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That it was a national security issue. >> that's right. this is what they call the unmasking controversy that t republicans have been so focused on and in one case, the house intelligence committee foundee that a former obama administration official had unmasked over 200 names, oror their office had, in the course of one year. that is highly unusual. >> sean: in 2016, samantha power, it was over 300. >> correct. the thing people need to know at home, when someone leaks the name of an american citizen whose conversations have been picked up in the course of foreign intelligence gathering, at th...

Extremely concerned about the widespread illegal leaks that you just referenced in your testimony. just for the record, though, i want to get this on the record. does the unauthorized disclosure of classified information to the press violate a section of the espionage act that criminalizes improperly accessing, handling, or transmitting national defense information? >> yes. >> would an unauthorized disclosure of fisa derived information to the press violate 18 usc 798, a section of the espionage act that criminalizes disclosure of information concerning the communication of intelligence activi...