https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/399448-whatever-happened-to-the-unmaskings-probe?amp

Whatever happened to the 'unmaskings' probe? By Sharyl Attkisson, opinion contributor

To understand, it helps to begin with the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, when U.S. intel agencies sought to expand their surveillance authority - for what seemed like all the right reasons. (For context, a week before 9/11, Robert Mueller had become FBI director; a month earlier, James Clapper had been named head of the agency that supplies image intel to the CIA, and John Brennan recently had become CIA deputy executive director.)