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Sen. Rand PaulRand PaulOvernight Defense: Senate confirms Trump Air Force chief | Yates' dramatic testimony on Flynn | Watchdog sues to get legal basis for Syria strike | F-35s heading to Paris Air Show Overnight Cybersecurity: Flynn drama intensifies after Yates testimony | Five key players for Trump on cyber | Macron wins despite email hack | Concerns over data reporting law Rand Paul asks Intel panel for details on any Obama-era surveillance MORE (R-Ky.) wants the Intelligence Committee to disclose whether he or any other members of Congress were surveilled under the Obama administration or by the intelligence community.

Paul sent a letter to Sens. Richard BurrRichard BurrRand Paul asks Intel panel for details on any Obama-era surveillance Senate panel asks Trump aides for details on Russia contact Trump voter who cast ballot illegally wont be charged MORE (R-N.C.) and Mark WarnerMark WarnerRand Paul asks Intel panel for details on any Obama-era surveillance The 43 people who might run against Trump in 2020 Senate panel asks Trump aides for details on Russia contact MORE (D-Va.) pointing to anarticle from the website Circaalleging that the Obama administration circulated intelligence reports last year that included unredacted names of Americans, including members of Congress.

"I reiterate my previous requests that your committee promptly investigate whether my name or the names of other members of Congress, or individuals from our staffs or campaigns, were included in queries or searches of databases of the intelligence community, or if their identities were unmasked in any intelligence reports or products," Paul wrote in a letter released publicly Monday.

He added that he also wants a "clear answer on whether your committee received a Gates notice related to me or to members of my staff," referring to the notification Congress receives if a lawmaker's name is revealed in an intelligence report.

"I have formally requested from the WH and the Intel Committees info on whether I was surveilled by Obama admin and or the Intel community!"PaultweetedFriday.

Paul also publiclyreleased an April letter to Trump, which references the same report from Circa, shortlyafter his tweet.

"An anonymous source recently alleged to me that my name, as well as the names of other members of Congress, were unmasked, queried or both in intelligence reports or intercepts during the previous administration," Paul wrote in the letter to Trump, dated April 10.

A recent National Security Agency (NSA) report stated that the NSA abided by nearly 2,000 requests to unmask names in 2016. But thereport did not state that the NSA was unmasking names with the hope that they would turn out to be specific people.

President Trump accused Susan Rice, former President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaFive takeaways from Yatess dramatic Senate testimony Overnight Defense: Senate confirms Trump Air Force chief | Yates' dramatic testimony on Flynn | Watchdog sues to get legal basis for Syria strike | F-35s heading to Paris Air Show Overnight Tech: Round two in John Oliver, FCC fight over net neutrality | Sinclair to buy Tribune for .9B | Writers Guild blasts FCC over Colbert | What Macron's win means for tech MORE's national securityadviser,of improperly unmasking U.S. citizens, specifically members of his campaign, caught up in incidental surveillance. The identities of U.S. citizens are typically redacted in intelligence reports.

The Senate Intelligence Committee, as well as a Judiciarysubcommittee overseen by Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey GrahamFive takeaways from Yatess dramatic Senate testimony Overnight Cybersecurity: Flynn drama intensifies after Yates testimony | Five key players for Trump on cyber | Macron wins despite email hack | Concerns over data reporting law Yates account builds Flynn-Russia drama MORE (R-S.C.), is investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Rice declined last week to testify before Graham's subcommittee.

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Rand Paul asks Intel panel for details on any Obama-era surveillance - The Hill (blog)