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1. So far there has been no evidence whatsoever of DJT campaign collaboration or coordination with Russia.
So what. The author said, effectively, that surveillance of people committing or reasonably suspected of committing treason, colluding with a foreign power to swing a U.S. election, is worse than....the treasonous activities that warranted the surveillance. It's absurd on its face, and what we have evidence to support at this point is irrelevant to his conclusion. Reread what he wrote...
"If he is correct that the Obama administration surveilled the Trump campaign, we have a matter at least as significant—if not more so—than the possibility, still unconfirmed in any way, that the Trump campaign collaborated or coordinated with Russia. . . ."
2. Unmasking per se is in bounds among appropriate cleared officials. The crime occurs when the unmasked identities are shared beyond that, with the press for example.
Correct, and the hack Wallison conflated the two, I guess, as you are doing. His comment and what I quoted about about unmasking, not leaking. If he wanted to talk about leaks, he should have talked about leaks, not the legal exercise of unmasking some U.S. persons as provided for under the law.
I'd give him the benefit of the doubt, but he gave the game away with his 'surveillance of people engaged in treason > treason' comment.