Susan Rice comes clean, kind of: Sure, I helped unmask some names but ‘I leaked nothing to nobody’

Susan Rice has got a long week ahead of her.

During an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, Rice admitted for the first time her part in unmasking “US persons” involved in intel reports.

Rice informed Mitchell that it was “necessary” for her to learn names of those who were supposed to have remained anonymous to “understand the importance of the report” for security reasons.

“When the intelligence community would respond to a request from a senior national security official for the identity of an American, that would come back only to the person who requested it,” Rice said during the lengthy interview.

“It would brought back to them directly… To me or whoever might have requested it.”

https://twitter.com/valfromcali/status/849355751315341312

But that wasn’t all.

Rice continued to turn herself into a pretzel by insisting that the unmasking had nothing to do with the leaking.

“This is important,” Rice continued. “The notion that which some people are trying to suggest that by asking for the identity of an American person, that is the same as leaking it is completely false.”

She even used some interesting phraseology to drive her point home and claim she had nothing to do with the leaking of Michael Flynn’s name.

“I leaked nothing to nobody,” Rice insisted.

WATCH: Susan Rice insists “I leaked nothing to nobody” https://t.co/kAsbu4VJDN

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 4, 2017

Needless to say, Rice’s semi-confession drew a lot of attention on social media.

The fact that Rice has a proven track record of lying including Benghazi and saying in March that she nothing about the unmasking of U.S. names) that she didn’t help her case:

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/849292570127630336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fsamj-3930%2F2017%2F04%2F04%2Fbecause-shes-never-lied-in-an-interview-before-susan-rice-i-leaked-nothing-to-nobody-video%2F

https://twitter.com/RealJeremyNolt/status/849329998234300416

https://twitter.com/GOPPRTeam/status/849348743421931520

https://twitter.com/sigouin1/status/849357582171086851

"I leaked nothing to nobody."Did Susan Rice actually graduate from Stanford? #Pathetic.

— Ed Machoskie (@EMachoskie) April 4, 2017

https://twitter.com/DaryleWooley/status/849357533890449408

Just 2 wks ago Susan Rice was asked if she knew about the unmasking & she said she had no idea! I'll discuss tonight on @seanhannity 10P

— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) April 4, 2017

We bet you will Judge Jeanine!

https://twitter.com/GardenMoma/status/849362023783813120

We will remember the day we found out that Susan Rice had a big role, but she was also the fall guy for bigger fish.(BHO, HRC) #MAGA #tcot

— Lindsey Aiken (@LindseyUS1) April 4, 2017

https://twitter.com/this1isno1/status/849338321650294784

Before Rice’s interview, CNN has been working overtime in defense of Rice, starting with Don Lemon who called the story a “diversion” tactic, and later Chris Cuomo continued by calling the story a “fake scandal.”

https://twitter.com/TexasBaseballMa/status/849365427335700480

Don’t hold your breath.

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