Rice spoke in generalities about the unmasking process, never explicitly stating Trump associates were unmasked.

„I receive those reports, as did each of those other officials, and there were occasions when I would receive a report when a U.S. person was referred to. Name not provided, just U.S. person,“ Rice said. „And sometimes in that context, in order to understand the importance of the report and understand its significance it was necessary to find out who that U.S. person was.“