.@AmbassadorRice: “Normally there is a full, verbatim transcript” of calls like Trump’s w/ the Ukraine president.— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 27, 2019
Says he tried to “bury” it on a more secure server, but acknowledges the Obama Admin. sometimes did the same. pic.twitter.com/B6zZNbZsTG
Zero Hedge: After Trump Accused Of Cover-Up, Susan Rice Admits Obama Put Transcripts On Top Secret Server Too
After President Trump was accused of a cover-up for moving details about his July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a separate, highly secured computer system, former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice admitted that Obama did the same thing.
The difference? Rice says that Trump's conversation didn't meet the threshold to justify that level of classification, according to The Federalist.
"We never moved them over unless they were legitimately, in the contents classified," Rice said at the Texas Tribune Festival when asked how often the Obama administration engaged in this practice - without explaining the methodology used to determine what qualified.
Read more ....
WNU Editor: President Trump's call with Ukraine Presdient Zelensky was only added to the top secret server after guidance from a National Security Counsel attorney. Adding former National Security Adviser Susan Rice's remarks that the Obama administration did the same thing, albeit she says that how they classified their conversations was different, one has to then ask the question "is this a cover-up", or is this "standard procedure". To me it makes sense to classify conversations with foreign leaders. What the Obama administration did, and what the current White House is doing is understandable. But is this now going to change? Especially after today's remarks from the chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee Adam Shiff that he wants access to President Trump's phone calls to other leaders .... Democrats Want Access To President Trump's Calls To Foreign Leaders. You tell me.