Sen. Lindsey Graham: Obama Administration Hated Flynn, They Wanted Him To Be Fired

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GRAHAM: “You can request an unmasking of an American citizen who's on the other end of a conversation with a foreign agent, but you have to have a national security reason. Here is the concern, that if you don’t have a national security reason, you’re basically spying or eavesdropping on a political opponent. They hated Flynn. They wanted him to be fired before he ever got the job, was this an effort to undermine Flynn or was it really about our national security? I talked to foreign leaders all the time about my differences with Obama foreign policy. When President Trump wanted to withdraw from Syria, I got on the phone and talked to about everybody in the Mid East. If I find out they’re listening to my conversation and reporting back to the White House, what I’m saying to foreign leaders, that violates separation of powers. This is a big deal. What is the national security reason to unmask General Flynn in transition? I can’t think of one, but I do leave given their behavior they’re looking to get rid of Flynn and if they used our intelligence apparatus to basically act on a political vendetta that’s chilling to every American and would be very wrong."