president's allegations have any truth. and ...

In the intercepts, that's actually a good step. that's an a political step. that's allowing the professionals to make the choice without the white house pulling the levers. brian: end of this quote says we didn't say do it. a senior u.s. official said. we didn't say don't do it. steve: plus. didn't. >> in one sense it is. at the political level it's smart. all right. but at the level of intelligence, let the professionals decide what constitutes the intelligence value of the report. remember i said the u.s. identity is suppressed? steve: right. >> unless the u.s. identity is essential to under...