bripat9643
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Their names were unmasked, which is effectively the same thing.
If Hillary's staff was being wiretapped without a warrant using that shallow excuse past that particular Constitutional inconvenience, you'd suddenly grasp the issue
Since none of Trump's staff were wiretapped without a warrant that is hardly relevant.
No it is not "the same thing", wiretapping someone's lines requires a FISA warrant, internal unmasking someone in already captured communications does not, all you need is a proper reason, such as national security issue.
So the distinction is that the government gave itself a free pass from the Constitution in the latter case. Otherwise, they have the same effect: the government gets to listen in on private conversations. That's exactly what the 4th Amendment was intended to prevent.